Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number:8878O
Royalblue Group PLC
20 August 2003

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES



        All relevant boxes should be completed in block capital letters.

1.   Name of company                                                    2.  Name of shareholder having a major interest

     Royalblue plc                                                          FMR Corp


3.   Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect  4.  Name of the registered holder(s) and, if    
     of holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a      more than one holder, the number of
     non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if      shares held by each of them
     it is a holding of that person's spouse or children under the age
     of 18                                                                  Schedule A
     
                                                                            Shares Held Management Co. Nominee/Reg name
      A.      FMR Corp.
              82 Devonshire Street                                          20,000          FMRCO    Mellon Bank
              Boston,
              MA 02109                                                      10,000          FMRCO    HSBC

     Parent holding company of Fidelity Management & Research Company       16,600          FMTC     State Street Nom
     (FMRCO), Investment manager for US mutual funds, and Fidelity
     Management Trust Company (FMTC), a US state chartered bank which       11,000          FMTC     Mellon Bank
     acts as a trustee or investment manager of various pension and
     trust accounts. (See Schedule A for listing of Registered              7,800          FMTC      State Street Bank &
     Shareholders and their holdings).                                                              Trust
     
                                                                            33,600          FIL      HSBC
     (B)     Fidelity International Limited (FIL)
                                                                            758,019         FIL      Chase Manhattan
          P.O. Box HM 670
          Hamilton HMCX, Bermuda                                            21,600          FIL      Deutsche Bank

     Parent holding company for various direct and indirect                 19,200          FIL      Mellon Nominees
     subsidiaries (See Schedule A for listing of Registered
     Shareholders and their holdings.)                                      20,600          FIL      Brown Bros Harriman
     The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of:
                                                                            49,600          FIL      BoNY, Brussels
          Mr. Edward C. Johnson 3d
          82 Devonshire Street                                              23,500          FIL      State Street Bank &
          Boston, MA 02109                                                                           Trust

                                                                            52,500          FIL      Northern Trust,    
                                                                                                     London
     A principal shareholder of FMR Corp. and Fidelity International
     Limited.                                                               37,800          FIL      JP Morgan

     The notifiable interests include interest held on behalf of            92,500          FIL      Northern Trust
     authorized unit trust schemes in the U.K., notwithstanding the
     exemption from reporting pursuant to Section 209 (1) (h) of the        1,174,319     Total
     Companies Act 1985.

     These notifications of disclosable interests constitute separate
     notifications of interest in the shares and are combined solely
     for the purposes of clarity and efficiency. Nothing herein should
     be taken to indicate that FMR Corp. and its direct and indirect
     subsidiaries, Fidelity International Limited and its direct and
     indirect subsidiaries or Mr. Edward C. Johnson 3d act as a group
     or in concert in respect of the disclosed interests, or that they
     are required to submit these notifications on a joint basis.

     The disclosable interests arise under section 208 (4) (b) of the
     Act, namely where a person, not being the registered holder, is
     entitled to exercise a right conferred by the holding of the
     shares or to control the exercise of such rights, or under section
     203 of the Act respectively.
5.   Number of shares/amount of   6.     Percentage of issued class     7.  Number of shares/amount of   8.  Percentage 
     stock acquired                                                         stock disposed               of issued class
                                                             

     N/a
                                         N/a



9.  Class of security                                     10.       Date of transaction       11.     Date company     
informed



    Ordinary Shares                                                      n/a                               15/8/3


12.  Total holding following this notification                  13.     Total percentage holding of issued class        
                                                                        following this notification

                                                                                
                                                                                3.70%
     1,174,319

14.  Any additional information                                         15. Name of contact and telephone number for    
                                                                            queries



                                                                            Andy Malpass 01483 206300








16.  Name and signature of authorised company official

     responsible for making this notification

     Andy Malpass

Date of notification August 20, 2003




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