Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number:9015M
Alba PLC
27 June 2003


                  DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS


1)   NAME OF COMPANY

     ALBA PLC

2)   NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

     FMR CORP. AND ITS DIRECT AND INDIRECT SUBSIDIARIES
     FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED AND ITS DIRECT AND 
     INDIRECT SUBSIDIARIES, AND MR EDWARD C. JOHNSON 3D, A
     PRINCIPAL SHAREHOLDER OF FMR CORP. AND FIDELITY 
     INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

3)   Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of 
     holding of the Shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a 
     non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a
     holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18

     NAMED IN 2 ABOVE

4)   Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the 
     number of shares held by each of them.

     STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD, 138,000 
     CHASE MANHATTAN BANK LONDON 584,906
     CHASE NOMINEES LTD, 350,000
     BANKERS TRUST, 218,600
     HSBC CLIENT HOLDINGS NOMINEE (UK) LTD. 120,200
     HSBC, 377,960
     CHASE MANHATTAN BANK LONDON 125,800
     BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN LTD. LUX, 13,700
     STATE STREET BANK & TRUST, 19,700
     BANK OF NEW YORK LONDON, 12,000
     BANKERS TRUST 13,000
     CITIBANK, 49,000

5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.

        -

6)   ( N/A %) of issued Class

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

       -

8)   ( N/A %) of issued Class

9)   Class of security

      ORDINARY SHARES OF 10P EACH

10)  Date of transaction

         -

11)  Date company informed

      26 JUNE 2003

12)  Total holding following this notification

      2,022,866
               
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

      4.02%

14)  Any additional information

     THE NOTIFICATION 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 3RD ACT AS A GROUP OR 
     CONCERT IN RESPECT OF THE DISCLOSED INTEREST, OR THAT THEY ARE REQUIRED
     TO SUBMIT THESE NOTIFICATIONS ON A JOINT BASIS

15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

     J.E. MALIN
     020 8594 5533

16)  Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for 
     making this notification

     Date of Notification ...26 JUNE 2003.......



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