Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number:5320N
Alba PLC
14 July 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 
MELLON BANK, 8,600
CHASE MANHATTAN BANK LONDON, 1,103,561 
CHASE NOMINEES LTD, 350,000 
BANKERS TRUST, 303,300
HSBC CLIENT HOLDINGS NOMINEE (UK) LTD, 147,000 
BANK OF NEW YORK LONDON, 85,000 
MELLON NOMINEES, 16,600 
DEUTSCHE BANK, 4,600 
CITIBANK, 7,600 
NORTHERN TRUST, 21,000 
HSBC,461,460
CHASE MANHATTAN BANK LONDON, 194,900 
BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN LTD, LUX, 13,700 
STATE STREET BANK & TRUST, 74,400 
BANK OF NEW YORK LONDON, 266,000 
BANKERS TRUST, 18,000 
CITIBANK, 66,300 
NORTHERN TRUST, 160,900 
BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS, 6,600 
DEUTSCHE, 12,200
STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD,28,500 
NORTRUST NOMINEES LTD, 59,000
CLYDESDALE BANK (HEAD OFFICE) NOMINEES LIMITED, 71,500 
CHASE NOMINEES LTD, 19,000



5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.

N.A.


6)   ( N/A %) of issued Class

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

N.A.


8)   ( N/A %) of issued Class

9)   Class of security

ORDINARY SHARES OF 10P EACH


10)  Date of transaction

N.A.


11)  Date company informed

11 JULY 2003


12)  Total holding following this notification

3,637,721

               
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

7.23%


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 OF 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.


15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

J.E.MALIN
ALBA PLC
020 8594 5533


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

     J.E. MALIN

     Date of Notification ........................14 JULY 2003


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