Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number:8130T
Big Food Group PLC
5 January 2004

Amendment No 45 

NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 198 TO 202 - - U.K. COMPANIES ACT

1. Company in which shares are held:      Big Food Group 

2. Notifiable Interest:                   Ordinary Shares

             Fidelity International Limited (FIL) 
             P.O. Box HM 670 
             Hamilton HMCX, Bermuda

             Parent holding company for various direct and indirect 
             subsidiaries, including Fidelity Investment Services Ltd. (FISL), 
             investment manager for various non-US investment companies and 
             institutional clients. (See Schedule A for listing of Registered 
             Shareholders and their holdings.)

3. The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of;
             Mr. Edward C, Johnson 3d 
             82 Devonshire Street 
             Boston, MA 02109

   Principal shareholder of Fidelity International Limited.

4. The notifiable interests include interest held on behalf of authorized unit 
   trust schemes in the U.K., notwithstanding the exemption from reporting 
   pursuant to Section 209 (1)(h) of the Companies Act 1985.

5. 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 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.

6. 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.

                                     Eric D. Roiter
                                     Senior V.P, & General Counsel - FMR Co. 
                                     Duly authorized under Powers of Attorney 
                                     dated December 30, 1997, by and on 
                                     behalf of Fidelity International Limited     
                                     and its direct and indirect subsidiaries.


Schedule A                                                     Amendment No 45

Security: Big Food Group

                                           MANAGEMENT 
                           SHARES HELD        COMPANY        NOMINEE/REGISTERED
                                                                    NAME

(Ordinary Shares)  
                            18,594,299           FISL        Chase Nominees Ltd
                             1,070,728            FIL        Chase Nominees Ltd

Total Ordinary Shares       19,665,027 

Current ownership percentage:    5.73% 

Shares in issue:           343,109,860

Change in holdings since 
 last filing:              (2,397,893)   ordinary shares

                      This information is provided by RNS
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