Holding(s) in Company

    SCHEDULE 10                                  
                                                                               
                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES                   

1. Name of company

Kelda Group plc                                                                         

2. Name of shareholder having a major interest

Barclays PLC                                                                            

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

Not disclosed                                                                           

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

Barclays Global Investors Australia Ltd                                          180,355
                                                                                        
Barclays Global Investors, N.A.                                                5,393,848
                                                                                        
Barclays Global Investors Japan Ltd                                              118,546
                                                                                        
Barclays Global Fund Advisors                                                     60,753
                                                                                        
Barclays Capital Securities Ltd                                                      484
                                                                                        
Barclays Global Investors Ltd                                                  8,765,210
                                                                                        
Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd                                                   744,031
                                                                                        
Barclays Private Bank and Trust Ltd                                               35,440
                                                                                        
Barclays Global Investors Japan Trust & Banking                                  418,709
                                                                                        
Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd                                                   16,470
                                                                                        
Barclays Private Bank Ltd                                                          2,306

5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired

Not disclosed                                                                           

6. Percentage of issued class

Not disclosed                                                                           

7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed

N/A                                                                                     

8. Percentage of issued class

N/A                                                                                     

9. Class of security

Ordinary shares of 15 5/9 pence                                                         

10. Date of transaction

7 October 2003                                                                          

 

 

11. Date company informed

10 October 2003                                                                         

12. Total holding following this notification

15,736,152                                                                              

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

4.04%                                                                                   

14. Any additional information

                                                                                        

 

15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Philip Hudson 01274 804110                                                              

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

Jane Downes                                                                             

Date of notification

10 October 2003                                                                         



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