Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number:6718O
SABMiller PLC
14 August 2003

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES



1. Name of company


SABMiller 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


Notification in respect of party 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


See additional information



5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired


N/A



6. Percentage of issued class


N/A



7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed


N/A



8. Percentage of issued class


N/A



9. Class of security


Ordinary shares of US$0.10 each



10. Date of transaction


Not disclosed. Figures given as at 11 August 2003



11.  Date company informed


Notification received on 14 August  2003



12. Total holding following this notification


30,233,646 ordinary shares



13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification


3.03% of issued ordinary share capital



14. Any additional information


Notification was received from Barclays Bank plc, under S198 and 202(3) Companies Act 1985, of a notifiable interest of
3.03% in the ordinary issued share capital of SABMiller plc, through the legal entities listed below


Legal Entity                                                             Holding                % Held

Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd                                         2,102,810               0.2105%

Barclays Global Investors Australia Ltd                                  337,270               0.0338%

Barclays Global Investors Ltd                                         14,468,980               1.4486%

Barclays Capital Securities Ltd                                          389,127               0.0390%

Barclays Global Investors, N.A.                                       11,578,675               1.1593%

Barclays Private Bank and Trust Ltd                                        8,089               0.0008%

Barclays Nikko Global Investors Ltd                                      244,644               0.0245%

Barclays Global Investors Japan Trust                                    909,373               0.0910%

Barclays Gobal Fund Advisors                                             194,678               0.0195%

Group Holding                                                         30,233,646               3.0270%



15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries


Lorraine Sadkowski  01483 264026



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


Lorraine Sadkowski Company Secretarial Officer



Date of notification


14 August 2003


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