Bespak PLC - Hldg by Prudential Corp. PLC

RNS No 0866x
BESPAK PLC
22 April 1999


Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1   Name of company:
BESPAK plc

2   Name of shareholder having a major interest:
PRUDENTIAL CORPORATION 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:
ON BEHALF OF THE PRUDENTIAL CORPORATION GROUP OF COMPANIES



4   Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them:
MSS NOMINEES LTD A/C 379 - 514,114
PRUDENTIAL CLIENT (MSS) NOMINEES LTD PAC A/C - 1,021,000

5   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:

6   Percentage of issued class:

7   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:

8   Percentage of issued class:

9   Class of security:
ORDINARY

10  Date of transaction:
NOT NOTIFIED

11  Date company informed:
22 APRIL 1999

12  Total holding following this notification:
1,535,114

13  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
5.82

14  Contact name for queries:
LOUISE SCOTT

15 Contact telephone number:
0171 518 7900

16  Name of company official responsible for making notification:
LOUISE SCOTT,COMPANY SECRETARY

17  Date of notification:
22 APRIL 1999

Additional Information:


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