Holding in Company

RNS Number:4604I
Bespak PLC
14 August 2001

                                 SCHEDULE 10

                  NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company:     Bespak plc


2) Name of shareholder having a major interest:      Michael Alec Schumann


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:

Shareholder and spouse - beneficial and non-beneficial interests

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

Michael Alec Schumann - 350,000

Productive Nominees Limited a/c 48233 - 278,000

Barclays Nominees (Branches) Limited - 620,000

5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:


6) Percentage of issued class:


7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed: 40,000


8) Percentage of issued class: 0.15


9) Class of security:     Ordinary


10) Date of transaction:      Not notified


11) Date company informed:     14 August 2001


12) Total holding following this notification:     1,248,000


13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
4.7%


14) Any additional information:


15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries:

Louise Scott 020 7518 7900

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

Louise Scott, Company Secretary


Date of notification : 14 August 2001

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