Holding in Company

RNS Number:1777C
Bespak PLC
17 April 2001



                                 SCHEDULE 10

                  NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company: Bespak plc


2) Name of shareholder having a major interest: Schroder Investment Management
Limited, its holding company, Schroders plc, and its subsidiaries and
affiliated companies


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:

Non-beneficial - discretionary fund manager


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

Schroder Nominees Limited - 124,000

Chase Nominees Limited - 3,090,706

Imperial Pensions Nominees Limited - 180,000

Mineworkers Pension Scheme (Client) Nominees Ltd a/c R - 261,800

British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme (Client) Nominees Ltd a/c P - 630,700

Nortrust Nominees Limited - 200,000

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:


11) Date company informed: 17 April 2001

12) Total holding following this notification: 4,487,206


13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
16.898


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: 17 April 2001


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www.Bespak.com