Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number:7883Y
Jarvis PLC
18 May 2004

Jarvis plc  reports that yesterday evening it received the following Section 198
declaration issued by Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein Group Limited:



"Following a sale by Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein Securities Limited 
("DrKWSL") of 17,900,000 ordinary shares on 14 May 2004 we hereby notify you 
that Allianz AG and subsidiaries  as detailed below no longer have a notifiable
interest in the shares of your Company (previously 12.667%)



Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein Group Limited ("DrKWG") is the holding company of
DrKWS. DrKWG is a wholly owned subsidiary of  Dresdner Investments (UK) Limited
("Dresdner Investments"), a direct subsidiary of Zenon Beteiligungs GmbH
("Zenon"), a direct subsidiary of Dresdner.  Dresdner is a direct subsidiary of
Allianz Finanzbeteiligungs GmbH ("Allianz Finanz"), which is itself a direct
subsidiary of Allianz AG.  As a result of s203(2) of the Act, Allianz AG,
Allianz Finanz, Dresdner, Dresdner Investments, Zenon and DrKWG are deemed to be
interested in those shares in which DrKWS is interested."








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