Hodder Headline PLC - Holding in Company

RNS No 3090e
HODDER HEADLINE PLC
12th March 1998


Letter to Company Announcements Office

HODDER HEADLINE PLC - DISCLOSURE OF INTEREST PURSUANT TO SECTION 198 OF
COMPANIES ACT 1998

Would you please note that the Company was notified in a letter from The
Equitable Life Assurance Society dated 11th March 1998 of changes to the
notifiable interest pursuant to Section 198 of Companies Act 1985 as detailed in
the following letter from The Equitable Life Assurance Society.

From
Mark Opzoomer
Company Secretary
Hodder Headline PLC


Letter to Hodder Headline PLC

In accordance with the provisions of sections 198-202 Companies Act 1985, as
amended by sections 134 (1) to (3) of the Companies Act 1989, we give notice
that as a result of a purchase of 105,000 ordinary shares of 10p each, on 10th
March 1998, this company has an interest in 1,836,111 shares of your company,
representing 5.20 per cent of the issued shares.

The shares are registered in our name.

From 
The Equitable Life Assurance Society


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