Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number:5059K
Imperial Chemical Industries PLC
21 December 2007


TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares




1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of
existing shares to which voting rights are attached:
                                                              Imperial Chemical Industries PLC


2. Reason for notification (yes/no)


An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                                  YES


An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition
of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached


An event changing the breakdown of voting rights


Other (please specify):______________


3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification    Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited
obligation:
                                                     Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from    Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
3):



5. Date of transaction (and date on which the                            18.12.07
threshold is crossed or reached if different):


6. Date on which issuer notified:                                        20.12.07




7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:                             8%


8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares


Class/type of      Situation previous to the   Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
shares             triggering transaction
                   Number of     Number of     Number of    Number of voting       Percentage of voting
If possible use    shares        voting rights shares       rights                 rights
ISIN code

                                                            Direct      Indirect   Direct     Indirect
ORD - GB0004594973

                   100,764,878   100,764,878   85,315,602   85,315,602  n/a        7.06%      n/a
ADR - US4527045052

                   2,194         2,194         4,150        4,150       n/a        0.00034%   n/a






B: Financial Instruments


Resulting situation after the triggering transaction


Type of financial   Expiration date     Exercise/           No. of voting rights that Percentage of
instrument                              conversion period/  may be acquired (if the   voting rights
                                        date                instrument exercised/
                                                            converted)




Total (A+B)


Number of voting rights                              Percentage of voting rights


                     85,319,752                                             7.06%


9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are
effectively held, if applicable:
Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC  are part of the
Investment Banking division of Credit Suisse ("CSIBD"), which is part of the Credit Suisse Group ("CSG").
CSIBD is a segregated business unit within CSG with an independent management structure and exercises its
voting rights independently from other divsions of CSG


Proxy Voting:


10. Name of proxy holder:


11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease
to hold:


12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold
voting rights:




13. Additional information:


14 Contact name:                                       Glenda Burford


15. Contact telephone number:                          [phone]








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