Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number:9812I
Minerva PLC
20 March 2003

                  DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS


1)   NAME OF COMPANY

     MINERVA PLC

2)   NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

      FMR CORP. AND ITS DIRECT AND INDIRECT
      SUBSIDIARIES AND FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
      AND ITS DIRECT AND INDIRECT SUBSIDIARIES

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

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


      SEE LIST BELOW

5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.

      414,781

6)   (0.26%) of issued Class

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

      N/A

8)   ( N/A %) of issued Class

9)   Class of security

      ORDINARY SHARES OF 25P EACH

10)  Date of transaction

      NOT KNOWN

11)  Date company informed

      19 MARCH 2003

12)  Total holding following this notification

      16,393,152
               
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

      10.23%

14)  Any additional information

       N/A

15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

      IVAN EZEKIEL - 020 7535 1000

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

     Date of Notification 20 MARCH 2003

(ORDINARY SHARES)

                          13,412,610      FISL         CHASE NOMINEES LTD
                             448,444      FPM          RBS TRUST BANK
                             143,068      FPM          NORTRUST NOMINEES LTD
                              33,875      FPM          BT GLOBENET NOMINEES LTD
                              65,919      FPM          CITIBANK
                             172,800      FPM          BANK OF NEW YORK EUROPE
                              63,625      FIL          BANKERS TRUST
                             425,875      FIL          RBS TRUST BANK
                              46,025      FIL          CITIBANK
                             665,533      FIL          CHASE NOMINEES LTD
                             179,800      FIL          NORTHERN TRUST
                             135,978      FIL          BANK OF NEW YORK EUROPE
                             587,200      FIL          BANK OF NEW YORK LONDON
                              12,400      FIL          HSBC             





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