Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number:6640O
Minerva PLC
14 August 2003



                  DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS


1)   NAME OF COMPANY

     MINERVA PLC


2)   NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

     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 BELOW


5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.

     N/A


6)   ( N/A %) of issued Class


7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

     280,575


8)   (0.18%) of issued Class


9)   Class of security

     ORDINARY SHARES OF 25P EACH


10)  Date of transaction

     NOT KNOWN


11)  Date company informed

     13 AUGUST 2003


12)  Total holding following this notification

     17,351,900

               
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

     10.83%


14)  Any additional information

     N/A


15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

     IVAN EZEKIEL


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


     Date of Notification  14 AUGUST 2003


(ORDINARY SHARES)

                     14,618,310     FISL          CHASE NOMINEES LTD

                        170,723     FISL          CHASE MANHATTAN BANK LONDON

                        100,369     FPM           RBS TRUST BANK

                        154,568     FPM           NORTRUST NOMINEES LTD

                         33,875     FPM           BT GLOBENET NOMINEES LTD

                         65,919     FPM           CITIBANK

                        172,800     FPM           BANK OF NEW YORK EUROPE

                         62,625     FIL           BANKERS TRUST

                        425,875     FIL           RBS TRUST BANK

                         49,525     FIL           CITIBANK

                        704,533     FIL           CHASE NOMINEES LTD

                        171,500     FIL           NORTHERN TRUST

                        135,978     FIL           BANK OF NEW YORK EUROPE

                        472,900     FIL           BANK OF NEW YORK LONDON

                         12,400     FIL           HSBC

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