Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number:8511S
Minerva PLC
4 December 2003


                           SCHEDULE 10
 
             NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


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 LIST BELOW

5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.

1,811,005

6)   Percentage of issued Class

1.13%

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

N/A

8)   Percentage of issued Class

N/A

9)   Class of security

ORDINARY SHARES OF 25P EACH

10)  Date of transaction

NOT KNOWN

11)  Date company informed

3 DECEMBER 2003

12)  Total holding following this notification

21,134,150
               
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

13.16%

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 ..... 4 DECEMBER 2003 ...................


 


Ordinary Shares

     

           17,725,610      FISL     Chase Nominees Ltd
              522,923      FISL     Chase Manhattan Bank London 
               92,769      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
              864,583      FIL      Chase Nominees Ltd
              361,500      FIL      Northern Trust
              123,178      FIL      Bank of New York Europe
              472,900      FIL      Bank of New York London
                5,500      FIL      HSBC

Total Ordinary Shares      21,134,150


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