Oasis Stores PLC - Holdings in Company

RNS No 2435u
OASIS STORES PLC
30th March 1998


LETTER TO OASIS STORES PLC

18 March 1998

In compliance with Part VI of the above Act, as amended, I inform you that, as a
result of recent purchases, the interest of the Prudential Corporation group of
companies, in the following class of voting share in your company, is now as
specified below.

CLASS OF SHARE:      Ordinary Shares 10p

REGISTERED HOLDER                                 DETAILS OF HOLDING

Prudential Client (MSS) Nominee Ltd PAC A/C         500,000
MSS Nominees Ltd A/C 379                          1,733,638
                                                 ----------
                                                  2,233,638

                                 = 4.25% of shares in issue
                                                 52,457,175

FROM: Prudential Corporation plc
      Andrew Hunt  -  Direct line: 0171 548 3396
                      Direct fax:  [phone]




NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 198 TO 202 -- UK COMPANIES ACT

1. Company in which shares are held:    OASIS STORES PLC 

2. Notifiable Interest:                 ORDINARY SHARES

       A  FMR Corp
          82 Devonshire Street
          Boston, MA 02109

          Parent holding company of Fidelity Management & Research Company
          (FMRCO), investment manager for US mutual funds, and Fidelity
          Management Trust Company (FMTC), a US state chartered bank which acts
          as a trustee or investment manager of various pension and trust
          accounts.  (See Schedule A for listing of Registered Shareholders and
          their holdings.)

       B  Fidelity International Limited (FIL)
          P.O. BOX HM 670
          Hamilton HMCX, Bermuda

          Parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries,
          including Fidelity Investment Services Ltd (FISL), and Fidelity
          Pension Management Ltd. (FPML), investment managers for various non-US
          investment companies and institutional clients. (See Schedule A for
          listing of Registered Shareholders and their holdings).

3. The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of :

          Mr Edward C Johnson 3d
          82 Devonshire Street
          Boston, MA 02109

     A principal shareholder and Chairman of FMR Corp. and Fidelity
     International Limited.

4. The notifiable interests include interest held on behalf of authorized unit
   trust schemes in the U.K. notwithstanding the exemption from reporting
   pursuant to Section 209 (1) (e) of the Companies Act 1985.

5. These notifications of disclosable interests constitute separate
   notifications of interest in the shares and are combined solely for the
   purposes of clarity. Nothing herein should be taken to indicate that FMR
   Corp. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, Fidelity International
   Limited and its direct and indirect subsidiaries or Mr Edward C Johnson 3d
   act as a group or in concert in respect of the disclosed interests, or that
   they are required to submit these notifications on a joint basis.

6. The disclosable interests arise under section 208(4) (b) of the Act, namely
   where a person, not being the registered holder, is entitled to exercise a
   right conferred by the holding of the shares or to control the exercise of
   such rights, or under section 203 of the Act respectively.


SCHEDULE A 

SECURITY: OASIS STORES LTD

                        SHARES HELD    MANAGEMENT   NOMINEE/REGISTERED
                                       COMPANY        NAME
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
(Ordinary Shares)
                                   0       FMRCO        JPM NOMINEES LTD
                             135,150       FPML         N.C.B. TRUST LTD 
                              25,500       FIL          CLYDESDALE BANK
                                                        (HEAD OFFICE)
                                                        NOMINEES LIMITED
                             351,200       FISL         CLYDESDALE BANK
                              69,600       FIL          
                             180,300       FPML         CHASE NOMINEES LTD
                             123,600       FIL          MSS NOMINEES LTD
                             274,050       FIL          MINEWORKER PENSION
                                                        SHEME (CLIENT)
                                                        NOMINEES LTD.
                              52,100       FIL          MORGAN STANLEY

  
TOTAL ORDINARY SHARES:     1,211,500


CURRENT OWNERSHIP PERCENTAGE:  2.31%
SHARES IN ISSUE:          52,457,175  

CHANGE IN HOLDINGS SINCE LAST FILINTG:  (2,992,100) ORDINARY SHARES




LETTER TO OASIS STORES PLC

20 March 1998

DISCLOSURE OF INTERESTS IN SHARES UNDER THE COMPANIES ACT 1985

We write to notify you of the following interests in the ordinary 10p shares of
Industrial Control Services lc pursuant to the provisions of Part VI of the
Companies Act 1985.

Midland Bank plc is interested, as trustee of an un-authorised unit trust in
1,733,638 shares.  The Shares are registered in the name of MSS Nominees Limited
a/c 000379.


FROM MIDLAND BANK PLC


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