RNS No 7774j
BUDGENS PLC


Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1   Name of company:
BUDGENS PLC

2   Name of shareholder having a major interest:
FMR CORP. AND FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

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:
IN RESPECT OF SHAREHOLDER NAMED IN 2 ABOVE

4   Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them:
CLYDESDALE BANK (HEAD OFFICE) NOMINEES LIMITED

5   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:
2,394,000

6   Percentage of issued class:
1.5%

7   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:
-

8   Percentage of issued class:
-

9   Class of security:
ORDINARY SHARES OF 10 PENCE EACH

10  Date of transaction:
NOT KNOWN 

11  Date company informed:
1 JULY 1997

12  Total holding following this notification:
9,239,000

13  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
5.66%

14  Contact name for queries:
MR. C.J. GRAY, COMPANY SECRETARY

15 Contact telephone number:
0181 966 6006

16  Name of company official responsible for making notification:
ALBERT LAW, PANMURE GORDON & CO LIMITED:  0171 638 4010

17  Date of notification:
1 JULY 1997


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