RNS Number:7169J
Chesterton International PLC
07 April 2003

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1. Name of company

Chesterton International plc

2. Name of shareholder having a major interest

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

Notifiable interest comprises non-beneficial holding(s)

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

Clydesdale Bank (Head Office) Nominees Limited - 4,493,408 (FISL)

Clydesdale Bank (Head Office) Nominees Limited - 386,747 (FIL)

5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired

N/A

6. Percentage of issued class

N/A

7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed

1,000,000

8. Percentage of issued class

1.182%

9. Class of security

Ordinary Shares of 5p each

10. Date of transaction

Unknown

11. Date company informed

7 April 2003

12. Total holding following this notification

4,880,155

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

5.769%

14. Any additional information


15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Ms Fiona Recker 020 7312 5489

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

W A Heaney - Company Secretary

Date of notification

7 April 2003



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