RNS Number:4965U
Whatman PLC
21 January 2004

                                SCHEDULE 10

                  NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1. Name of company

Whatman plc
 


2. Name of shareholder having a major interest

Britel Fund Trustees Ltd (Hermes Pensions Management Ltd.)
 


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

Possfund Nominees Ltd.      499,800
 
Britel Fund Nominees Ltd.   323,797
 
Chase Nominees Ltd.       5,778,909
 

 

5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired

- 

 

6. Percentage of issued class

- 


 

7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed

307,715
 

 

8. Percentage of issued class

0.24%
 

 

9. Class of security

Ordinary Shares of 1p 
 

 

10. Date of transaction

Not known
 


 

11. Date company informed

19 January 2004
 

 

12. Total holding following this notification

6,602,506
 

 

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

5.21%
 

 

14. Any additional information

-
 

 

15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries

John Simmonds   
0208 326 1743
 

 

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



 

Date of notification

20 January 2004
 

 

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