RNS Number:5771K
London Forfaiting Company PLC
30 April 2003


To: RNS


We have received notification today from Fidelity Investments on behalf of FMR 
Corp. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries and Fidelity International 
Limited and its direct and indirect subsidiaries that they are interested in 
6,044,500 Ordinary Shares of 40p each in London Forfaiting Company PLC, 
representing 5.77% of the issued ordinary share capital.

The shares are registered in the names of HSBC and Chase Nominees Limited. 


From: London Forfaiting Company PLC




Letter to: London Forfaiting Company PLC
Dated April 28, 2003


Amendment #6

NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 198 TO 202 - U.K. COMPANIES ACT


1. Company in which shares are held:     London Forfaiting Co 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. (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). (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 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)(h) 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: London Forfaiting Co Plc                                Amendment# 6


                      SHARES HELD   MANAGEMENT   NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME
                                     COMPANY  
(Ordinary Shares)   
                         500,000      FMRCO      HSBC
                       5,544,500       FISL      Chase Nominees Ltd

                    

TOTAL ORDINARY SHARES:                 6,044,500

CURRENT OWNERSHIP PERCENTAGE:          5.77%

SHARES IN ISSUE:                       104,780,000

CHANGE IN HOLDINGS SINCE LAST FILING:  (2,750,000) ordinary shares



From: Fidelity Management & Research Company



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