RNS Number:5255N
Celltech Group PLC
14 July 2003

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1. Name of company
Celltech Group plc

2. Name of shareholder having a major interest
Franklin Resources Inc and its affiliates including Franklin Mutual Advisers 
LLC and Templeton Worldwide Inc and its affiliates

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
As in 2 above

4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them
Bank of New York, London                                    144,380
Bank of New York, Europe                                    11,230
Chase NA London                                             12,941,874
Citibank NA London                                          39,020
Deutsche Bank AG                                            24,290
Mellon Bank NA                                              542,108
Northern Trust Company                                      791,505
Royal Trust Corp of Canada                                  190,352
State Street Nominees Limited                               1,846,482


5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired
N/a

6. Percentage of issued class
-

7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed
595,586 since last notification

8. Percentage of issued class
0.21%

9. Class of security
Ordinary 50p Shares

10. Date of transaction
Unknown





11. Date company informed
11 July 2003

12. Total holding following this notification
16,531,241

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
5.955%

14. Any additional information
-

15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries
Anita Dowling (01753) 777106

16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification
J A D Slater

Date of notification
14 July 2003

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