Holding(s) in Company

SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES                   

All relevant boxes should be completed in block capital letters.

1. Name of company                   2. Name of shareholder having a major     
                                        interest                               
   THE LAW DEBENTURE CORPORATION                                               
   P.L.C.                               BARCLAYS PLC                           

3. Please state whether notification 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and,  
   indicates that it is in respect      if more than one holder, the number of 
   of holding of the shareholder        shares held by each of them            
   named in 2 above or in respect of                                           
   a non-beneficial interest or in      Name of registered holders (number of  
   the case of an individual holder     shares in brackets)                    
   if it is a holding of that                                                  
   person's spouse or children under    Barclays Trust Co & Others (2,115)     
   the age of 18                                                               
                                        Barclays Trust Co DMC69 (75,474)       
   HOLDER NAMED IN 2.                                                          
                                        Barclays Trust Co E99 (1,000)          
                                                                               
                                        Barclays Trust Co R69 (1,671,830)      
                                                                               
                                        Chase Nominees Ltd (61,981)            
                                                                               
                                        Chase Nom,inees Ltd (42,012)           
                                                                               
                                        Gerrard Nominees Ltd ER1 (26,750)      
                                                                               
                                        Greig Middleton Nominees Ltd GM1       
                                        (147,085)                              
                                                                               
                                        JP Morgan (BGI Custody 16331) (40,199) 
                                                                               
                                        JP Morgan (BGI Custody 16341) (69,332) 
                                                                               
                                        JP Morgan (BGI Custody 16400)          
                                        (1,444,640)                            
                                                                               
                                        JP Morgan (BGI Custody 18409) (92,277) 
                                                                               
                                        RC Greig Nominees Limited RC1          
                                        (1,446,553)                            
                                                                               
                                        RC Greig Nominees Limited AK1 (482,789)
                                                                               
                                        RC Greig Nominees Limited BL1 (137,905)
                                                                               
                                        RC Greig Nominees Limited VM1 (96,245) 
                                                                               
                                        RC Greig Nominees Limited GP1 (152,688)
                                                                               
                                        RC Greig Nominees Limited SA1 (80,025) 
                                                                               
                                        Reflex Nominees Limited (7,032)        
                                                                               
                                        Total shareholding 6,077,932           

5. Number of      6. Percentage of  7. Number of shares 8. Percentage of      
   shares/amount     issued class      /amount of stock    issued class       
   of stock                            disposed                               
   acquired          1.187%                                                   
                                                                              
   1,396,257                                                                  

9. Class of security                10. Date of          11. Date company      
                                        transaction          informed          
   ORDINARY 5 PENCE                                                            
                                        22 AUGUST 2005       25 AUGUST 2005    

12. Total holding following this     13. Total percentage holding of issued    
    notification                         class following this notification     
                                                                               
    6,066,932                            5.17%                                 

14. Any additional information       15. Name of contact and telephone number  
                                         for queries                           
                                                                               
                                         SHARON TYSON DEPUTY COMPANY SECRETARY
                                                                               
                                         020 7696 5233                         

16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making   
    this notification                                                          
                                                                               
    SHARON TYSON                                                              
                                                                               
Date of notification _____25 August 2003