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 Bank Trust Company Limited    
   the age of 18                        (2,329,716)                            
                                                                               
   HOLDER NAMED IN 2.                   Barclays Life Assurance Co Limited     
                                        (109,531)                              
                                                                               
                                        Gerrard Limited (642,255)              
                                                                               
                                        Barclays Private Bank and Trust Limited
                                        (11,630)                               
                                                                               
                                        Barclays Global Investors Limited      
                                        (1,598,898)                            
                                                                               
                                        Total shareholding 4,692,030           

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                                                                   

9. Class of security                10. Date of          11. Date company      
                                        transaction          informed          
   ORDINARY 5 PENCE                                                            
                                                             16 June 2005      

12. Total holding following this     13. Total percentage holding of issued    
    notification                         class following this notification     
                                                                               
    4,692,030                            3.98%                                 

14. Any additional information       15. Name of contact and telephone number  
                                         for queries                           
                                                                               
                                         sharon tyson assistant company        
                                         secretary                             
                                                                               
                                         020 7696 5233                         

16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making   
    this notification                                                          
                                                                               
    sharon tyson                                                               
                                                                               
Date of notification _____17 June 2005