Holding in Company

DCC PLC
16 January 2002


The following is the text of a letter received from Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c.
on 15 January 2002:




'Mr Gerard Whyte
Company Secretary
DCC plc,
DCC House
Brewery Road
Stillorgan
Blackrock
Co. Dublin

14 January 2002

Dear Mr Whyte, 

               SECTIONS 67 TO 80 COMPANIES ACT 1990('THE ACT')                

We write to inform you that immediately after the time when the obligation to
make this notification arose, Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c. and its subsidiaries
(as defined in the above mentioned sections of the Act) ('AIB') no longer has
a notifiable interest in the share capital of your Company.

If you have any questions arising from this letter, please do not hesitate to
contact me.



Yours sincerely


_____________
Evelyn Carroll
Manager, Group Compliance'