Holding in Company

DCC PLC
9 January 2002


Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1   Name of company:
DCC plc

2   Name of shareholder having a major interest:
FMR Corp. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries and Fidelity International
Limited (FIL) and its direct and indirect subsidiaries both being
non-beneficial holders.

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:
Non beneficial interest.

4   Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them:
5,731,274     FMRCO  Allied Irish Bank
   45,450     FMRCO  State Street Nominees Limited
  854,550     FMRCO  Chase Nominees Limited
1,604,340     FISL   Clydesdale Trustee and Custodial Services (Ireland)
Limited
  314,116     FIL    Clydesdale Trustee and Custodial Services (Ireland)
Limited
1,992,066     FIL    Allied Irish Bank
    2,108     FIL    Bank of Ireland Dublin
   43,580     FIL    Bank of Bermuda

5   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:
1,294,772

6   Percentage of issued class:
1.47%

7   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:
N/A

8   Percentage of issued class:
N/A

9   Class of security:
Ordinary Shares of EURO 0.25 each

10  Date of transaction:
Not stated

11  Date company informed:
9 January 2002

12  Total holding following this notification:
10,587,484

13  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
12.00%

14  Contact name for queries:
Gerard Whyte

15 Contact telephone number:
[phone]

16  Name of company official responsible for making notification:
Gerard Whyte

17  Date of notification:
9 January 2002


Additional Information:
The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of Mr Edward C.
Johnson 3d, 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, MA 02109, principal shareholder and
Chairman of FMR Corp. and Fidelity International Limited.

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.