Holding in Company

DCC PLC
16 July 2002



Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1   Name of company:
DCC plc

2   Name of shareholder having a major interest:
Bank of Ireland Asset Management Limited

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.  Shares are held on behalf of a range of clients who
are each the beneficial owner of a portion of the shareholding.

4   Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them:
Bank of Ireland Nominees Limited  8,548,786
Nortrust Nominees                    58,342
Citibank Nominees                   112,000

5   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:
Not specified

6   Percentage of issued class:
N/A

7   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:
Not specified

8   Percentage of issued class:
N/A

9   Class of security:
Ordinary shares of EUR 0.25 each

10  Date of transaction:
Not specified

11  Date company informed:
16 July 2002

12  Total holding following this notification:
8,719,128

13  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
9.88%

14  Contact name for queries:
Ciara Purcell

15 Contact telephone number:
00 353 1 2799462

16  Name of company official responsible for making notification:
Ciara Purcell

17  Date of notification:
16 July 2002


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