Holding in Company

DCC PLC
06 February 2004


                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1. Name of company

   DCC plc

2. Name of shareholder having a major interest

   Schroder Investment Management Limited ('SIML'), and Schroder Investment
   Management North America Inc ('SIMNA Inc'), a company affiliated to SIML and
   Schroder Investment Management North America Limited ('SIMNA Ltd'), a
   subsidiary company

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 the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
   shares held by each of them

   Number of   Holder           Registered name
   shares

     416,560   SIML             Chase Nominees Limited
   3,888,460   SIML             Chase Manhattan Bank
      99,000   SIML             State Street Bank and Trust Co
      32,630   SIML             Banque Internationale a Luxembourg
      12,300   SIML             Brown Brothers Harriman
     679,680   SIML             Chase Nominees Limited (Note 1)
     400,000   SIML             Schroder Nominees Limited
   1,905,260   SIMNA Inc        Chase Nominees Limited
      66,390   SIMNA Ltd        Chase Nominees Limited
   7,500,280

   Note 1 - held in (a) unit trust(s) operated and managed by an affiliated
   company, Schroder Unit Trusts Limited.

5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired

   Not disclosed

6. Percentage of issued class

   N/A

7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed

   Not disclosed

8. Percentage of issued class

   N/A

9. Class of security

   Ordinary Shares of €0.25 each

10.Date of transaction

   Not disclosed

11.Date company informed

   5 February 2004

12.Total holding following this notification

   7,500,280

13.Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

   8.50%

14.Any additional information

   None

15.Name of contact and telephone number for queries

   Gerard Whyte, Group Secretary

16.Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
   this notification

   Gerard Whyte, Group Secretary


   Date of notification

   6 February 2004






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