Holding in Company

Billam PLC
18 August 2000


Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1   Name of company:
Billam plc

2   Name of shareholder having a major interest:
Lloyds Bank Nominees Ltd (Lloyd15)

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:
Re Shareholder

4   Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them:
As above

5   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:
2,000,000

6   Percentage of issued class:
0.24%

7   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:
-

8   Percentage of issued class:
-

9   Class of security:
Ordinary shares of 0.1p

10  Date of transaction:
17/08/00 - 1 million      18/08/00 - 1 million

11  Date company informed:
18 August 2000

12  Total holding following this notification:
69,000,000

13  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
8.36%

14  Contact name for queries:
Angus Forrest

15 Contact telephone number:
020 7251 9111

16  Name of company official responsible for making notification:
Angus Forrest


17  Date of notification:
18 August 2000





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