Holding in Company-Replacemt.

Esporta PLC
27 November 2000


The issuer has made the following amendment to the Holding in Company
announcement released on Friday 17 November 2000 at 15:39 under RNS No 3138U.

Box 13 should read 4.94% and not 0.494% as previously stated. 

All other details remain unchanged.

The full corrected version is shown below.

                  DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS


1)   NAME OF COMPANY

ESPORTA PLC

2)   NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

LEGAL & GENERAL INVESTMENT MGM LTD

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

AS ABOVE

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

PLEASE SEE BELOW

5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.



6)   ( N/A %) of issued Class

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

450,000

8)   ( 0.27 %) of issued Class

9)   Class of security

ORDINARY 25p SHARES

10)  Date of transaction

15 NOVEMBER 2000

11)  Date company informed

16 NOVEMBER 2000

12)  Total holding following this notification

8,222,021
               
              
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

4.94%

14)  Any additional information


15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

VICTORIA PENRICE
0118 912 3505

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

     Date of Notification 27 NOVEMBER 2000........


Letter to Esporta dated 16 November 2000

COMPANIES ACT 1985 - DISCLOSURE OF INTEREST IN SHARES

Consequent upon a sale in the market of 450,000 shares on the 15 November 2000,
we now hold the following number of shares which are not subject to a concert
party and will be registered as follows:

MATERIAL INTEREST

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 775245          3,207,208
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 754612            450,000
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 360509             66,750
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 357206          4,189,063
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 866203            151,000
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 747381            158,000

                                                         8,222,021   4.98%

Please note that this percentage is based on our understanding that your issued
share capital is 165,100,000.


Letter from Legal & General Investment Management