Holding(s) in Company

Holidaybreak PLC
2 April 2002

HOLIDAYBREAK PLC

2 APRIL 2002



NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 198 TO 202 COMPANIES ACT 1985 (AS AMENDED)



On 27 March 2002 Holidaybreak plc ("Holidaybreak" or "the Company") received
notification from FMR Corporation of 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, MA02109-3614
that FMR Corp. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries and Fidelity
International Limited and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, both being
non-beneficial holders, have an interest in 1,389,487 ordinary 5p shares in
Holidaybreak plc (2.98% of the Company's issued share capital of 46,634,159) as
follows:



(A) FMR Corp.

82 Devonshire Street

Boston, MA 02109



Parent holding company of Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMRCO),
investment manager for US mutual funds. (See Schedule A for listing of
Registered Shareholders and their holdings).



(B) Fidelity International Limited (FIL)

PO Box HM 670

Hamilton HMCX, Bermuda



Parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries, including
Fidelity Investment Services Ltd (FISL) and Fidelity Pension Management (FPM),
investment managers for various non-US investment companies and institutional
clients. (See Schedule A for listing of Registered Shareholders and their
holdings).



The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of:



Mr Edward C Johnson 3rd

82 Devonshire Street

Boston, MA 02109



Principal shareholder of FMR Corp. and Fidelity International Limited.



The notifiable interests include interest held on behalf of authorised unit
trust schemes in the UK, notwithstanding the exemption from reporting pursuant
to Section 209 (1)(h) of the Companies Act 1985.



These notifications of disclosable interests constitute separate notifications
of interest in the shares and are combined solely for the purposes of clarity.
Nothing 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 3rd 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.



The disclosable interests arise under section 208(4)(b) of the Act, namely where
a person, not being the registered holder, is entitled to exercise a right
conferred by the holding of the shares or to control the exercise of such
rights, or under section 203 of the Act respectively.




SCHEDULE A


            Shares held Management Company  Nominee/Registered Name

                225,000 FMRCO          HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Limited
                  9,200 FISL           Chase Nominees Limited
                262,700 FPM            Chase Nominees Limited
                247,306 FPM            Bankers Trust
                 18,000 FPM            MSS Nominees Limited
                 95,200 FIL            Nortrust Nominees Limited
                 50,000 FIL            BT Globenet Nominees Limited
                112,300 FIL            RBS Trust Bank
                338,701 FIL            Chase Nominees Limited
                 31,080 FIL            Northern Trust









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