Notification of Interest

Holidaybreak PLC
15 October 2003

Holidaybreak Plc



15 October 2003





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





Holidaybreak Plc ("Holidaybreak" or "the Company") received notification by a
letter dated 13 October 2003 that FMR Corp. ("FMR") and its direct and indirect
subsidiaries, and Fidelity International Limited ("FIL") and its direct and
indirect subsidiaries, both being non-beneficial holders, have an interest in
1,467,227 ordinary shares in Holidaybreak (representing 3.11% per cent. of the
Company's issued share capital of 47,165,390) as follows:



      FMR Corp.

      82 Devonshire Street

Boston, MA 02109



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



Fidelity International Limited (FIL)

P.O. Box HM 670

Hamilton HMCX, Bermuda



Parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries, (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



A principal shareholder of 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
and efficiency. Nothing herein should be taken to indicate that 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
                 88,011 FMRCO               Mellon Bank
                  9,200 FISL                Chase Nominees Limited
                321,843 FPM                 Chase Nominees Limited
                562,793 FPM                 Bankers Trust
                121,600 FPM                 HSBC
                110,100 FIL                 Nortrust Nominees Ltd
                 59,000 FIL                 BT Globenet Nominees Ltd
                 38,500 FIL                 RBS Trust Bank
                 48,680 FIL                 Northern Trust
                 47,800 FIL                 Chase Manhattan Bank London
                 29,100 FIL                 Bank of New York Brussels
                 10,600 FIL                 State Street Bank & Trust
                 20,000 FIL                 Bank of New York London







ENDS


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