Holding(s) in Company

Hardide PLC
04 October 2006


                          Hardide PLC (the 'Company')


                               Holding in Company


Hardide plc has today been informed by the Dresdner Kleinwort Group Limited that
following a purchase by Allianz Cornhill Insurance plc ('Cornhill') of 1,425,000
ordinary shares, Allianz AG and subsidiaries together with Cornhill are now
interested in 6,589,332 shares of Hardide plc, representing 4.49 per cent. of
the Company's issued share capital.


Allianz AG is the ultimate holding company of Cornhill.






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