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IMI PLC 16 October 2001 DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS 1) NAME OF COMPANY IMI PLC 2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST LEGAL & GENERAL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT 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 BENEFICIAL 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them. SEE BELOW 5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired. 228,000 6) (0.06%) of issued Class 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed 8) ( N/A %) of issued Class 9) Class of security ORDINARY SHARES 10) Date of transaction 11.10.01 11) Date company informed 16.10.01 12) Total holding following this notification 10,624,142 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 3.02 14) Any additional information LEGAL AND GENERAL HAVE NOTIFIED THE COMPANY THAT THEIR INTEREST HAS NOW EXCEEDED 3% 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries J O'SHEA 0121 356 4848 EXT. 4354 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Date of Notification ...16.10.01..................... LETTER TO IMI PLC COMPANIES ACT 1985 - DISCLOSURE OF INTEREST IN SHARES Consequent upon a purchase in the market of 228,000 shares on the 11 October 2001, 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 886615 317,778 HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK) LTD A/C 886603 710,000 HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK) LTD A/C 775245 1,613,778 HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK) LTD A/C 754612 500,000 HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK) LTD A/C 766793 20,000 HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK) LTD A/C 360509 218,642 HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK) LTD A/C 357206 6,983,944 HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK) LTD A/C 866203 260,000 10,624,142 3.02% Please note that this percentage is based on our understanding that your issued share capital is 351,400,000 LETTER FROM LEGAL & GENERAL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED

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