Holding(s) in Company

Dart Group PLC
19 April 2007


TR-1 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

(1) Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which
voting rights are attached:

DART GROUP PLC

(2) Reason for the notification (please state Yes/No):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: (Yes)

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the
acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: (No)

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: (No)

Other (please specify): (No)

(3) Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:

MERRILL LYNCH INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT FUNDS

(4) Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from (3)):

AS ABOVE

(5) Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or
reached (if different):

17 APRIL 2007

(6) Date on which issuer notified:

18 APRIL 2007

(7) Threshold that is crossed or reached:

INCREASE OVER 5 PER CENT. THRESHOLD

(8) Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of Situation previous  Resulting situation after the triggering
shares        to the Tirggering   transaction
              transaction

using the     Number of Number of Number of   Number of Voting     % of voting
ISIN code     Shares    Voting    Shares      Rights               rights
                        Rights
                                  Direct      Direct    Indirect Direct Indirect
GB00B1722W11  1,438,053 1,438,053 7,064,538   7,064,538 N/A      5.01%  N/A
              *         *
              (was      (was
              4.12%)    4.12%)

* NB - holding of 1,438,053 was disclosed in June 2006 when the denominator (or
ISC) was 34,891,252; the current denominator stands at 140,973,096. This follows
a 4 for 1 stock split (subdivision) in July 2006.

B: Financial instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of          Expiration   Exercise /  Number of            % of
Financial        Date         Conversion  voting rights        voting
Instrument                    Period /    that may be          rights
                              Date        acquired is
                                          the
                                          instrument is
                                          exercised /
                                          converted
N/A

Total (A+B)

Number of voting rights                   % of voting rights
7,064,538                                 5.01%

(9) Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

N/A

Proxy Voting:

(10) Name of the proxy holder:

N/A

(11) Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease/acquire to hold:

N/A

(12) Date on which proxy holder will cease/acquire to holding voting rights:

N/A

(13) Additional information:

(14) Contact name:

(15) Contact number:






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