Holding(s) in Company

London Stock Exchange Plc
07 March 2005

London Stock Exchange plc

7 March 2005

London Stock Exchange plc received the following letter from Threadneedle
Investments on 4 March 2005.

SECTION 198 COMPANIES ACT 1985

We refer to the letter dated 4 August 2004, disclosing a Notifiable Interest of
Zurich Financial Services and its Group in the shares of your Company.

In accordance with the provisions of the above Section, we would inform you of a
change to their notifiable interest over shares in your Company, which are held
as detailed on the attached schedule.


Registered Owner                                                               Ordinary 5 5/6p Shares
BNY (OCS) Nominees Ltd                               A/c 219064                                   413,018
Littledown Nominees Ltd                              A/c 35822                                     14,405
Littledown Nominees Ltd                              A/c 07199                                     49,775
Littledown Nominees Ltd                              A/c 07207                                    854,194
Littledown Nominees Ltd                              A/c 02642                                    313,499
Littledown Nominees Ltd                              A/c 21688                                    468,960
Littledown Nominees Ltd                              A/c 07205                                    476,289
Littledown Nominees Ltd                              A/c 11121                                     11,309
Littledown Nominees Ltd                              A/c 02891                                 17,778,050
Williams & Glyns (Isle of Man) Nominees Ltd          A/c 0700096001                               115,714
TOTAL                                                                                          20,495,213


Notes

Littledown Nominees Ltd is a nominee for the ZFS Group subsidiaries: Eagle Star
Insurance Company Ltd; Zurich Assurance Ltd; Zurich Financial Services UK
Pension Trustee Ltd; Eagle Star Executives Pension Trustee Ltd; Eagle Star
Securities Ltd.  It is also a nominee for various companies not within the ZFS
Group.

BNY (OCS) Nominees Ltd is a nominee for the ZFS Group subsidiaries: Zurich
Insurance Company (UK) Ltd and Zurich International (UK) Ltd.  It is also a
nominees for various companies not within the ZFS Group.

Williams & Glyns (Isle of Man) Nominees Ltd is a nominee for ZFS Group
subsidiary, Allied Dunbar International Assurance Ltd, and for the Royal Bank of
Scotland (Isle of Man) Limited, the Trustee for Allied Dunbar International
Funds Ltd.

ZFS is Zurich Financial Services, a company incorporated in Switzerland.

This notification is made on behalf of:

Allied Dunbar International Assurance Ltd and Allied Dunbar International Fund
Managers Ltd;

Eagle Star Group Services Ltd, Zurich Assurance Ltd; Zurich Financial Services
UK Pension Trustee Ltd, Eagle Star Executives Pension Trustee Ltd and Eagle Star
Holdings Limited;

Zurich Insurance Co (UK) Ltd; and

Allied Zurich Holdings Ltd, Zurich Financial Services (UKISA) Ltd, Zurich Group
Holding, Zurich Insurance Company and Allied Zurich plc, the intermediate
holding companies of the aforementioned companies, and Zurich Financial
Services, their ultimate holding company.

The shares could be available for lending and this could lead to a short term
re-registration.


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