Holding(s) in Company

Melrose PLC
20 July 2005


20 July 2005


Melrose PLC ("Melrose" or "the Company")


Holdings in Company


Melrose was informed on 18 July 2005 that Cinven Limited, by virtue of its
management arrangements with those entities listed below and pursuant to Section
198(2) of the Companies Act 1985,  has a non-material interest in the share
capital of the Company through the following registered shareholdings:

Second Cinven Fund US No.1 Limited Partnership                         2,506,864
Second Cinven Fund US No.2 Limited Partnership                         5,181,860
Second Cinven Fund US No.3 Limited Partnership                         3,411,773
Second Cinven Fund No.1 Limited Partnership                            4,854,746
Second Cinven Fund No.2 Limited Partnership                            2,265,338
Second Cinven Fund Dutch No.1 Limited Partnership                      1,834,288
Second Cinven Fund Dutch No.2 Limited Partnership                      1,222,859
Second Cinven Fund Dutch No.3 Limited Partnership                        366,857
Second Cinven Fund Dutch No.4 Limited Partnership                        366,857
Coal Pension Venture Limited Partnership                               7,337,148
Railway Pension Venture Capital Limited                                3,668,573
Barclays UK Retirement Fund Venture Limited Partnership                3,688,574
Second Cinven Fund US No. 1 Co-Investment Limited Partnership            435,733

Total                                                                 37,121,470

This total holding represents 14.4 per cent. of the issued share capital of the
Company.

                                                                      
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