Holding(s) in Company

CSS Stellar PLC
18 February 2004

CSS Stellar plc

Holding in company

18 February 2004



CSS Stellar plc ('the Company') was informed on 16 February 2004 that FMR
Corporation ('FMR') and its direct and indirect subsidiaries and Fidelity
International Limited ('FIL') and its direct and indirect subsidiaries had
acquired 727,300 ordinary shares of 50p each in the Company, being 2.74% of the
total voting shares of the Company in issue.  As a result of this acquisition,
the aggregate holding of FMR, FIL and their direct and indirect subsidiaries in
the Company is 2,323,352 ordinary shares of 50p each, being 8.76% of the total
voting shares in issue.  The details of the holding are as follows:


Shares held       Management company       Nominee / Registered name
50,000            FMR                      HSBC
270,308           FMR                      Mellon Bank
824,228           FIL                      HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Ltd
1,178,816         FIL                      MSS Nominees Ltd



This notifiable interest also comprises the notifiable interest of Mr Edward C.
Johnson 3rd of 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, MA 02109, a principal shareholder
of FMR and FIL.

The notifiable interests include interest held on behalf of authorized unit
trust schemes in the UK, notwithstanding the exemption from reporting pursuant
to Section 209 (1)(h) of the Companies Act 1985.

These notifications of disclosable interests constitute separate notifications
of interest in the shares and are combined solely for the purposes of clarity.
Nothing herein should be taken to indicate that FMR and its direct and indirect
subsidiaries, FIL and its direct and indirect subsidiaries or Mr Edward C.
Johnson 3rd act as a group or in concert in respect of the disclosed interests,
or that they are required to submit these notifications on a joint basis.

The disclosable interests arise under section (4) (b) of the Act, namely where a
person, not being registered holder, is entitled to exercise of such rights, or
under section 203 of the Act respectively.



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