Holding(s) in Company

Renishaw PLC
02 December 2004


                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1. Name of company

Renishaw plc

2. Name of shareholder having a major interest

Zurich Financial Services Group

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

Accounts held under discretionary account management

4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them

Littledown Nominees Limited

5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired

Not notified

6. Percentage of issued class

Not notified

7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed

Not notified

8. Percentage of issued class

Not notified

9. Class of security

Ordinary shares of 20p each

10. Date of transaction

Not notified

11. Date company informed

2nd December 2004

12. Total holding following this notification

The notification is that Zurich Financial Services Group ceased to have a
notifiable interest over shares in the company.

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

Not notified

14. Any additional information

Littledown Nominees Ltd is a nominee for the ZFS Group subsidiaries: Allied
Dunbar Assurance plc, Eagle Star Insurance Company Ltd, Eagle Star Life
Assurance Company Ltd, Zurich Financial Services UK Pension Trustee Ltd, Eagle
Star Executives Pension Trustee Ltd, Eagle Star Securities Ltd, Sceptre Trust
Ltd, Home & Overseas Insurance Company Ltd and other non ZFS Group Companies

15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Mike Ratford 01453 524447

16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification

Allen Roberts, Group Finance Director and Company Secretary

Date of notification

2nd December 2004


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