Substantial Shareholding

Shires Income PLC
04 August 2005


                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company: Shires Income plc

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest: Barclays PLC

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: as above

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

GERRARD LTD 238,030
BARCLAYS PRIVATE BANK AND TRUST LTD 3,110
BARCLAYS GLOBAL INVESTORS LTD 382,972
BARCLAYS LIFE ASSURANCE CO LTD 20,050
BARCLAYS BANK TRUST COMPANY LTD 888,275
1,532,437

5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired: 180,758

6) Percentage of issued class: 0.61%

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

8) Percentage of issued class

9) Class of security: Ordinary 50p shares

10) Date of transaction: 28 July 2005

11) Date company informed: 2 August 2005

12) Total holding following this notification: 1,532,437

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification: 5.16%

14) Any additional information

15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries: Yvonne Craig - 0141 572
2700

16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification: Graeme McDonald

Date of notification: 4 August 2005





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