Holding(s) in Company

Spirax-Sarco Engineering PLC
06 February 2004

SCHEDULE 10

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES



1. Name of company


SPIRAX-SARCO ENGINEERING PLC



2. Name of shareholder having a major interest


LEGAL & GENERAL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT


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


IN RESPECT OF CLIENTS WHOSE PORTFOLIOS ARE MANAGED BY THE SHAREHOLDERS NAMED IN BOX 2 ABOVE



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


SEE ATTACHED LETTER DATED 4TH FEBRUARY 2004



5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired


Not stated



6. Percentage of issued class


Not stated



7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed


Not stated



8. Percentage of issued class


Not stated



9. Class of security


ORDINARY



10. Date of transaction


2.2.04



11. Date company informed


5.2.04



12. Total holding following this notification


2,439,119



13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification


3.26%



14. Any additional information






15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries


PETER A. SMITH, TEL. [phone]



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


FAY RICKETTS



Date of notification


6.2.04



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Letter to Spirax-Sarco Engineering Plc

Dated 4 February 2004



Consequent upon a transfer into management of 342,000 on the 02 February 2004,
please find below details of the notifiable interest of Legal & General Group
Plc now and/or its subsidiaries in the relevant share capital of your company:



Material Interest


HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 914945                                        28,340
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 775245                                       326,600
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 357206                                     1,892,695
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 866203                                       105,489
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 360509                                        85,995

                                                                                    2,439,119     3.26%



We currently have a notifiable interest in 2,439,119 Ord 25p shares which we
understand represents 3.26% of that class of your share capital calculated on an
issued share capital is 74,774,941 Ord 25p shares.



Should you wish to discuss any aspect of this notification, please do not
hesitate to contact Helen Tasker on 020 7528 6818.



Yours faithfully



Helen Tasker

Authorised Signatory



Lee Toms

Authorised Signatory




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