Holding(s) in Company

Northgate PLC
21 January 2004


                           SCHEDULE 10
 
             NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1)   NAME OF COMPANY

     NORTHGATE 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

     BARCLAYS PLC

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

     SEE BELOW

5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.



6)   Percentage of issued Class


7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed


8)   Percentage of issued Class


9)   Class of security

     ORDINARY


10)  Date of transaction

     16.01.04

11)  Date company informed

     21.01.04

12)  Total holding following this notification

     2,402,831
               
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

     3.75

14)  Any additional information



15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

     MR D HENDERSON
     01325 467558

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

     Date of Notification .....21/01/04.....




                              REGISTERED HOLDERS REPORT

NORTHGATE                                                         SEDOL: 0377544

As at 16 January 2004 Barclays PLC, through the registered holders listed below, 
had a notifiable interest in 2,402,831 ORD GBP 0.05 representing 3.94% of the 
issued share capital of 60,994,340 units.

Registered Holder                       Account Designation           Holding

ALMLUFTTL-18409-CHASE MANHATTA          ALMLUFTT                       24,009
ALSMCOTTL-16482-CHASE MANHATTA          ALSMCOTT                      327,779
ASTEXMTTL-21359-CHASE NOMINEES          ASTEXMTT                       49,629
ASUKEXTTL-20947-CHASE MANHATTA          ASUKEXTT                    1,232,351
BLENTFUKQ-16344-CHASE MANHATTA          BLENTFUK                        4,579
BLENTPUKQ-16345-CHASE MANHATTA          BLENTPUK                       16,501
BLEQFDUKQ-16331-CHASE MANHATTA          BLEOFDUK                       16,184
BLEQPTUEA-16341-CHASE MANHATTA          BLEOPTUE                       34,704
BLEQPTUKQ-16341-CHASE MANHATTA          BLEOPTUK                       44,166
BLUKINTTL-16400-CHASE MANHATTA          BLUKINTT                      384,470
CHATRKTTL-16376-CHASE MANHATTA          CHATRKTT                       30,924
INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO.            527191                        144,535
INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO.            536747                         34,283
JPMorgan Chase Bank                     BTGF01IE                        7,122
JPMorgan Chase Bank                     BTGF05IE                        5,281
NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA          581610                         12,240
NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA          584069                          4,692
UBS Limited                             583996                         29,382
                                                         Total      2,402,831



                      This information is provided by RNS
            The company news service from the London Stock Exchange