Holding in Company

DCC PLC
21 December 2007


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|TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares                             |
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|1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying    |            DCC Plc            |
|issuer of existing shares to which voting      |                               |
|rights are attached:                           |                               |
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|2. Reason for notification (yes/no)                                            |
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|An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                         |   yes    |
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|An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result|          |
|in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights  |          |
|are attached                                                        |          |
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|An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                    |          |
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|Other (please specify):______________                               |          |
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|3. Full name of person(s) subject to   |             Schroders plc             |
|notification obligation:               |                                       |
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|4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if     |                                       |
|different from 3):                     |                                       |
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|5. Date of transaction (and date on    |               19.12.07                |
|which the threshold is crossed or      |                                       |
|reached if different):                 |                                       |
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|6. Date on which issuer notified:      |               20.12.07                |
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|7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or |               Below 5%                |
|reached:                               |                                       |
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|8: Notified Details                                                                      |
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|A: Voting rights attached to shares                                                      |
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|Class/type of |Situation previous |Resulting situation after the triggering transaction  |
|shares        |to the triggering  |                                                      |
|              |transaction        |                                                      |
|If possible   +---------+---------+----------+----------------------+--------------------+
|use ISIN code |Number of|Number of|Number of |Number of voting      |Percentage of voting|
|              |shares   |voting   |shares    |rights                |rights              |
|              |         |rights   |          +----------+-----------+----------+---------+
|              |         |         |          |          |           |          |         |
|              |         |         |          |          |           |          |         |
|              |         |         |          |Direct    |Indirect   |Direct    |Indirect |
+--------------+---------+---------+----------+---------++----------++---------++---------+
|              |         |         |          |         |           |          |          |
|              |         |         |          |         |           |          |          |
|              |         |         |          |         |           |          |          |
|              |         |         |          |         |           |          |          |
|              |         |         |          |         |           |          |          |
|              |         |         |          |         |           |          |          |
|IE0002424939  |4,488,843|4,488,843|   N/A    |   N/A   | 3,951,077 |   N/A    |  4.904%  |
|              |         |         |          |         |           |          |          |
|              |         |         |          |         |           |          |          |
+--------------+---------+---------+----------+---------++----------++---------++---------+
+--------------+---------+---------+----------+---------++----------++---------++---------+
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|B: Financial Instruments                                                        |
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|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                            |
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+---------------+---------------+---------------+----------------+---------------+
|Type of        |Expiration date|Exercise/      |No. of voting   |Percentage of  |
|financial      |               |conversion     |rights that may |voting rights  |
|instrument     |               |period/date    |be acquired (if |               |
|               |               |               |the instrument  |               |
|               |               |               |exercised/      |               |
|               |               |               |converted)      |               |
+---------------+---------------+---------------+----------------+---------------+
|*              |               |               |                |               |
|               |               |               |                |               |
|               |               |               |                |               |
+---------------+---------------+---------------+----------------+---------------+
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|Total (A+B)                                                                  |
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|Number of voting rights               |Percentage of voting rights           |
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|              3,951,077               |                4.904%                |
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|9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or  |
|the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:               |
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|Schroder Investment Management Limited 1,962,927 2.44%                       |
|                                                                             |
|Schroder Investment Management North America Limited 1,983,250 2.46%         |
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|Schroder &Co Limited 4,900 0.01%                                             |
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|Proxy Voting:                                                                |
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|10. Name of proxy holder:             |                                      |
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|11. Number of voting rights proxy     |                                      |
|holder will cease to hold:            |                                      |
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|12. Date on which proxy holder will   |                                      |
|cease to hold voting rights:          |                                      |
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|13. Additional information:           |The shares referred to in section 9   |
|                                      |are held in portfolios managed by     |
|                                      |those firms on a discretionary basis  |
|                                      |for clients under investment          |
|                                      |management agreements.                |
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| 14 Contact name:                     |             Chris Melrose            |
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|   15. Contact telephone name:        |             020 7658 2959            |
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