Holding(s) in Company

Diploma PLC
27 January 2003



NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 198 TO 202 - - U.K. COMPANIES ACT

1. Company in which shares are held:     Diploma Plc

2. Notifiable Interest:       Ordinary Shares

        Fidelity International Limited (FIL) 
        P.O. Box HM 670 
        Hamilton HMCX, Bermuda

        Parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries, 
        including Fidelity Investment Services Ltd. (FISL), investment managers 
        for various non-US investment companies and institutional clients. (See
        Schedule A for listing of Registered Shareholders and their holdings.)

3. The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of:

        Mr. Edward C. Johnson 3d 
        82 Devonshire Street 
        Boston, MA 02109

        A principal shareholder of Fidelity International Limited.

4. The notifiable interests include interest held on behalf of authorized unit 
   trust schemes in the U.K.. notwithstanding the exemption from reporting 
   pursuant to Section 209 (l)(h) of the Companies Act 1985.

5. These notifications of disclosable interests constitute separate 
   notifications of interest in the shares and are combined solely for the 
   purposes of clarity. Nothing herein should be taken to indicate that Fidelity 
   International Limited and its direct and indirect subsidiaries or Mr. Edward 
   C, Johnson 3d act as a group or in concert in respect of the disclosed 
   interests, or that they are required to submit these notifications on a joint 
   basis.

6. The disclosable interests arise under section 208 (4) (b) of the Act, namely 
   where a person, not being the registered holder, is entitled to exercise a 
   right conferred by the holding of the shares or to control the exercise of 
   such rights, or under section 203 of the Act respectively.
 


Schedule A 

Security: Diploma Plc
 
                                    MANAGEMENT 
                       SHARES HELD   COMPANY    NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME

(Ordinary Shares)
                            20,900     FIL      Brown Brothers Harriman Ltd. LUX 
                           924,638     FISL     Chase Manhattan Bank London

Total Ordinary Shares      945,538

Current ownership percentage: 4.17%

Shares in issue:        22,647,910

Change in holdings since last filing:   +945,538 ordinary shares



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