Holding in Company

Headlam Group PLC
30 October 2001


Headlam Group plc - Disclosure of interest in shares


Headlam Group plc announces that it has today received notification from Legal
& General that consequent upon a sale in the market, Legal & General
Investment Management hold the following number of shares and will be
registered as follows;
                                         Shares          Per cent. of total 
                                           held         issued share capital

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd    670,222
A/C 887711
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd    602,178
A/C 775245
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd     58,356
A/C 360509
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd  1,640,058
A/C 357206
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd     83,681
A/C 747381
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd    194,403
A/C 363605
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd     64,000
A/C 866203
                                      3,312,898              3.95




30 October 2001

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