Holding(s) in Company

London Stock Exchange Plc
20 June 2002


London Stock Exchange plc

20 June 2002

London Stock Exchange plc received the following letter from Threadneedle
Investments on 19 June 2002

Section 198 Companies Act 1985

In accordance with the provisions of the above Section, on behalf of Zurich
Financial Services and its Group, we would inform you of a notifiable interest
in the shares in your Company, which are held as detailed on the attached
schedule.

                                     London Stock Exchange plc

Registered Owner                                                        Ordinary 5p Shares

BNY (OCS) Nominees Ltd                                 A/c 219064                           535,181
BNY (OCS) Nominees Ltd                                 A/c 219077                            25,795
BNY (OCS) Nominees Ltd                                 A/c 219078                            12,306
BNY (OCS) Nominees Ltd                                 A/c 219081                            21,354
BNY (OCS) Nominees Ltd                                 A/c 219061                            72,530
Littledown Nominees Limited                             A/c 02642                           320,000
Littledown Nominees Limited                             A/c 09890                           230,000
Littledown Nominees Limited                             A/c 07199                            78,000
Littledown Nominees Limited                             A/c 07207                         1,215,000
Littledown Nominees Limited                             A/c 21688                           944,979
Littledown Nominees Limited                             A/c 07205                         1,653,838
Littledown Nominees Limited                             A/c 07201                           585,857
Littledown Nominees Limited                             A/c 07198                           205,000
Littledown Nominees Limited                             A/c 02891                         4,200,000

TOTAL                                                                                    10,099,840


Littledown Nominees Ltd is a nominee for the ZFS Group subsidiaries: Allied
Dunbar Assurance plc, Eagle Star Insurance Company Ltd; Eagle Star Life
Assurance Company Ltd; Zurich Financial Services UK Pension Trustee Ltd; Eagle
Star Executives Pension Trustee Ltd; Eagle Star Securities Ltd; Sceptre Trust
Ltd; Home & Overseas Insurance Company Ltd; Threadneedle Pension Ltd; and J.P.
Morgan Trustee and Depositary Company Ltd, the Trustee for Eagle Star Unit
Managers Ltd and the Depositary to Threadneedle Investment Funds ICVC.

BNY (OCS) Nominees Ltd is a nominee for the ZFS Group subsidiaries; Zurich
Insurance Company (UK) Ltd, Zurich Life Assurance Company Ltd and Zurich
International (UK) Ltd.

ZFS is Zurich Financial Services, a company incorporated in Switzerland.

This notification is made on behalf of:

Allied Dunbar Assurance plc;

Eagle Star Group Services Ltd, Eagle Star Insurance Company Ltd, Eagle Star Life
Assurance Company Ltd, Zurich Financial Services UK Pension Trustee Ltd, Eagle
Star Executives Pension Trustee Ltd and Eagle Star Holdings Limited;

Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd, Threadneedle Pensions Ltd and Threadneedle
Asset Management Holdings Ltd;

Geneva Life Insurance Company, Zurich International (UK) Ltd, Zurich Life
Insurance Company, Assuricum AG, Zurich Specialties London Ltd, Zurich Holdings
(UK) Ltd, Zurich Life Assurance Company Ltd, Zurich Insurance Company (UK) Ltd,
and Zurich Insurance Company;

Allied Zurich Holdings Ltd, ZKI Holding Corp, Zurich Financial Services (UKISA)
Ltd, Zurich Group Holding, Zurich Holding Company of America Inc, Zurich
Insurance Company and Allied Zurich plc, the intermediate holding companies of
the aforementioned companies, and Zurich Financial Services, their ultimate
holding company.

The shares could be available for lending and this could lead to a short term
re-registration.

Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Lisa Condron, Company Secretary Tel: [phone]

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

Lisa Condron, Company Secretary



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