Holding(s) in Company

Melrose PLC
16 January 2006


16 January 2006

Melrose PLC ("Melrose" or "the Company")

Holdings in Company


Melrose was informed on 16 January 2006 that following the sale of 12 million
shares on 11 January 2006, Cinven Limited, by virtue of its management
arrangements with those entities listed below and pursuant to Section 198(2) of
the Companies Act 1985, has a non-material interest in the share capital of the
Company through the following registered shareholdings:


Second Cinven Fund US No.1 Limited Partnership                 1,696,487
Second Cinven Fund US No.2 Limited Partnership                 3,506,756
Second Cinven Fund US No.3 Limited Partnership                 2,308,873
Second Cinven Fund No.1 Limited Partnership                    3,285,386
Second Cinven Fund No.2 Limited Partnership                    1,533,038
Second Cinven Fund Dutch No.1 Limited Partnership              1,241,330
Second Cinven Fund Dutch No.2 Limited Partnership                827,554
Second Cinven Fund Dutch No.3 Limited Partnership                248,266
Second Cinven Fund Dutch No.4 Limited Partnership                248,266
Coal Pension Venture Limited Partnership                       4,965,319
Railway Pension Venture Capital Limited                        2,482,659
Barclays UK Retirement Fund Venture Limited Partnership        2,482,659
Second Cinven Fund US No. 1 Co-Investment Limited Partnership    294,877

Total                                                         25,121,471


This total holding represents 9.8 per cent. of the issued share capital of the
Company.
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