Holding in Company

Renold PLC
9 January 2002

SCHEDULE 10

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company :

RENOLD plc

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest :

LEGAL & GENERAL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT

3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a
non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a
holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18 :

ABOVE SHAREHOLDER

4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
number of shares held by each of them :

HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK) LTD a/c 886615: 695,000
HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK) LTD a/c 887711 115,000
HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK) LTD a/c 775245: 112,322
HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK) LTD a/c 360509: 47,531
HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK) LTD a/c 357206: 796,147
HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK) LTD a/c 363605: 105,500

5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired :



6) Percentage of issued class :



7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed :

590,314

8) Percentage of issued class :

0.85

9) Class of security :

ORDINARY 25P SHARES

10) Date of transaction :

8 JANUARY 2002

11) Date company informed :

9 JANUARY 2002

12) Total holding following this notification :

1,871,500

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification :

2.70

14) Any additional information :



15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries :

Keith Dracup 0161-498-4521

16) Name of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification :

G R Newton
Company Secretary

Date of notification 9 January 2002