Holding(s) in Company

Wilmington Group Plc
21 November 2005


Letter to Wilmington Group PLC dated 17 November 2005


DISCLOSURE OF INTEREST IN ORDINARY SHARES OF 5P

We hereby give notice for the purposes of Part VI of the Companies Act 1985
that today we have become aware that Aberforth Partners has a notifiable interest
in 9,565,000 Ordinary shares of 5p each which, based on the information 
available to us, represents 11.44% of the issued share capital of the above 
company. This interest arises as a result of the discretionary investment
management powers that we can exercise over the funds of our clients. Aberforth
Partners is not the beneficial owner of these shares.

The shares to which this notification relates are, or will be, registered as
follows:

Registered Holder                                               Number of Shares

Nortrust Nominees Limited A/C ABERFRTH                              7,871,600
Bank of Ireland Nominees Limited                                      441,200
The Church Commissioners for England (Chase GIS)           
Nominees Limited                                                      585,100
State Street Nominees Limited A/C JD59                                667,100

                                                                    9,565,000


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