RNS Number:0814U
Malcolm Group PLC (The)
09 January 2004


                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1. Name of company

...The Malcolm Group Plc.

2. Name of shareholder having a major interest

...Platinum Investment Trust Plc.

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

...as above.

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

...Bank of New York Nominees Ltd A/C 310008.

5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired

...3,478,681.

6. Percentage of issued class

...5.5%.

7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed

...-.

8. Percentage of issued class

...-.

9. Class of security

...25p ordinary.

10. Date of transaction

....8th January 2004.


11. Date company informed

....9th January 2004.

12. Total holding following this notification

....As number 5.

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

....As number 6.

14. Any additional information

....-.
15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries

....-.

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

....John David Douglas.

Date of notification

....9th January 2004.

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