RNS Number:0470O
Alba PLC
28 July 2003

                  DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS


1)   NAME OF COMPANY
ALBA PLC


2)   NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST
FMR CORP. AND ITS DIRECT AND INDIRECT SUBSIDIARIES, FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL 
LIMITED AND ITS DIRECT AND INDIRECT SUBSIDIARIES, AND MR EDWARD C. JOHNSON 3D, A
PRINCIPAL SHAREHOLDER OF FMR CORP. AND FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED.


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
NAMED IN 2 ABOVE


4)   Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the 
     number of shares held by each of them.
STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD,                           138,000 
MELLON BANK,                                          11,200
HSBC CLIENT HOLDINGS NOMINEE (UK) LTD,                24,900
CHASE MANHATTAN BANK LONDON,                       1,260,461 
CHASE NOMINEES LTD,                                  350,000 
BANKERS TRUST,                                       303,300
HSBC CLIENT HOLDINGS NOMINEE (UK) LTD,               147,000 
BANK OF NEW YORK LONDON,                             118,400 
MELLON NOMINEES,                                      24,200 
DEUTSCHE BANK,                                         6,100 
CITIBANK,                                             10,200 
NORTHERN TRUST,                                       30,100 
HSBC,                                                492,360
CHASE MANHATTAN BANK LONDON,                         231,000 
BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN LTD. LUX,                     13,700 
STATE STREET BANK & TRUST,                           100,700 
BANK OF NEW YORK LONDON,                             368,016 
BANKERS TRUST,                                        18,900 
CITIBANK,                                             71,500 
NORTHERN TRUST,                                      224,300 
BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS,                             8,900 
DEUTSCHE,                                             16,400
STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD,                            40,400 
NORTRUST NOMINEES LTD,                                83,900
CLYDESDALE BANK (HEAD OFFICE) NOMINEES LIMITED,      100,800 
CHASE NOMINEES LTD,                                   19,000



5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.
N.A.


6)   ( N/A %) of issued Class


7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed
N.A.


8)   ( N/A %) of issued Class


9)   Class of security
ORDINARY SHARES OF 10P EACH


10)  Date of transaction
N.A.


11)  Date company informed
28 JULY 2003


12)  Total holding following this notification
4,213,737

               
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
8.38%


14)  Any additional information
THE NOTIFICATION OF DISCLOSABLE INTERESTS CONSTITUTE SEPARATE NOTIFICATIONS OF
INTEREST IN THE SHARES AND ARE COMBINED SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSES OF CLARITY AND
EFFICIENCY. NOTHING HEREIN SHOULD BE TAKEN TO INDICATE THAT FMR CORP, AND ITS
DIRECT AND INDIRECT SUBSIDIARIES, FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED AND ITS DIRECT
AND INDIRECT SUBSIDIARIES OF MR EDWARD C. JOHNSON 3D ACT AS A GROUP OR IN
CONCERT IN RESPECT OF THE DISCLOSED INTERESTS, OR THAT THEY ARE REQUIRED TO
SUBMIT THESE NOTIFICATIONS ON A JOINT BASIS.


15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries
J.E. MALIN
020 8594 5533


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

     Date of Notification 28 JULY 2003


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