RNS Number:0269P
Alba PLC
26 August 2003

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

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, 58,000

MELLON BANK, 14,200

CHASE MANHATTAN BANK LONDON, 1,320,861

CHASE NOMINEES LTD, 350,000

BANKERS TRUST, 303,300

HSBC CLIENT HOLDINGS NOMINEE (UK) LTD, 290,900

STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD, 10,500

BT GLOBENET NOMINEES LIMITED, 5,400

STATE STREET BANK & TRUST, 4,900

BANK OF NEW YORK LONDON, 64,300

MELLON NOMINEES, 24,200

DEUTSCHE BANK, 6,100

CITIBANK, 10,200

NORTHERN TRUST, 34,700

HSBC, 502,460

CHASE MANHATTAN BANK LONDON, 242,200

BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN LTD. LUX, 13,700

STATE STREET BANK & TRUST, 108,500

BANK OF NEW YORK LONDON, 408,216

HSBC CLIENT HOLDINGS NOMINEE (UK) LIMITED, 147,000

BANKERS TRUST, 18,900

CITIBANK, 73,700

NORTHERN TRUST, 245,400

BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS, 8,900

DEUTSCHE, 16,400

STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD, 44,900

NORTRUST NOMINEES LTD, 94,505

CLYDESDALE BANK (HEAD OFFICE) NOMINEES LIMITED, 111,600

CHASE NOMINEES LTD, 19,000

JP MORGAN, 24,400

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

6. Percentage of issued class
N.A.

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

8. Percentage of issued class
N.A.

9. Class of security
ORDINARY SHARES OF 10P EACH

10. Date of transaction


N.A.



11. Date company informed
26 AUGUST 2003

12. Total holding following this notification
4,577,342

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
9.09%

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 CLARTITY 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

ALBA PLC

020 8594 5533

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

Date of notification
26 AUGUST 2003

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