RNS Number:8380N
Tops Estates PLC
22 July 2003

SECTION 198, COMPANIES ACT 1985

GUINNESS PEAT GROUP PLC AND ITS SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES HAVE GIVEN NOTICE TODAY 
THAT, FOLLOWING AN ON-MARKET DISPOSAL ON 18TH JULY, 2003, THEIR INTEREST IN THE 
ORDINARY SHARES OF 25P EACH IN THE COMPANY IS NO LONGER NOTIFIABLE.


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