Holding(s) in Company

Ardana PLC
28 October 2005


28 October 2005


Ardana plc: Notification of major interests in shares


Ardana plc (LSE: ARA) ('Ardana' or the 'Company') was notified on 27 October
2005, pursuant to Section 198 of the Companies Act 1985, that as of the close of
business on 26 October 2005, UBS AG, acting through its business group and legal
entities listed below, had a notifiable interest in 5,566,934 ordinary shares of
1p each in the Company, representing 10.02 per cent of the Company's issued
share capital.


UBS AG's holding is made up of an aggregated holding of a material interest in
2,841,744 shares and a non-material interest in 2,725,190 shares.


The Company was informed that none of the Relevant Shares are shares in which
UBS AG is interested by virtue of Section 208 (5) of the Act.



UBS business group/legal entity                       Breakdown of position held        (%)

Material Interest

UBS Global Asset Management Life Ltd                           2,841,744 shares        5.11 %

Non-Material Interests

UBS Fund Management (Switzerland) AG                               4,000 shares        0.01 %
UBS Global Asset Management (UK) Ltd                             772,785 shares        1.39 %
UBS Wealth Management (UK) Ltd                                 1,948,405 shares        3.51 %
UBS AG - Total                                                 5,566,934 shares       10.02 %


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