Substantial Acquisitions of Shares Disclosure

Berry Birch & Noble PLC
7 September 2000

                                                        FORM SAR 3


                                       Date of disclosure..7.9.2000

                 DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 3 OF THE RULES GOVERNING
                   SUBSTANTIAL ACQUISITIONS OF SHARES ('SARs')

                 
Date of acquisition..30 AUGUST 2000....................

Acquisition in..BERRY BIRCH & NOBLE PLC.............(name of company)


(1) Class of voting shares    Number of shares/rights   If rights over shares
    (eg ordinary shares)      over shares acquired      acquired, as opposed
                                                        to the shares
                                                        themselves, specify
                                                        nature of rights

    .ORDINARY 10P SHARES      ..15,000...shares        ........-...........
                              ...N/A..........rights


(2) Resultant total holding   Resultant total holding   Total percentage
    of voting shares (and %   of rights over shares
    of total voting shares    (and % of total voting
    in issue)                 shares in issue)

    1,317,000(20.21%)       ...............(    %)          20.21%(    %)


(3) Party making disclosure......GEOFFREY CLARKSON, BOND PEARCE SOLICITORS,
                                 EXETER  

(4)  (a)  Name of person acquiring shares or rights over shares SEE BELOW
          and, if different, beneficial owner.....N/A......... 

     (b)  Names of any other persons acting by
          agreement or understanding (see SAR 5).....SEE BELOW.......


Signed, for and on behalf of the party named in (3) above...................

(Also print name of signatory)..GEOFFREY CLARKSON, BOND PEARCE........

Telephone and extension number......01392 211185  (EXT 282)................

Note. Under SAR 5, the holdings of and acquisitions by persons acting by
agreement or understanding must be aggregated and treated as a holding of or
acquisition by one person.  Note 3 on SAR 5 requires persons who must aggregate
holdings to disclose certain disposals.

For full details of the SARs disclosure requirements, see Rules 3 and 5 of the
SARs.  If in doubt, contact the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers, 
Tel. No: 020 7382 9026.



                                      FORM SAR3
                              ACQUISITION ON 30 AUGUST 2000
                                  CONTINUATION SHEET

                        (4)(a) NAME(s) OF PERSON(s) ACQUIRING SHARES
Selwyn Herring

       (4) (b) Names of other Persons Acting by Agreement or Understanding

Atlas Trust Company (Jersey) Ltd as Trustees of the Palliser Trust
Clifford P Locker
Martin Banbury
Brian White
Geoffrey Stephen Clarkson
Jeffrey Barnett
Laurence Turner
James Hay Pension Trustees A/C Facts & figures Pension 06/1055/THI
Skandia Life Assurance A/C L Turner 68665
Namulus Pension Trustees Ltd A/C NB Parmas SIPP
Paul Bradshaw
Coinseed Directors Pension Fund
Paul Jones
John Michael Klink
James Hay Pension Trustees A/C MA Chapman No 11996
Mrs F M Banbury
Martin Banbury A/C Neil Thomas
Martin Banbury A/C Alice Louise
Mrs Cathy White
Lee Steven Clements
Laurence Turner & Mrs Sarah Turner
Elliot Jones
Michael Bromwich
Timothy Clink
Mrs June Ann Hawse