Notifiable Interest

Stanelco PLC
03 May 2006




                          Stanelco plc ('the Company')

The Company received notification on 2 May 2006 that FMR Corp parent holding 
company of Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMRCO), Fidelity Management 
Trust Company (FMTC) and Fidelity International Limited (FIL) and its direct 
and indirect subsidiaries, including Fidelity Investment Services Ltd (FISL), 
Fidelity Gestion (FIGEST), Fidelity Investments Advisory (Korea) Limited 
(FIA(K)L), Fidelity Investments Management Hong Kong) Limited (FIMHK), 
Fidelity Pension Management (FPM), Fidelity Investments Japan (FIJ) and Fidelity
Investments International (FII), investment managers for various non-US 
investment companies and institutional clients, are together interested in a 
total of 29,348,700 ordinary shares of 0.1 pence each in the Company, 
representing approximately 3.11 per cent. of the Company's issued share capital.

This shareholding is registered as follows:

 Shares held              Management                 Nominee/Registered Name
                            Company

    325,035                FISL                       JP Morgan, Bournemouth
 27,589,165                FIL                    Brown Bros Harrimn Ltd Lux
  1,434,500                FIJ                  Brown Brothers Harriman & Co
 29,348,700                                                    Total holding

This notifiable interest also comprises the notifiable interest of Mr Edward C.
Johnson III, a principal shareholder of Fidelity International Limited, and
interests held on behalf of authorised unit trust schemes in the United Kingdom.



Stanelco plc


Robert Duggan
Company Secretary
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