Notifiable Interest

Stanelco PLC
14 November 2006

Stanelco plc ('the Company')



Notifiable Interest



The Company has received notification in a letter dated 13 November 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 230,411,685 ordinary shares of 0.1 pence each in the
Company, representing approximately 7.74 per cent. of the Company's issued share
capital.



This shareholding is registered as follows:


Shares held                Management Company        Nominee/Registered Name
552,056                    FISL                      JP Morgan, Bournemouth
219,487,409                FIL                       Brown Bros Harriman Ltd Lux
10,372,220                 FIJ                       Brown Bros Harriman and Co






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.



Enquiries:


Robert Duggan
Company Secretary
02380 867100


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