Holding in Company

Carillion PLC
5 October 2000


Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1   Name of company:
Carillion plc

2   Name of shareholder having a major interest:
 Merrill Lynch Investment Managers Ltd

3   Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial
interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that
person's spouse or children under the age of 18:
 Discretionary investment management arrangements entered into by Merrill
Lynch Investment Managers Ltd or by its affiliates in the Merrill Lynch
Investment Managers Ltd

4   Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them:
Nutraco Nominees Ltd (Designated & Undesignated) 16,763,329
Chase Nominees Ltd (Designated & Undesignated) 3,929,857
Bank of New York Nominees Ltd (Designated & Undesignated) 1,539,354
RBSTB Nominees Ltd (Designated & Undesignated) 2,729,897
Other Name(s) 405,950

5   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:


6   Percentage of issued class:


7   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:
 3,144,596

8   Percentage of issued class:
 1.5%

9   Class of security:
 Ordinary shares of 50 pence each

10  Date of transaction:
 Not known

11  Date company informed:
 5 October 2000

12  Total holding following this notification:
 25,368,387

13  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
 12.08%

14  Contact name for queries:
 Tim George

15 Contact telephone number:
 01902 318137

16  Name of company official responsible for making notification:
 Tim George, Deputy Company Secretary

17  Date of notification:
 5 October 2000


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