Holding in Company

Carillion PLC
9 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 the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
number of shares held by each of them

Nutraco Nominees Ltd (Designated & Undesignated)          16,643,829

Chase Nominees Ltd (Designated & Undesignated)                 3,929,857

Bank of New York Nominees Ltd (Designated & Undesignated)      1,365,281

RBSTB Nominees Ltd (Designated & Undesignated)                2,729,897

Other Name(s)                                         189,739

5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired



6) Percentage of issued class



7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

509,784


8) Percentage of issued class

0.24%


9) Class of security

Ordinary shares of 50 pence each.



10) Date of transaction

Not known.


11) Date company informed

9 October 2000



12) Total holding following this notification

24,858,603


13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

11.84%


14) Any additional information



15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Tim George

01902 318137


16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification

Tim George

Deputy Company Secretary

Carillion plc

Date of notification 9 October 2000