Holding(s) in Company

Centaur Holdings PLC
19 January 2006


Centaur Holdings plc
19th January 2006

                              Centaur Holdings plc
                                (the 'Company')

The Company was notified yesterday that Aberforth Partners has a notifiable
interest in 18,617,000 Ordinary Shares of 10p, representing 12.47% of the issued
share capital of 149,316,858 in the Company.

Aberforth Partners is not the beneficial owner of the shares, which are
registered in the names of Nortrust Nominees Limited A/C ABERFERTH; Bank of
Ireland Nominees Limited; The Church Commissioners for England (Chase GIS)
Nominees Limited and State Street Nominees Limited A/C JD59.






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