Holding(s) in Company

Centaur Holdings PLC
20 January 2006


Centaur Holdings plc
20th January 2006

                              Centaur Holdings plc
                                (the 'Company')

The Company was notified today that Aberforth Partners has a notifiable interest
in 19,617,000 Ordinary Shares of 10p, representing 13.14% 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 ABERFRTH; 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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