Holding(s) in Company

Centaur Holdings PLC
20 April 2005


Centaur Holdings plc ('the Company')

The Company was informed on 19 April 2005, in accordance with Section 198 of the
Companies Act 1985, that Legal and General Group plc and/or its subsidiaries
have the following interests in the Company:

                          No of Ordinary                     % of total issued 
                              10p shares                          share capital 
                                                                       (approx)
                                                 
              
HSBC Global Custody Nominee      50,000                                   0.03    
(UK) Ltd A/C 914945

HSBC Global Custody Nominee     575,000                                   0.38
(UK)Ltd A/C 775245         

HSBC Global Custody Nominee   3,645,049                                   2.43
(UK)Ltd A/C 357206 
                                                        
HSBC Global Custody Nominee     274,522                                   0.18
(UK)Ltd A/C 747381 
                                                     
HSBC Global Custody Nominee     200,000                                   0.13
(UK)Ltd A/C 866203
                                                         
HSBC Global Custody Nominee     170,000                                   0.11 
(UK) Ltd A/C 360509  
                                                    

                  Total       4,914,571                                   3.27

Legal and General Group plc therefore have an interest in 4,914,517 Ordinary
shares of 10p each, representing 3.27% of the Company's issued Ordinary share
capital.



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