Holding in Company

Cranswick PLC
23 July 2001


                                 SCHEDULE 10

                  NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company

Cranswick plc

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest

Henderson Global Investors and its Associated Companies

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

Agent for discretionary clients

4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
number of shares held by each of them

As in 2 above

5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

-

6) Percentage of issued class

-

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

-

8) Percentage of issued class

-

9) Class of security

Ordinary 10p shares

10) Date of transaction

-

11) Date company informed

20 July 2001

12) Total holding following this notification

2,626,998 shares

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

13.80%

14) Any additional information

-

15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

John Lindop Tel : [phone]

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

Date of notification : 23 July 2001