Holding in Company

DCC PLC
1 August 2000


Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1   Name of company:
DCC plc

2   Name of shareholder having a major interest:
Allied Irish Banks plc and its subsidiaries

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:
Non beneficial interest

4   Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them:
AIB Custodial Nominees Limited                           127,734
AIB Custodial Nominees Limited A/C 1215                  168,976
AIB Custodial Nominees Limited A/C 2254                  414,100
AIB Custodial Nominees Limited A/C 12                    197,650
AIB Custodial Nominees Limited A/C B                     508,740
Citibank Nominees Limited                                744,850
AIB Custodial Nominees Limited A/C 8                       9,341
AIB Custodial Nominees Limited A/C 11                  2,939,880
AIB Jersey Nominees Limited                                3,000
Royal Bank of Scotland Jersey                              1,600
Skerries Nominees Limited                                175,232
                  

5   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:
Not specified

6   Percentage of issued class:
Not specified

7   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:
Not specified

8   Percentage of issued class:
Not specified

9   Class of security:
Ordinary Shares of EUR 0.25 each

10  Date of transaction:
Not specified

11  Date company informed:
31 July 2000

12  Total holding following this notification:
5,291,103

13  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
6.0%

14  Contact name for queries:
Michael Scholefield

15 Contact telephone number:
+ 353 1 2831011

16  Name of company official responsible for making notification:
Michael Scholefield

17  Date of notification:
1 August 2000

Additional Information: