Holding in Company

DCC PLC
12 January 2001


Letter to Company Announcements Office

The following is the text of a letter received from Allied Irish Banks, plc on
12 January 2001:


'Mr. Gerard Whyte
Company Secretary
DCC plc,
DCC House
Brewery Road
Stillorgan
Blackrock
Co. Dublin


10 January 2001


Dear Mr Whyte,

SECTIONS 67 TO 80 COMPANIES ACT 1990 ('THE ACT')


I wish to inform you that, at the date of this letter, Allied Irish Banks,
p.l.c. and its subsidiaries (as defined in the above mentioned sections of the
Act) ('AIB') no longer has a notifiable interest in the share capital of your
Company.

If you have any questions arising from this letter, please do not hesitate to
contact me.


Yours sincerely,


______________________
Evelyn Carroll
Manager, Group Compliance'


Letter from DCC plc