Holding in Company

DCC PLC
2 February 2001


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

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


31 January 2001


Dear Mr Whyte,

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


I wish to inform you that immediately after the time when the obligation to
make this notification arose, Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c. and its subsidiaries
(as defined in the above mentioned sections of the Act) ('AIB') no longer had
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'