Holding in Company

DCC PLC
21 May 2001



Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1   Name of company:
DCC plc

2   Name of shareholder having a major interest:
FMR Corp. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries and Fidelity International
Limited (FIL) and its direct and indirect subsidiaries both being
non-beneficial holders.

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:
4,950,000   FMRCO Allied Irish Bank
1,922,240   FISL  Clydesdale Trustee and Custodial Services (Ireland) Limited
  428,816   FIL   Clydesdale Trustee and Custodial Services (Ireland) Limited
2,470,338   FIL   Allied Irish Bank

5   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:
368,500

6   Percentage of issued class:
0.42%

7   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:
N/A

8   Percentage of issued class:
N/A

9   Class of security:
Ordinary Shares of EUR0.25 each


10  Date of transaction:
Not stated

11  Date company informed:
21 May 2001

12  Total holding following this notification:
9,771,394

13  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
11.07%

14  Contact name for queries:
Gerard Whyte

15 Contact telephone number:
+ 353 1 2799 466

16  Name of company official responsible for making notification:
Gerard Whyte

17  Date of notification:
21 May 2001


Additional Information:
The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of Mr Edward C.
Johnson 3d, 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, MA 02109, a principal shareholder
and Chairman of FMR Corp. and Fidelity International Limited.

These notifications of disclosable interests constitute separate notifications
of interest in the shares and are combined solely for the purposes of clarity.
 Nothing herein should be taken to indicate that FMR Corp. and its direct and
indirect subsidiaries, Fidelity International Limited and its direct and
indirect subsidiaries or Mr Edward C. Johnson 3d act as a group or in concert
in respect of the disclosed interests, or that they are required to submit
these notifications on a joint basis.