Holding in Company

DCC PLC
6 September 2001



Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1   Name of company:
DCC plc

2   Name of shareholder having a major interest:
Merrill Lynch Investment Managers Limited

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 Nominees, Dublin                                   1,468,511
Nutraco Nominees Limited                               2,413,577
(Designated and Undesignated)                          
Other Names                                            1,283,400

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:
6 September 2001

12  Total holding following this notification:
5,165,488

13  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
5.85%

14  Contact name for queries:
Gerard Whyte

15 Contact telephone number:
+ 353 1 2799466

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

17  Date of notification:
6 September 2001


Additional Information: