Holding in Company

DCC PLC
22 November 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       1,457,720
Nutraco Nominees Limited   1,860,638
Other Names                2,029,258

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 EUR0.25 each

10  Date of transaction:
Not Specified

11  Date company informed:
21 November 2001

12  Total holding following this notification:
5,347,616

13  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
6.06%

14  Contact name for queries:
Gerard Whyte

15 Contact telephone number:
00 353 1 2799 466

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

17  Date of notification:
21 November 2001





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