Holding in Company

DCC PLC
16 May 2002


Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1   Name of company:
DCC plc

2   Name of shareholder having a major interest:
Allied Irish Banks plc and its subsidiaries

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 Custodial Nominees Limited                                      43,027
AIB Custodial Nominees Limited A/C 11                            1,402,867
AIB Custodial Nominees Limited A/C 1215                            144,389
AIB Custodial Nominees Limited A/C 2254                            296,628
AIB Custodial Nominees Limited A/C 12                              156,223
Citibank Nominees Limited                                          601,958
Nutraco Nominees Limited                                             2,750
AIB Jersey Nominees Limited                                          3,000
Skerries Nominees Limited                                          301,646
AIB Custodial Nominees Lts A/C 184201                            1,383,459
AIB Custodial Nominees Ltd A/C 184219                               27,300 
AIB Custodial Nominees Ltd A/C 184224                               65,354
AIB Trust Company (Isle of Man) Limited A/C 343 RS                   2,300 

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:
15 May 2002

12  Total holding following this notification:
4,430,901

13  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
5.02%

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:
16 May 2002


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