Holding in Company

DCC PLC
11 July 2002



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               1,460,665
Nutraco Nominees Limited
(Designated & Undesignated)        1,014,852
Other Names                        2,528,799

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:
11 July 2002

12  Total holding following this notification:
5,004,316

13  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
5.67%

14  Contact name for queries:
Conor Gouldson

15 Contact telephone number:
00 353 1 2799 468

16  Name of company official responsible for making notification:
Conor Gouldson

17  Date of notification:
11 July 2002



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