Holding in Company

DCC PLC
22 January 2008


                               STANDARD FORM TR-1

  VOTING RIGHTS ATTACHED TO SHARES - ARTICLE 12(1) OF DIRECTIVE 2004/109/EC F
  INANCIAL INSTRUMENTS - ARTICLE 11(3) OF THE COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2007/14/ECi


1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which
   voting rights are attached ii: DCC

2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

   (*) an acquisition or disposal of voting rights

   ( ) an acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in 
       the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are 
       attached

   ( ) an event changing the breakdown of voting rights

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligationiii: AXA S.A. of
   25 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris and its group of Companies.

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)iv: N/A

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or 
   reached: 17th January 2008

6. Date on which issuer notified; 21st January 2008

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 3%

8. Notified details:

+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|A) Voting rights attached to shares                                               |
+-----------+---------------------+------------------------------------------------+
|Class/type |Situation previous to|Resulting situation after the triggering        |
|of shares  |the Triggering       |transactionvii                                  |
|(if        |transaction vi       |                                                |
|possible   +----------+----------+-------+----------------------+-----------------+
|using the  |Number of |Number of |Number |Number of voting      |% of voting      |
|ISIN CODE):|Sharesviii|Voting    |of     |rightsxi              |rights           |
|           |          |rightsix  |sharesx|                      |                 |
|SEDOL      |          |          +-------+---------+------------+--------+--------+
|           |          |          |Direct |Directxii|Indirectxiii|Direct  |Indirect|
|           |          |          |       |         |            |        |        |
|           |          |          |       |         |            |        |        |
+-----------+----------+----------+-------+---------+------------+--------+--------+
|Sedol      | 2,631,991| 2,631,991| 14,160|   14,160|   1,902,868|    0.02|    2.36|
|4189477    |          |          |       |         |            |        |        |
+-----------+----------+----------+-------+---------+------------+--------+--------+
|Sedol      |   215,217|   215,217|210,144|  210,144|           0|    0.26|    0.00|
|0242493    |          |          |       |         |            |        |        |
+-----------+----------+----------+-------+---------+------------+--------+--------+
|           |          |          |       |         |            |        |        |
+-----------+----------+----------+-------+---------+------------+--------+--------+
|SUBTOTAL A |          |          |       |                      |        |        |
|(based on  |          |          |       |                      |        |        |
|aggregate  | 2,847,208| 2,847,208|224,304|      2,127,172       |    0.28|    2.36|
|voting     |          |          |       |                      |        |        |
|rights)    |          |          |       |                      |        |        |
|           |          |          |       |                      |        |        |
|           |          |          |       |                      |        |        |
+-----------+----------+----------+-------+----------------------+--------+--------+

+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|B) Financial Instruments                                                  |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Resulting situation after the triggering transactionxiv                   |
+----------------------+----------+----------+------------------+----------+
|Type of financial     |Expiration|Exercise/ |Number of voting  |% of      |
|instrument            |Datexv    |Conversion|rights that may be|voting    |
|                      |          |Period/   |acquired if the   |rights    |
|                      |          |Datexvi   |instrument is     |          |
|                      |          |          |exercised/        |          |
|                      |          |          |converted         |          |
+----------------------+----------+----------+------------------+----------+
|SUBTOTAL                                                                  |
|                                                                          |
|B (in relation to                                                         |
|                                                                          |
|all expiration dates)                                                     |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+

+--------------------------+--------------------+--------------------------+
|Total (A+B)               |number of voting    |% of voting rights        |
|                          |rights              |                          |
|                          |                    |                          |
|                          |                    |                          |
|                          | 2,127,172          |     2.64                 |
|                          |                    |                          |
+--------------------------+--------------------+--------------------------+


9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicablexvii:


10. In case of proxy voting: (name of the proxy holder) will cease to hold 
(number) voting rights as of (date).


11. Additional information:


Done at London 17 January 2008

+---------------------------------------------------------+
|9. Chain                                                 |
|                                                         |
|                                                         |
+---------------------+---------------+-------------------+
|Name of the Company/ |Number of      |% of Issued share  |
|Fund                 |Shares         |capital            |
|                     |               |                   |
|                     |               |                   |
+---------------------+---------------+-------------------+
|AXA Colonia Konzern  |        210,144|               0.26|
|                     |               |                   |
|               Direct|               |                   |
+---------------------+---------------+-------------------+
|                     |               |                   |
+---------------------+---------------+-------------------+
|         Total Direct|        210,144|               0.26|
+---------------------+---------------+-------------------+
|       Total Indirect|              0|               0.00|
+---------------------+---------------+-------------------+
|                TOTAL|        210,144|               0.26|
+---------------------+---------------+-------------------+


+----------------------------------------------------------+
|9. Chain                                                  |
|                                                          |
|                                                          |
+----------------------+---------------+-------------------+
|Name of the Company/  |Number of      |% of Issued share  |
|Fund                  |Shares         |capital            |
|                      |               |                   |
|                      |               |                   |
+----------------------+---------------+-------------------+
|AXA France            |         14,160|            0.01757|
|                      |               |                   |
|                Direct|               |                   |
+----------------------+---------------+-------------------+
|AXA France            |         39,075|            0.04849|
|                      |               |                   |
|              Indirect|               |                   |
+----------------------+---------------+-------------------+
|AXA Rosenberg         |      1,863,793|            2.31298|
|                      |               |                   |
|              Indirect|               |                   |
+----------------------+---------------+-------------------+
|          Total Direct|         14,160|            0.01757|
+----------------------+---------------+-------------------+
|        Total Indirect|      1,902,868|            2.36147|
+----------------------+---------------+-------------------+
|                 TOTAL|      1,917,028|            2.37904|
+----------------------+---------------+-------------------+





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