Holding in Company

Acal PLC
4 January 2002

ACAL plc

On 2nd January 2002 the Company received the following notification under
Sections 198 to 202 - UK Companies Act.

1. Company in which shares are held: ACAL Plc

2. Notifiable Interest: Ordinary Shares

     Fidelity International Limited (FIL)

     PO Box HM 670

     Hamilton HMCX, Bermuda

     Parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries,
     including Fidelity Investments Services Ltd. (FISL), investment managers
     for various non-US investment companies and institutional clients. (See
     Schedule A for listing of Registered Shareholders and their holdings.)

3. The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of:

     Mr Edward C Johnson 3d

     82 Devonshire Street

     Boston, MA 02109

   A principal shareholder of Fidelity International Limited.

4. The notifable interests include interest held on behalf of authorised unit
   trust schemes in the UK, notwithstanding the exemption from reporting
   pursuant to Section 209 (1)(h) of the Companies Act 1985.

5. These notifications of disclosable interests constitute separate
   notifications of interest in the shares and are combined solely for the
   purposes of clarity. Nothing herein should be taken to indicate that
   Fidelity International Limited and its direct and indirect subsidiaries or
   Mr Edward C Johnson 3d act as a group or in concert in respect of the
   disclosed interests, or that they are required to submit these notifications
   on a joint basis.

6. The disclosable interests arise under section 208 (4)(b) of the Act, namely
   where a person, not being the registered holder, is entitled to exercise a
   right conferred by the holding of the shares or to control the exercise of
   such rights, or under section 203 of the Act respectively.



Schedule A

Security: ACAL Plc
                                                         Nominee/Registered
                                          Management     Name
                                Shares      Company
                                  held

(Ordinary Shares)
                               650,900       FISL        Chase Nominees Ltd

                               130,400        FIL        Chase Nominees Ltd

Total Ordinary Shares          781,300

Current ownership                3.00%
percentage:

Shares in issue:            26,039,551