Holding(s) in Company

Acal PLC
01 May 2003

Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

On 30 April 2003 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

(A)

FMR Corp.

82 Devonshire Street

Boston, MA 02109

Parent holding company of Fidelity Management and Research Company (FMRCO),
investment managers for US mutual funds. (See Schedule A for listing of
Registered Shareholders and their holdings.)

(B)

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 FMR Corp. and Fidelity International Limited.

4. The notifiable 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 FMR Corp. and its
direct and indirect subsidiaries, 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
Ordinary shares               Shares held                   Management company            Nominee/registered name

                              75,000                        FMRCO                         HSBC
                              288,112                       FISL                          Chase Manhattan Bank London
                              94,300                        FISL                          Chase Nominees Ltd
                              54,100                        FIL                           Chase Nominees Ltd
                              3,300                         FIL                           HSBC Client Holdings Nominee
                                                                                          (UK) Limited
                              74,657                        FIL                           Chase Manhattan Bank London
                              52,038                        FIL                           Bank of New York London
                              106,681                       FIL                           JP Morgan
                              17,000                        FIL                           State Street Bank & Trust
Total Ordinary Shares         765,188
Current ownership percentage  2.93%

Shares in issue               26,077,220
Change in holding since last filing: (103,500) ordinary shares


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