Holding(s) in Company

Holidaybreak PLC
07 July 2003

HOLIDAYBREAK PLC
7 JULY 2003


               HOLIDAYBREAK PLC ("Holidaybreak" or the "Company")

                              HOLDING IN COMPANY

The Company was informed by a letter dated 3 July 2003 that, following a
purchase of 140,000 ordinary 5p shares on 1 July 2003, Legal & General Group Plc
now own the following number of shares which are not subject to a concert party
and will be registered as follows:

MATERIAL INTEREST


HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 914945                                                      18,662
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 886603                                                     593,842
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 775245                                                     253,485
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 130007                                                      52,000
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 357206                                                   1,097,101
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 866203                                                      63,782
HSBC Global Custody Nominees (UK) Ltd A/c 916681                                                      2,446
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 282605                                                     358,000
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 360509                                                      44,195
                                                                                                 ----------
                                                                                                  2,453,513
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Following this purchase, Legal & General Group Plc have an interest in
47,185,388 ordinary 5p shares in the Company, representing 5.20 per cent. of the
entire issued share capital.

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