Holding(s) in Company

Holidaybreak PLC
19 August 2005

                                Holidaybreak plc

                                ("the Company")

Holidaybreak plc was today advised that as at 17 August 2005 Barclays PLC
through the legal entities listed below, had a notifiable interest in 1,923,909
ordinary shares representing 4.00% of the Company's Issued Share Capital.

Legal Entity                                    Holding         Percentage Held
------------                                    -------         ---------------

Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd                  257,981                  0.5364
Barclays Global Investors Ltd                 1,383,479                  2.8764
Barclays Capital Securities Ltd.                231,249                  0.4808
Gerrard Ltd                                      51,200                  0.1065
                          Group Holding       1,923,909                  4.0001


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