Notifiable Interest

Holidaybreak PLC
10 April 2003

HOLIDAYBREAK PLC ("the Company")

10 April 2003



Notifiable Interest



The Company was informed by a letter dated 7 April that Fidelity International
Limited (FIL) and its direct and indirect subsidiaries (including Fidelity
Investment Services Ltd. (FISL) and Fidelity Pension Management (FPM),
investment managers for various non-US investment companies and institutional
clients), are the non-beneficial holders of 1,962,097 ordinary 5p shares
representing 4.17% of the issued share capital of the Company.  The registered
holders and their holdings are as follows.


     Shares held Management        Nominee/Registered Name
                 Company
           9,200 FISL              Chase Nominees Ltd
         409,843 FPM               Chase Nominees Ltd
         570,093 FPM               Bankers Trust
         133,800 FPM               HSBC
         110,100 FIL               Nortrust Nominees Ltd
          59,000 FIL               BT Globenet Nominees Ltd
         137,500 FIL               RBS Trust Bank
          71,080 FIL               Northern Trust
         145,372 FIL               Chase Manhattan Bank London
         228,009 FIL               State Street Bank & Trust
          71,000 FIL               Deutsche Bank
          17,100 FIL               Bank of New York - London



The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of Mr Edward C.
Johnson 3rd, 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, MA 02109 the principal shareholder of
Fidelity International Limited.



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




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