Holding(s) in Company

John Lewis Of Hungerford PLC
27 January 2003


John Lewis of Hungerford plc

The company has been notified that Warm Welcome Management Limited has purchased
360,000 ordinary shares of the Company on 24 January 2003. This increases Warm
Welcome Management Limited's holding to 4,472,365 ordinary shares representing
approximately 3% of the Company's issued share capital.


27 January 2003


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