Holding in Company

Rap Group PLC
31 July 2000


Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1   Name of company:
RAP Group plc

2   Name of shareholder having a major interest:
Peter Gyllenhammar

3   Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial
interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that
person's spouse or children under the age of 18:
as above

4   Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them:
as above

5   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:
115,000

6   Percentage of issued class:
0.9%

7   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:
n/a

8   Percentage of issued class:
n/a

9   Class of security:
Ordinary shares of 5p each, fully paid

10  Date of transaction:
27 July 2000

11  Date company informed:
28 July 2000

12  Total holding following this notification:
1,000,000

13  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
7.8%

14  Contact name for queries:
David Bolton

15 Contact telephone number:
01282 410678

16  Name of company official responsible for making notification:
David Bolton

17  Date of notification:
31 July 2000