Director Shareholding

Leeds Group PLC
07 March 2005


                Leeds Group Plc ('Leeds Group' or 'the Company')

             Substantial Shareholding, and Director's Shareholding


Substantial Shareholding

Leeds Group announces that the Board has been advised that, following recent
additions to their shareholding in the Company, Alasdair and Richard Emslie are
now the beneficial holders of 1,375,000 ordinary shares in the Company,
representing 3.8 per cent. of the Company's issued ordinary share capital.


Director's shareholding

The Company announces that on Thursday March 2005, one of its directors, Johan
Claesson, transferred 7,603,050 shares in the Company beneficially owned by him
from Nordea Bank Denmark to Citiclient Nominees No 1. This was done in order to
separate this beneficial holding from shares in the Company held by Nordea Bank
on behalf of other clients, to enable Mr Claesson to exercise his voting rights
at the forthcoming AGM of the Company. There has been no change in Mr Claesson's
beneficial holding of 7,703,050 ordinary shares, representing 21.0 per cent of
the issued share capital of Leeds Group.



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