Holding(s) in Company

Leo Capital Plc
12 January 2007


LETTER TO: LEO CAPITAL PLC
DATED:     11 January 2007

         
10p ORDINARY SHARES ('SHARES')


We write to advise you that we, Schroder Investment Management Limited, have an 
interest in 28,921,913 shares which are held in portfolios managed by us on a 
discretionary basis for clients under investment management agreements.


Included in this figure are:

(i) 22,907,804 shares registered or to be registered in the name of our 
    wholly-owned subsidiary nominee company, Schroder Nominees Limited 
   (Schroder Nominees):

(ii) 6,014,109 shares held in unit trusts operated and managed by an affiliated 
     company, Schroder Unit Trusts Limited (SUTL), and registered or to be 
     registered in the name of Chase Nominees Limited:


A subsidiary, Schroder Investment Management North America Ltd (SIMNA Ltd), is 
managing a portfolio on a similar basis holding a further 6,650,108 shares. 
These shares are registered or to be registered in the name of Chase Nominees 
Limited.

An affiliated company, Schroder & Co Limited (S&Co Ltd), is managing on a 
discretionary basis portfolio holding a further 112,402 shares. These shares are 
registered or to be registered in the name of Brown Brothers Harriman.

We believe that we, our subsidiary and affiliated companies are therefore 
interested in an overall aggregate of 35,684,423 shares, representing some 
12.458% of the total number of shares in issue, namely 286,429,228.



This notification is made to you:

(a) in respect of our interest as investment managers; 

(b) on behalf of SIMNA Ltd, S&Co Ltd, SIMHK Ltd and SUTL in relation to the 
    interests they are treated as having respectively under the Companies Act 
    1985 (the Act); and

(c) on behalf of Schroders plc., our holding company, which is treated as having 
    an interest in all of the above shares under the Act by virtue of its 
    ownership of SIMNA Ltd, S&Co, SUTL and ourselves.

We shall be grateful if you will kindly confirm the total number of shares 
currently in issue. 



                              10P ORDINARY SHARES 
                                  SCHEDULE A


REGISTRATION                                                       AMOUNT

British Coal Staff Superannuation a/c:P                          7,310,985
Chase Nominees Ltd                                               1,755,500
Mineworkers' Pension Scheme a/c: R                               8,208,419
Nortrust Nominees Limited a/c: SRC13                                77,900
Nortrust Nominees Ltd                                            5,300,000
State Street Nominees Ltd                                          255,000
TOTAL                                                           22,907,804


From: Schroder Investment Management Limited


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