Holding(s) in Company

Melrose PLC
22 June 2006


             NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1)   NAME OF LISTED COMPANY

     MELROSE PLC

2)   NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

     FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED (FIL) AND ITS DIRECT 
     AND INDIRECT SUBSIDIARIES

3)   Please state whether notification indicates that it is 
     regarding the holding of the shareholder named in 2 above;
     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 IN 2 ABOVE

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

     State Str Bk and Tr Co Lndn         3,807,174
     Northern Trust London               2,633,950
     JP Morgan, Bournemouth              2,629,403
     HSBC Bank PLC                         802,080
     Bank of New York Brussels              52,000
     JP Morgan, Bournemouth             19,914,707
     JP Morgan, Bournemouth                980,900
     JP Morgan, Bournemouth              1,098,096


5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.

     N/A

6)   Percentage of issued Class (any treasury shares held by the
     listed company should not be taken into account when
     calculating percentage)

     N/A

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

     N/A

8)   Percentage of issued Class (any treasury shares held by the
     listed company should not be taken into account when
     calculating percentage)

     N/A

9)   Class of security

     ORDINARY SHARES OF 0.1 PENCE EACH

10)  Date of transaction

     N/A

11)  Date listed company informed

     21 JUNE 2006

12)  Total holding following this notification

     31,918,310
               
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
     (any treasury shares held by the listed company should not be taken
     into account when calculating percentage)

     12.41%

14)  Any additional information

     -

15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

     RICHARD KEEN   01789 761020

16)  Name and signature of duly authorised officer of the listed company
     responsible for making this notification

     Date of Notification ......   22 JUNE 2006  ..................






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