Holding(s) in Company

Mentmore PLC
18 July 2003


                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1. Name of company

Mentmore plc


2. Name of shareholder having a major interest

JO Hambro Capital Management Limited
North Atlantic Smaller Companies Investment Trust PLC
Oryx International Growth Fund Limited
BV Ventures Limited


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 2 above


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

Nutraco Nominees Limited - 1,570,000 shares
Bank of New York Nominees Limited - 7,357,855 shares
HSBC Global Custody London Limited - 1,500,000 shares
Goldman Sachs International TNA - 4,618,719 shares
Goldman Sachs International THO - 2,997,623 shares
Goldman Sachs International THT - 821,234 shares
Goldman Sachs International BEF - 515,000 shares
Goldman Sachs International TEU - 4,360,874 shares
BV Ventures Limited - 1,900,000 shares


5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired

Not disclosed


6. Percentage of issued class

Not disclosed


7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed

N/A


8. Percentage of issued class

N/A


9. Class of security

Ordinary shares of 10 pence each


10. Date of transaction

Not disclosed


11. Date company informed

18 July 2003


12. Total holding following this notification

    25,641,305


13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

    14.08%


14. Any additional information

In addition to the above, a Limited Liability partnership owned by JO Hambro
Capital Management Limited is interested in 379,000 shares as manager of an
undertaking for collective investments in transferable securities (UCITS)


15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Christine Dodson - 020 8946 3159


16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification

Christine Dodson


Date of notification

18 July 2003


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