Holding(s) in Company

Mothercare PLC
1 May 2002



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Wednesday 1 May 2002.                                               e-mail : [e-mail]

The Company Announcement Office

The London Stock exchange

Old Broad Street

London

EC2N 1HP

Dear Sirs


Re: Mothercare plc, Disclosure of Interest in Shares

Mothercare plc announce that they have been advised by M&G Investment Management
Limited that Prudential plc and certain of its subsidiary companies have a
notifiable interest in 8,572,217 Mothercare plc Ordinary 50p shares being 12.12%
of the issued share capital. The previously notified Interest of Prudential plc
was in respect of 7,961,311 Ordinary 50p shares comprising 11.26% of the issued
share capital.

The Notifiable interest of Prudential plc is as follows:
                              Registered Holder                                         Holding
Chase Nominees                                                                                      42,000
Clydesdale Bank Noms. Ltd MGA                                                                    1,402,245
Clydesdale Bank Noms. Ltd MGG                                                                    4,268,491
Clydesdale Bank Noms. Ltd MGIN                                                                     100,000
Clydesdale Bank Noms. Ltd MGT                                                                        8,416
Henderson Nominees Ltd                                                                                 368
Nortrust Nominees Ltd                                                                              122,849
PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC                                                                   2,443,323
PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC                                                                     181,692
Prudential Holborn Pensions LTD                                                                      2,833
TOTAL                                                                                  8,572,217 or 12.12%

Yours faithfully



Clive E. Revett,

Company Secretary



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