Holding(s) in Company

Parity Group PLC
06 November 2003


Fax letter to Parity Group plc

Dated: 6 November 2003

From: Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust plc


DISCLOSURE OF INTEREST IN ORDINARY SHARES OF 5p

We hereby give notice of the purposes of Part VI of the Companies Act 1985 that
today we have become aware that Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust plc has a
notifiable interest in 12,602,875 Ordinary Shares of 5p each which, based on the
information available to us, represents 4.37% of the issued share capital of the
above company.

The shares to which this notification relates are, or will be, registered as
follows:

Registered Holder                                        Number of Shares


Clydesdale Bank (Head Office) Nominees Limited           12,602,875
A/C ABERFIT1


For your information, please note that the above holding forms part of the
interest of Aberforth Partners which, at present, totals 34,582,109 shares,
being 11.98%.


Yours faithfully





David Holland

For Aberforth Partners, Secretaries




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