Holding(s) in Company

Primary Health Properties PLC
30 December 2003

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1)   Name of company

PRIMARY HEALTH PROPERTIES PLC

2)   Name of shareholder having a major interest

ABERDEEN ASSET MANAGERS 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 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 STREET NOMINEES LTD -  1,748,021 SHARES

HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK) LTD - 54,430 SHARES



5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

n/a


6)   Percentage of issued class

n/a
7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed


50,000


8)   Percentage of issued class

negligible

9)   Class of security

ORDINARY SHARES OF 50p EACH


10)  Date of transaction

22 December 2003


11)  Date company informed

29 December 2003

12)  Total holding following this notification

1,802,451 SHARES

13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification


9.94%


14)  Any additional information


SALE OF HOLDINGS ON BEHALF OF DISCRETIONARY FUNDS UNDER MANAGEMENT


15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

RACHEL BUTLIN - 020 7747 5680


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

Rachel Butlin, Company Secretary

For and on behalf of J O Hambro Capital Management Limited as Company Secretary
of Primary Health Properties PLC


Date of notification 30 December 2003




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