SAR - Vega Group PLC -Amend

Schroders PLC
19 April 2001

The issuer has made the following amendment to the SAR - Vega Group plc
announcement released on 18 April 2001 at 10.55 under RNS No 2176C.

Section 1 - Number of shares/rights over shares acquired should read '280,000'
and not '191,000' as previously shown. 

Section 2 - Resultant total holding of voting shares (and % of total voting
shares in issue) should read '2,989,315 Shares..(16.156%)' and not '2,879,911
Shares..(15.564%) as previously shown.

All other details remain unchanged.

The full corrected version is shown below.

                                                        FORM SAR 3

                                       Date of disclosure..19/04/01......

                 DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 3 OF THE RULES GOVERNING
                   SUBSTANTIAL ACQUISITIONS OF SHARES ('SARs')

                 
Date of acquisition.....17/04/01........................................

Acquisition in..........VEGA GROUP PLC.............(name of company)


(1) Class of voting shares    Number of shares/rights   If rights over shares
    (eg ordinary shares)      over shares acquired      acquired, as opposed
                                                        to the shares
                                                        themselves, specify
                                                        nature of rights

    .5p ORDINARY SHARES      ....280,000.....shares    .....................
                              


(2) Resultant total holding   Resultant total holding   Total percentage
    of voting shares (and %   of rights over shares
    of total voting shares    (and % of total voting
    in issue)                 shares in issue)

  2,989,315 SHARES..(16.156%)   ...............(    %)    (16.156%)


(3) Party making disclosure........SCHRODERS PLC................  

(4)  (a)  Name of person acquiring shares or rights over shares ............
          and, if different, beneficial owner..SCHRODERS PLC ON BEHALF OF 
                            INSTITUTIONAL CLIENTS ON A NON-BENEFICIAL BASIS

     (b)  Names of any other persons acting by
          agreement or understanding (see SAR 5)............................


Signed, for and on behalf of the party named in (3) above...................

(Also print name of signatory).....ALISON DUNN (COMPLIANCE REPORTING ASSISTANT)

Telephone and extension number.....020 7658 2959 (DIRECT LINE)..............

Note. Under SAR 5, the holdings of and acquisitions by persons acting by
agreement or understanding must be aggregated and treated as a holding of or
acquisition by one person.  Note 3 on SAR 5 requires persons who must aggregate
holdings to disclose certain disposals.

For full details of the SARs disclosure requirements, see Rules 3 and 5 of the
SARs.  If in doubt, contact the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers, 
Tel. No: 020 7382 9026.