Holding(s) in Company

Wilmington Group Plc
06 October 2004



                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

AVS NO

        All relevant boxes should be completed in block capital letters.

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  1.  Name of company                 2.  Name of shareholder having a major
                                          interest


      WILMINGTON GROUP                    LEGAL & GENERAL GROUP PLC
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  3.  Please state whether            4.  Name of the registered holder(s) and,
      notification indicates that it      if more than one holder, the number
      is in respect of holding of         of shares held by each of them
      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

                                          HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK) Ltd
                                          (A/C 914945) 10,925 SHARES

      2 ABOVE                             HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK) Ltd
                                          (A/C 775245) 512,456 SHARES

                                          HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK) Ltd
                                          (A/C 357206) 1,502,196 SHARES

                                          HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK) Ltd
                                          (A/C 747381) 117,000 SHARES

                                          HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK) Ltd
                                          (A/C 866203) 75,000 SHARES

                                          HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK) Ltd
                                          (A/C 360509) 60,000 SHARES


                                          TOTAL SHARES 2,277,577
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  5.  Number of     6.  Percentage    7.  Number of shares/  8.  Percentage of
      shares/           of issued         amount of stock        issued class
      amount of         class             disposed
      stock
      acquired

 
      NOT               NOT               NOT                    NOT
      DISCLOSED         DISCLOSED         DISCLOSED              DISCLOSED
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 9.  Class of security                10.  Date of           11.  Date company
                                           transaction            informed


                                                                  5 OCTOBER
                                                                  2004

     ORDINARY SHARES OF 5P                 NOT
     EACH                                  DISCLSOED

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 12.  Total holding following this      13.  Total percentage holding of issued
      notification                           class following this
                                             notification

      2,277,577                              2.73%

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 14.  Any additional information     15.  Name of contact and telephone number
                                          for queries





                                          TOM PERRY 020 767 81793
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 16.  Name and signature of authorised company official

      RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING THIS NOTIFICATION






Date of notification 6 OCTOBER 2004
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