Holding in Company

Zotefoams PLC
16 August 2000


Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1   Name of company:
ZOTEFOAMS plc 

2   Name of shareholder having a major interest:
NORWICH UNION INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED (a subsidiary of CGNU plc)

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:
IN RESPECT OF SHAREHOLDER NAMED IN 2. ABOVE

4   Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them:
NORWICH UNION LIFE & PENSIONS LTD     867,000                                 
  NORWICH UNION INSURANCE LTD            80,000                               
    NORWICH UNION PENSIONS MANAGEMENT LTD 433,889           

5   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:


6   Percentage of issued class:


7   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:
100,000

8   Percentage of issued class:
0.276%

9   Class of security:
ZOTEFOAMS plc 5P ORDINARY SHARES

10  Date of transaction:
15/08/2000

11  Date company informed:
16/08/2000

12  Total holding following this notification:
1,380,889

13  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
3.81%

14  Contact name for queries:
MR DAVID B STIRLING/MR DIVYA PATEL

15 Contact telephone number:
020 8664 1614

16  Name of company official responsible for making notification:
MR DAVID STIRLING

17  Date of notification:
16/08/2000





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