RNS Number:8909N
Aggregate Industries PLC
23 July 2003

                  DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS


1)   NAME OF COMPANY

AGGREGATE INDUSTRIES PLC


2)   NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

ZURICH FINANCIAL SERVICES AND ITS GROUP


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

-


4)   Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the 
     number of shares held by each of them.

BNY (OCS) NOMINEES LTD          4,168,807
LITTLEDOWN NOMINEES LTD        34,647,602


5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.

NOT ADVISED


6)   ( NOT ADVISED %) of issued Class

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

-


8)   ( - %) of issued Class

9)   Class of security

ORDINARY 25P SHARES


10)  Date of transaction

NOT ADVISED


11)  Date company informed

16 JULY 2003


12)  Total holding following this notification

38,816,409

               
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

3.05%


14)  Any additional information

SEE BELOW


15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

MRS MARY FORD, COMPANY SECRETARY
TEL: 01530 816615


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

     Date of Notification ........................16 JULY 2003



                          Aggregate Industries plc


Registered                                        Ordinary 25p Shares
BNY (OCS) Nominees Ltd           A/c 219064          2,713,357
BNY (OCS) Nominees Ltd           A/c 219077             80,500
BNY (OCS) Nominees Ltd           A/c 219078             64,950
BNY (OCS) Nominees Ltd           A/c 219059          1,310,000         4,168,807
Littledown Nominees Ltd          A/c 02642           1,325,000
Littledown Nominees Ltd          A/c 09890           1,034,000  
Littledown Nominees Ltd          A/c 07199             401,120
Littledown Nominees Ltd          A/c 07207           5,800,000
Littledown Nominees Ltd          A/c 21688           3,863,952
Littledown Nominees Ltd          A/c 07205           4,609,629
Littledown Nominees Ltd          A/c 07198           2,134,874
Littledown Nominees Ltd          A/c 02891          15,479,027        34,647,602
TOTAL                                               38,816,409

        
Notes
 
Littledown Nominees Ltd is a nominee for the ZFS Group subsidiaries: Allied
Dunbar Assurance plc, Eagle Star Insurance Company Ltd; Eagle Star Life
Assurance Company Ltd; Zurich Financial Services UK Pension Trustee Ltd; Eagle
Star Executives Pension Trustee Ltd; Eagle Scar Securities Ltd; Sceptre Trust
Ltd; Home & Overseas Insurance Company Ltd; Threadneedle Pensions Ltd; and J.P.
Morgan Trustee and Depositary Company Ltd, the Trustee for Eagle Star Unit
Managers Ltd and the Depository to Threadneedle Investment Funds ICVC. It is
also a nominee for various companies not within the ZFS Group.

BNY (OCS) Nominees Ltd is a nominee for the ZFS Group subsidiaries: Zurich 
Insurance Company (UK) Ltd, Zurich Life Assurance Company Ltd and Zurich 
International (UK) Ltd. It is also a nominee for various companies not within 
the ZFS Group.

ZFS is Zurich Financial Services, a company incorporated in Switzerland. 

This notification is made on behalf of:

Allied Dunbar Assurance plc;

Eagle Star Group Services Ltd, Eagle Star Life Assurance Company Ltd, Zurich 
Financial Services UK Pension Trustee Ltd, Eagle Star Executives Pension Trustee 
Ltd and Eagle Star Holdings Limited;

Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd, Threadneedle Pensions Ltd and Threadneedle 
Asset Management Holdings Ltd;

Zurich Holdings (UK) Ltd, Zurich Life Assurance Company Ltd and Zurich Insurance 
Company (UK) Ltd.

Allied Zurich Holdings Ltd, Zurich Financial Services (UKISA) Ltd, Zurich Group 
Holding, Zurich Insurance Company and Allied Zurich plc, the intermediate 
holding companies of the aforementioned companies, and Zurich Financial 
Services, their ultimate holding company.

The shares could be available for lending and this could lead to a short term 
re-registration.

                                                                 15 Jul 2003



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