RNS Number:0790P
Dowding & Mills PLC
27 August 2003


DOWDING & MILLS PLC ("the Company")

27 August 2003

HOLDING IN COMPANY

The Company received notification on 27 August 2003 from Unicorn Asset
Management Limited ("Unicorn"), and on 26 August 2003 from Eaglet Investment
Trust plc ("Eaglet"), of the following transactions in the Company's ordinary
shares of 10p each ("Shares"):

Fund                 Transaction date       Number of      Resultant    % issued 
                                            Shares sold      holding      Shares

Eaglet                22 August 2003         18,860,832         0           0%

Acorn Income          between 5 and 13          777,175         0           0%
Fund Limited          August 2003

Following these transactions, Unicorn no longer has any interest in the
Company's Shares.

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