RNS Number:1879Q
Stirling Group PLC
25 September 2003

                           SCHEDULE 10
 
             NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1)   NAME OF COMPANY

     STIRLING GROUP PLC


2)   NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

     SEE BELOW


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

     SEE BELOW
     IRREVOCABLES

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

     SEE BELOW


5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.

     37,875,759


6)   Percentage of issued Class

     44.6%

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

     -

8)   Percentage of issued Class

     -

9)   Class of security

     ORDINARY     


10)  Date of transaction

     22/9/03


11)  Date company informed

     24/9/03


12)  Total holding following this notification

     37,875,759

               
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

     44.6%


14)  Any additional information

     22P


15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

     P.C.RUSBY


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

     Date of Notification ........................25 SEPTEMBER 2003


To: Stirling Group plc
Dated: 24 September 2003

Stirling Group plc ("Stirling")

We hereby notify you pursuant to sections 198 to 208 Companies Act 1985 that
Potter Acquisitions Limited ("Potter") acquired, on 22 September 2003, pursuant
to undertakings given to Potter to accept the offer announced on behalf of
Potter on 22 September 2003 to acquire the entire issued and to to be issued 
share capital of Stirling, an interest in 37,875,759 ordinary shares of 20p each 
in Stirling, representing approximately 44.6% of the existing issued share 
capital of Stirling. The undertakings giving rise to this interest were received 
on 22 September 2003 from the following persons and in respect of the following
numbers of shares.

In each case, so far as is known to Potter (and subject as specified below) the 
person from whom the undertaking was received is the registered holder of the 
relevant shares.


      Name                                                 No. of shares
1     Robert Michael Coe                                   110,000
2     Jody Sacks                                           357,500
3     Gordon Peter Craig                                   400,000
4     Steven Michael Bentwood                              530,781
5     Sharon Bentwood                                      250,500
6     Christine Rusby                                      580,500
7     Peter Loris Solomon                                  125,000
8     Wendy Jill Leighton                                  448,446
9     HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited             400,000
10    Second Advance Value Realisation Company Limited(1)  15,269,241
11    J P Morgan Fleming Asset Management(2)               10,930,369
12    Framlington Investment Management Limited            6,382,500
13    Marlborough UK Equity Income Fund(3)                 1,640,922

(1) Registered holder: Nortrust Nominees Limited 
(2) Registered holder: Chase Nominees Limited 
(3) Registered holder: HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited

From: Potter Acquisitions Limited




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