RNS Number:6615Q
BPB PLC
08 October 2003


                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1. Name of company

BPB plc


2. Name of shareholder having a major interest

Prudential plc and certain of its subsidiary companies


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

Holdings of Prudential plc and The Prudential Assurance Company Limited


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

Chase Nominees Ltd                   A/C 3787                           12,851
Chase Nominees Ltd                   A/C 3789                          187,879
Chase Noms Ltd                       A/C 14914                         607,156
Chase Noms Ltd                       Undesignated                      108,000
Chase Noms Ltd                       A/C 14915                         168,909
Chase Noms Ltd                       A/C 14920                           5,885
Clydesdale BK Noms Ltd               A/C MGSC                          132,590
Clydesdale BK Noms Ltd               A/C CHA                         2,750,000
Clydesdale BK Noms Ltd               A/C CHI                           997,269
Clydesdale BK Noms Ltd               A/C MGB                         2,500,000
Clydesdale BK Noms Ltd               A/C MGF                           164,136
Clydesdale BK Noms Ltd               A/C MGH                         1,000,000
Clydesdale BK Noms Ltd               A/C MGI                           500,000
Clydesdale BK Noms Ltd               A/C MGN                           150,000
Clydesdale BK Noms Ltd               A/C MGT                            84,231
Esmee Fairbairn Foundation           Undesignated                      301,279
M&G (Lombard St) Noms                A/C FPE                            33,338
M&G Income Inv Co Ltd                Undesignated                      255,000
MAGIM HSBC GIS Nom (UK)              A/C SALI                           98,690
MGIM                                 A/C DBL A/C FBFT                   80,685
MGIM                                 A/C JPM A/C RU                  2,055,951
Nortrust Noms Ltd                    Undesignated                    1,839,730
PRUCLT HSBC GIS Nom (UK)             A/C PAC                        33,280,009
PRUCLT HSBC GIS Nom (UK)             A/C PHL                           321,585
PRUCLT HSBC GIS Nom (UK)             A/C PPL                         1,053,877
PRUCLT HSBC GIS Nom (UK)             A/C SAL                             9,838
Recovery Inv Company Limited         Undesignated                      220,000
Roy Nominees                         A/C 578079                         95,942
Roy Noms Ltd                         A/C 578052                         55,502
Roy Noms Ltd                         A/C 578060                        170,000
Roy Noms Ltd                         A/C 578141                        107,852
Roy Noms Ltd                         A/C 578192                        224,478
                                                       TOTAL        49,572,662


5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired

Not disclosed


6. Percentage of issued class

Not disclosed


7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed

N/A


8. Percentage of issued class

N/A


9. Class of security

Ordinary shares of 50p each


10. Date of transaction

Not disclosed


11. Date company informed

7 October 2003


12. Total holding following this notification

                                                                    49,572,662


13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

                                                                         10.05%


14. Any additional information




15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Stephen Hodges 01753 898816


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

Stephen Hodges


Date of notification

8 October 2003


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