RNS Number:7501Q
BPB PLC
09 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

M&G (Lombard St) Noms              A/C FPE                              33,338
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
PRUCLT HSBC GIS Nom (UK)           A/C PAC                          32,870,009
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
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         37,177,747


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

Not disclosed


8. Percentage of issued class

Not disclosed


9. Class of security

Ordinary shares of 50p each


10. Date of transaction

Not disclosed


11. Date company informed

9 October 2003


12. Total holding following this notification

37,177,747


13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

7.54%


14. Any additional information

Disclosure of change in material interests


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

9 October 2003


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