RNS Number:3029R
Jarvis PLC
24 October 2003


                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1. Name of company

Jarvis plc

2. Name of shareholder having a major interest

Prudential plc & The Prudential Assurance Company Ltd

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

Not disclosed

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

PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC A/C - 8,691,087 shares
PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL A/C - 181,917 shares

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 5p each

10. Date of transaction

Not disclosed

11. Date company informed

24 October 2003

12. Total holding following this notification

8,873,004

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

6.2

14. Any additional information

...............................................................

15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries

M L Mellor 01920 832800

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

M L Mellor

Date of notification

24 October 2003

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