SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES                   

All relevant boxes should be completed in block capital letters.

1. Name of company                   2. Name of shareholder having a major     
                                        interest                               
   The BOC Group plc                                                           
                                        Janus Capital Management LLC           

3. Please state whether notification 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and,  
   indicates that it is in respect      if more than one holder, the number of 
   of holding of the shareholder        shares held by each of them            
   named in 2 above or in respect of                                           
   a non-beneficial interest or in      See additional information             
   the case of an individual holder                                            
   if it is a holding of that                                                  
   person's spouse or children under                                           
   the age of 18                                                               
                                                                               
   Notification in respect of party                                            
   named in 2 above.                                                           

5. Number of      6. Percentage of  7. Number of shares 8. Percentage of      
   shares/amount     issued class      /amount of stock    issued class       
   of stock                            disposed                               
   acquired                                                                   

9. Class of security                10. Date of          11. Date company      
                                        transaction          informed          
   Ordinary shares of 25p each                                                 
                                        27 May 2003          28 May 2003       

12. Total holding following this     13. Total percentage holding of issued    
    notification                         class following this notification     
                                                                               
    13,935,042                           2.80%                                 

14. Any additional information       15. Name of contact and telephone number  
                                         for queries                           
    The BOC Group plc had previously                                           
    been advised that pursuant to        David Kinnair                         
    Section 198 of the Companies Act                                           
    1985 that Janus Capital              Assistant Company Secretary           
    Management LLC had a 3.91%                                                 
    interest in the issued Ordinary      01276 807649                          
    share capital of the Company.                                              
                                                                               
    In a letter dated 27 May 2003                                              
    and received on 28 May 2003 The                                            
    BOC Group plc has been notified                                            
    that Janus Capital Management                                              
    LLC no longer have a notifiable                                            
    interest in the issued Ordinary                                            
    share capital of the Company,                                              
    such interest now being 2.80%.                                             

16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making   
    this notification                                                          
                                                                               
    David Kinnair                                                              
                                                                               
Date of notification ___28 May 2003 _________                                  



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