RNS Number:4366J
AFA Systems PLC
31 March 2003

31 March 2003

AFA Systems Plc - Holding(s) in Company

AFA Systems was informed on 28 March 2003 that FMR Corporation ("FMR") and its
direct and indirect subsidiaries and Fidelity International Limited ("FIL") and
its direct and indirect subsidiaries had acquired 200,000 ordinary shares of 5p
each in the Company, being 0.56% of the total voting shares of the Company in
issue.  As a result of this acquisition, the aggregate holding of FMR, FIL and
their direct and indirect subsidiaries in the Company is 2,282,617 ordinary
shares of 5p each, being 6.38% of the total voting shares in issue.  The details
of the holding are as follows:


Shares held          Management company       Nominee / Registered name

147,242               FMR                    Mellon Bank
2,135,375             FIL                    Brown Brothers Harriman Ltd. LUX


This notifiable interest also comprises the notifiable interest of Mr Edward C
Johnson 3rd of 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, MA 02109, a principal shareholder
of FMR and FIL.

The notifiable interests include interest held on behalf of authorized unit
trust schemes in the UK, notwithstanding the exemption from reporting pursuant
to Section 209 (1)(h) of the Companies Act 1985.

These notifications of disclosable interests constitute separate notifications
of interest in the shares and are combined solely for the purposes of clarity.
Nothing herein should be taken to indicate that FMR Corp. and its direct and
indirect subsidiaries, Fidelity International Limited and its direct and
indirect subsidiaries or Mr. Edward C. Johnson 3rd act as a group or in concert
in respect of the disclosed interests, or that they are required to submit these
notifications on a joint basis.

The disclosable interests arise under section 208(4) (b) of the Act, namely
where a person, not being the registered holder, is entitled to exercise of such
rights, or under section 203 of the Act respectively.

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