RNS Number:8882Q
Laing(John) PLC
14 October 2003


The Company received a notification on 13 October 2003 from AMVESCAP PLC 
("AMVESCAP") pursuant to the provisions of Section 198 of the Companies Act 1985
(the "Act") that, following the recent conversion of AMVESCAP's unit trusts into
investment companies with variable capital ("ICVCs") (date not specified) within
the meaning of Sections 203 and 208 of the Act, the said unit trusts ceased to
be interested in 23,414,896 Ordinary Shares of 25p each in the share capital of
the Company.

Immediately following the transaction referred to above AMVESCAP no longer had a
notifiable interest within the meaning of Section 199(2) of the Act.  However,
AMVESCAP's ICVC, INVESCO UK Investment Series, had a notifiable interest (within
the meaning of Section 199(2) of the Act) in 20,079,241 shares representing
11.37% if the issued ordinary share capital of the Company.

The Company believes, after making further enquiries in connection with the
disclosure, that the notification is made solely for the purpose of informing it
of AMVESCAP's conversion to ICVCs under the different disclosure requirements
related thereto.

AMVESCAP have confirmed that their total holding in the Company's issued
ordinary share capital, pursuant to Section 198 of the Act, is currently 18.8%.


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