RNS Number:6138L
Royal Doulton PLC
28 May 2003

Royal Doulton plc



28 May 2003



NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES



Cazenove & Co. Ltd. hereby announce on behalf of Royal Doulton plc the following
notification of major interest in shares:



Royal Doulton plc was notified on 27 May 2003 that Prudential plc, M&G Group
Limited, M&G Investment Management Limited and M&G Limited together have a
notifiable interest in 37,994,790 ordinary 1p shares in Royal Doulton plc,
representing 11.43% of the issued share capital. The date of the transactions
which resulted in this change of interest are not known.



The registered holders of these shares are as follows:



1,616,651        Chase Nominees Lt A/C 14914

3,180,425        Chase Nominees Ltd A/C 14922

20,000,000      Clydesdale Bk Nominees Ltd MGA

6,454,509        Clydesdale Bk Nominees Ltd MGC

3,393,205        Nortrust Nominees Ltd

3,350,000        PrucltHSBC GIS Nom (UK) PPL AC





Enquiries:



G E Barnes Company Secretary

01782 404 010




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