RNS Number:2601P
Hot Group PLC
01 September 2003

1 September 2003

                  hot group plc ("hot group" or "the Company")


                              Holdings in Company


hot group announces that following completion of the recent placing and open
offer and admission of the ordinary shares of 10p each in the Company ("Ordinary
Shares") to trading on AIM on 27 August 2003, the Company has now received
notification of the following interests in its share capital:

Name                                                 Number of     Percentage of
                                               Ordinary Shares   issued Ordinary
                                                                        Shares

Morley Fund Management Limited                    16,829,033             12.62

Herald Investment Trust Plc                        6,228,098              4.67

Universities Superannuation Scheme Limited         4,323,118              3.24


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