RNS Number:8650O
South Staffordshire Group PLC
20 August 2003



The Company has today been informed, in accordance with the provisions of
Section 198 of the Companies Act 1985, that Fidelity International Ltd and its
subsidiary companies now has a notifiable interest in 3,325,066 ordinary shares
of 10 pence each - 5.29% of the issued shares. (Previous notification, 2,606,661
ordinary shares - 4.15%.)

Fidelity International Ltd is a parent holding company for various direct and
indirect subsidiaries including Fidelity Investment Services Ltd and Fidelity
Pension Management, investment managers for various non-US invetment companies
and institutional clients. The notifiable interest is also the notifiable
interest of Mr Edward C Johnson, a principal shareholder of Fidelity
International Ltd.

20 August 2003




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