RNS No 4191u
ACORN GROUP PLC

                    DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS

1)  NAME OF COMPANY

Acorn Group plc

2)  NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

Mercury Asset Management Ltd and its affiliates in the Mercury Asset Management
Group.

3)  Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding
    of the Shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial
    interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that
    person's spouse or children under the age of 18

See 2 above

4)  Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
    shares held by each of them.

N/A

5)  Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.

N/A

6)  ( N/A %) of issued Class

7)  Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

N/A

8)  ( N/A %) of issued Class

9)  Class of security

Ordinary 10p

10) Date of transaction

N/A

11) Date company informed

2.9.98

12) Total holding following this notification

See copy letter below

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

See copy letter below

14) Any additional information

N/A

15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Richard Conway - 01223 725002

16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
    this notification

    Date of Notification..2 September 1998......


LETTER TO :  ACORN GROUP PLC

Our ref: 315

28th August 1998

Companies Act 1985 ss 198-202 (as amended)

We understand that Mercury Asset Management Ltd. ('MAM') has disclosed that
they no longer have a disclosable interest under the above legislation.

We wish to notify you, by reason of the provisions of section 203 of the above
Act, that the companies, the names and addresses of which are set out in the
Schedule to this letter (which are holding companies of MAM) no longer have an
interest as previously disclosed by us and we should be grateful if you would
treat this letter as making such disclosure on its behalf.

If you have any queries regarding the contents of this letter, please contact
Linda Blatt on 0171-772-1040, Facsimile 0171-772-1174.


Duly authorised for and on behalf
of the notifying companies



                    SCHEDULE

Name                             

Mercury Asset    
Management Group Ltd,     

ML Invest plc  

ML Invest Holdings Limited 

ML Invest, Inc       

Merrill Lynch Group Inc. 

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.



Companies Act 1985 ss. 198-202 (as amended)

We are advised that for the purposes of the above provisions neither Mercury
Asset Management Ltd nor any of its affiliates in the Mercury Asset Management
Group, has a notifiable interest in the relevant share of your company as of,
26th August, 1998.


FROM:  MERRILL LYNCH & CO INC.,

END


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