BKE Bakery Services

RNS Number:4214L
Bakery Services PLC
09 January 2008


            Bakery Services plc (the "Company" or "Bakery Services")

     Significant Shareholdings, Directors' Holdings and Total Voting Rights

                                 9 January 2008


The Company received notification on 8 January 2008 that, following the recent
placing of 180 million new ordinary shares by the Company, the following
individuals are now significant shareholders in the Company:

Name                Number of Shares Held      Percentage of Share Capital Held

Pieter Hooft             16,000,000                          4.50%
David Halliwell          12,000,000                          3.37%


In addition, the Company confirms that, as previously disclosed in the circular
posted to shareholders on 5 December 2007, the following individuals have also
participated in the recent placing and are now significant shareholders in the
Company:

Name                Number of Shares Held      Percentage of Share Capital Held
                                                                                                   
Andrew Hunt              32,000,000                          8.99%
Neil Stanley             16,000,000                          4.50%


Andrew Hunt's appointment to the board of Bakery Services plc was confirmed by
the Company on 2 January 2008. Following the recent placing, the interests of
the Company's directors in the Company are as follows:

Director            Number of Shares Held      Percentage of Share Capital Held

Andrew Hunt              32,000,000                          8.99%
Richard Worthington       5,480,000                          1.54%
Martin Bott                 100,000                          0.03%


In addition, Diggle Investments Limited, a company of which Richard Worthington
is a director, holds 12,881,333 ordinary shares in the Company, which represents
3.62% of the issued share capital of the Company.

Keith Bentley, whose resignation as a director of the Company was confirmed by
the Company on 2 January 2008, remains a significant shareholder in the Company,
holding 16,042,666 ordinary shares, which represents 4.51% of the issued share
capital of the Company. Following the recent placing, David Drury, whose
resignation as a director of the Company was also confirmed by the Company on 2
January 2008, is no longer a significant shareholder, since his shareholding now
represents less than 3% of the issued share capital of the Company.

The Company confirms that its issued share capital consists of 355,833,333
ordinary shares with a nominal value of 0.1p per share, with voting rights (one
vote per ordinary share). The Company does not hold any ordinary shares in
Treasury.

Therefore, the total number of ordinary shares in the Company with voting rights
is 355,833,333. The figure of 355,833,333 ordinary shares may be used by
shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will
determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their
interest in, the Company under the Financial Services Authority's Disclosure and
Transparency Rules.

For further information please contact:

Nicola Horton / David Abbott/ Siobhan Sergeant
Smith & Williamson Corporate Finance Limited

Tel. 020 7131 4000

Richard Worthington, Non-Executive Chairman
Bakery Services plc

Tel. 07973 442331


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