RNS Number:3517O
fountains PLC
05 August 2003

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company

FOUNTAINS PLC

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest

MR D C R ALLEN

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

AS ABOVE

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

AS ABOVE

5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

N/A

6) Percentage of issued class

N/A
7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

95,000

8) Percentage of issued class

0.93%

9) Class of security

Ordinary Shares of 5p each

10) Date of transaction

16 JUNE (20,000)
20 JUNE (25,000)
28 JULY (50,000)

11) Date company informed

5 AUGUST 2003

12) Total holding following this notification

275,500

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

2.70%

14) Any additional information

None

15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

PETER NEIGHBOUR 01295 753232

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

PETER NEIGHBOUR, FINANCE DIRECTOR

Date of notification 5th AUGUST 2003



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