OIG Oryx International Growth Fund Ltd

RNS Number:7001X
Whatman PLC
16 April 2004

                           SCHEDULE 10
 
             NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1)   NAME OF COMPANY

Whatman plc

2)   NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

J O Hambro Capital Management Ltd
North Atlantic Smaller Companies Investment Trust PLC
Oryx International Growth Fund Ltd

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

Non-beneficial

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

Nutraco Nominees Ltd                      500,000
Bank of New York Nominees Ltd           4,915,000
HSBC Global Custody London Ltd            600,000
Goldman Sachs International TNA         1,472,500
Goldman Sachs International THO         1,095,000   
Goldman Sachs International THT           182,500
Goldman Sachs International TEU         2,500,000

5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.

-

6)   Percentage of issued Class

-

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

780,000

8)   Percentage of issued Class

0.61%


9)   Class of security

Ordinary 1p shares


10)  Date of transaction

Not known


11)  Date company informed

16.4.04


12)  Total holding following this notification

11,265,000

               
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

8.82%


14)  Any additional information



15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

J Simmonds
0208 326 1743


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

     Date of Notification           16.4.2004



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