RNS Number:2616P
Portmeirion Group PLC
02 September 2003


                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company

PORTMEIRION GROUP PLC

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest

FORTRESS FINANCE INVESTMENT INC

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 in 2 above

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

HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEES (UK) LTD A/C 742355

5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

36,000

6) Percentage of issued class

0.35%

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

-

8) Percentage of issued class

-

9) Class of security

ORDINARY SHARES

10) Date of transaction

21 AUGUST 2003

11) Date company informed

22 AUGUST 2003

12) Total holding following this notification

1,466,000

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

14.07%

14) Any additional information

-

15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

BRETT PHILLIPS, 01782 744721

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


BRETT PHILLIPS

Date of notification 02 SEPTEMBER 2003



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