RNS Number:9873T
Fortress Finance Investment Inc.
8 January 2004

                                                        FORM SAR 3


                                       Date of disclosure    8.1.2004

                 DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 3 OF THE RULES GOVERNING
                   SUBSTANTIAL ACQUISITIONS OF SHARES ("SARs")

                 
Date of acquisition      7.1.2004

Acquisition in           PORTMEIRION GROUP PLC       (name of company)


(1) Class of voting shares    Number of shares/rights   If rights over shares
    (eg ordinary shares)      over shares acquired      acquired, as opposed
                                                        to the shares
                                                        themselves, specify
                                                        nature of rights

    ORDINARY                  25,000          shares    .....................
                              ...N/A..........rights


(2) Resultant total holding   Resultant total holding   Total percentage
    of voting shares (and %   of rights over shares
    of total voting shares    (and % of total voting
    in issue)                 shares in issue)

    1,586,000  (15.22%)       ...............(    %)    .............(15.22%)


(3) Party making disclosure    FORTRESS FINANCE INVESTMENT INC

(4)  (a)  Name of person acquiring shares or rights over shares  SEE 3
          and, if different, beneficial owner    

     (b)  Names of any other persons acting by
          agreement or understanding (see SAR 5) CORDICO MANAGEMENT AG 


Signed, for and on behalf of the party named in (3) above...................

(Also print name of signatory)    EWALD SCHERRER

Telephone and extension number    ++44 58 206 76 02 (CHRISTA BLICKENSTORFER)

Note 1. Under SAR 5, the holdings of and acquisitions by persons acting by
agreement or understanding must be aggregated and treated as a holding of or
acquisition by one person.  Note 3 on SAR 5 requires persons who must aggregate
holdings to disclose certain disposals.

Note 2: The resultant total percentage holding of voting shares and rights over
shares is to be calculated by reference to the percentage held and in issue
outside treasury.

For full details of the SARs disclosure requirements, see Rules 3 and 5 of the
SARs.  If in doubt, contact the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers, Monitoring
Section, Tel. No: 020 7638 0129. E-mail: monitoring@disclosure.org.uk


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