RNS Number:7315N
Tops Estates PLC
18 July 2003


SECTION 198. COMPANIES ACT 1985

GUINNESS PEAT GROUP PLC AND ITS SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES HAVE GIVEN NOTICE TODAY 
THAT, FOLLOWING AN ON-MARKET DISPOSAL ON 16TH JULY, 2003, THEIR INTEREST IN THE 
ORDINARY SHARES OF 25P EACH IN THE COMPANY AMOUNTS TO 1,484,726, REPRESENTING 
3.274% OF THE ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL,


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