NHP Nationwide Health Properties, Inc.

RNS Number:3398U
NHP PLC
16 January 2004

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1.      Name of company

         NHP Plc

2.      Name of shareholder having a major interest

        Schroder Investment Management Limited and its subsidiary and affiliated company

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

        4,303,962- Schroder Nominees Limited

        18,881,822 - Chase Nominees Limited

        573,000 - Bank of New York

        636,400 - HSBC Bank International a/c 10096301

        1,200,000 - Imperial Pensions Nominees Limited

        1,300,000 - Morgan Nominees Ltd

        2,322,617 - Nortrust Nominees Ltd

        1,492,668 - State Street Nominees Limited a/c: 5H57

        1,108,125 Chase Nominees a/c 03886


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

        750,000

8.      Percentage of issued class

        Not disclosed

9.      Class of security

        Ordinary 1p shares

10.     Date of transaction

        14 January 2003

11.     Date company informed

        16th January 2004

12.     Total holding following this notification

        31,818,594

13.     Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

        15.638%

14.     Any additional information



15.     Name of contact and telephone number for queries

        Sheila Kaul 01483 754760

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

        Sheila Kaul Company Secretary

Date of notification: 16 January 2004




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