RNS Number:0104P
Big Food Group PLC
26 August 2003


Letter to Big Food Group PLc
Dated August 25, 2003

Amendment #38 

NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 198 TO 202 - - U.K. COMPANIES ACT

1. Company in which shares are held:     Big Food Group

2. Notifiable Interest:                  Ordinary Shares

     Fidelity International Limited (FIL) 
     P.O. Box HM 670 
     Hamilton HMCX, Bermuda

     Parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries, 
     including Fidelity Investment Services Ltd. (FISL), investment manager for 
     various non-US investment companies and institutional clients. (See 
     Schedule A for listing of Registered Shareholders and their holdings.)


3. The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of:
     Mr Edward C. Johnson 3d 
     82 Devonshire Street 
     Boston, MA 02109

     Principal shareholder of Fidelity International Limited.

4. The notifiable interests include interest held on behalf of authorized unit 
   trust schemes in the U.K., notwithstanding the exemption from reporting 
   pursuant to Section 209 (l)(h) of the Companies Act 1985.

5. These notifications of disclosable interests constitute separate 
   notifications of interest in the shares and are combined solely for the 
   purposes of clarity and efficiency. Nothing herein should be taken to 
   indicate that Fidelity International Limited and its direct and indirect 
   subsidiaries or Mr. Edward C. Johnson 3d act as a group or in concert in 
   respect of the disclosed interests, or that they are required to submit these 
   notifications on a joint basis.

6. The disclosable interests arise under section 208 (4) (b) of the Act, namely 
   where a person, not being the registered holder, is entitled to exercise a 
   right conferred by the holding of the shares or to control the exercise of 
   such rights, or under section 203 of the Act respectively.
 
 

SCHEDULE A

SECURITY: Big Food Group                                      Amendment # 38


                      SHARES HELD   MANAGEMENT   NOMINEE/REGISTERED
                                     COMPANY     NAME
(Ordinary Shares)
                       27,137,062      FISL      Chase Nominees Ltd
                        1,586,728      FIL       Chase Nominees Ltd
                       13,435,562      FIL       MSS Nominees Ltd
                            9,366      FIL       Chase Manhattan Bank London

TOTAL ORDINARY SHARES: 42,168,718

CURRENT OWNERSHIP 
PERCENTAGE:                 12.29%

SHARES IN ISSUE:      343,109,788

CHANGE IN HOLDINGS SINCE
LAST FILING:           (2,927,334) ordinary shares

Letter from Fidelity Management & Research Company

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