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22 Dec 2005 11:02

Acal PLC22 December 2005 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) NAME OF COMPANY ACAL PLC 2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST ABERFORTH PARTNERS 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 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them. SEE BELOW 5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired. NOT SPECIFIED 6) Percentage of issued Class NOT SPECIFIED 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed 8) Percentage of issued Class 9) Class of security ORDINARY SHARES OF 5P 10) Date of transaction NOT SPECIFIED 11) Date company informed 21 DECEMBER 2005 12) Total holding following this notification 2,800,000 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 10.6% 14) Any additional information 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries MR N ROWE COMPANY SECRETARY 01483 544505 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Date of Notification 22 DECEMBER 2005 LETTER TO: ACAL PLC 21 December, 2005 DISCLOSURE OF INTEREST IN ORDINARY SHARES OF 5p We hereby give notice for the purposes of Part VI of the Companies Act 1985 thattoday we have become aware that Aberforth Partners has a notifiable interest in2,800,000 Ordinary Shares of 5p each which, based on the information availableto us, represents 10.60% of the issued share capital of the above company. Thisinterest arises as a result of the discretionary investment management powersthat we can exercise over the funds of our clients. Aberforth Partners is notthe beneficial owner of these shares. The shares to which this notification relates are, or will be, registered as follows; - Registered Holder Number of Shares Nortrust Nominees Limited A/C ABERFRTH 2,331,000Bank of Ireland Nominees Limited 122,000The Church Commissioners for England (Chase GIS)Nominees Limited 162,000State Street Nominees Limited A/C JD59 185,000 2,800,000 From Aberforth Partners This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange