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30 Aug 2006 13:34

Bespak PLC30 August 2006 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES 1. Name of Company Bespak plc 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest Barclays plc and its subsidiaries 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 a an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18 As in 2 above 4. Name of each of the registered holder(s)and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them Legal Entity Holding Percentage Held Barclays Bank plc 1,32,175 0.4717Barclays Capital Securities Ltd 282,764 1.0091Barclays Funds Limited 78,508 0.2802Woolwich Unit Trust Managers Ltd 134,885 0.4814Gerrard Ltd 4,832 0.0172Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd 149,368 0.5331Barclays Global Investors Ltd 2,763,811 9.8633Barclays Private Bank Ltd 130,310 0.4651Barclays Global Investors Ltd 1,229,364 4.3873Gerrard Ltd 10,100 0.0360Group Holding 4,916,117 17.544 Registered Holder Holding Bank of Ireland 24,258Bank of Ireland 51,171Bank of Ireland 13, 233Bank of Ireland Nominees Ltd 132,175Bank of New York 20,126Bank of New York 50,559Bank of New York 5,554Barclays Capital Nominees Ltd 282,764Chase Nominees Ltd 12,636Chase Nominees Ltd 36,537Chase Nominees Ltd 50,889Chase Nominees Ltd 47,459Chase Nominees Ltd 2,283,531Chase Nominees Ltd 144,503Chase Nominees Ltd 12,591Chase Nominees Ltd 80,892Chase Nominees Ltd 7,896Chase Nominees Ltd 19,280Chase Nominees Ltd 78,632Citibank 135,253HSBC 1,149JP Morgan (BGI CUSTODY) 12,206JP Morgan (BGI CUSTODY) 54,904JP Morgan (BGI CUSTODY) 14,498JP Morgan (BGI CUSTODY) 6,298JP Morgan (BGI CUSTODY) 34,286JP Morgan (BGI CUSTODY) 178,862JP Morgan (BGI CUSTODY 127,132JP Morgan (BGI CUSTODY 74,994JP Morgan (BGI CUSTODY 17,591JP Morgan (BGI CUSTODY 17,147JP Morgan (BGI CUSTODY 78,508JP Morgan (BGI CUSTODY 3,629Midland Bank (HSBC BANK PLC) 82,625Northern Trust 66,014Northern Trust 8,985Northern Trust 101,686Northern Trust 247,331Northern Trust 140,122RC Greig Nominees Limited 2,500RC Greig Nominees Limited 500RC Greig Nominees Limited a/cAK1 6,600RC Greig Nominees Limited a/cBL1 1,500RC Greig Nominees Limited a/c CM1 1,500RC Greig Nominees Limited GP1 2,332STATE STREET 12,969ZEBAN NOMINEES LIMITED 130,310,310Group Holding 4,916,117 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 n/a 8. percentage of issued class n/a 9. Class of security Ordinary GBP 0.10 shares 10. Date of transaction 23 August 11. Date Company informed 29 August 2006 12. Total following this notification 4,916,117 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 17.544% 14. Any additional information Figures are based on shares in issue of 28.021,018 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries 16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Jenny Owen Company Secretary 01908 525211 Date of Notification 30 August 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange