RNS Number:0919I
UCM Group PLC
27 February 2003

                         UCM Group plc ("the Company")

                               Holding in Company

The Company was notified on 26 February 2003 by BFS Small Companies Dividend
Trust PLC ("the Trust") that following a purchase of 100,000 of the Company's
ordinary 5p shares ("Ordinary Shares") on 25 February 2003 the Trust has an
interest in 800,000 Ordinary Shares, representing 3.34 per cent. of the issued
Ordinary Share capital.

The Trust's Ordinary Shares are registered in the name of HSBC Global Custody
Nominees (UK) Limited a/c 863159.

27 February 2003


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