FDG Food & Drink Gp

RNS Number:5086C
Food & Drink Group (The) PLC
20 August 2007



TR-1(i): NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which
voting rights are attached (ii):

The Food and Drink Group Plc


2. Reason for the notification (please state Yes/No): ( )


An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: No


An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the
acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: No


An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: No


Other (please specify) : Yes


3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation (iii):

Hargreave Hale Limited


4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) (iv):

-


5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or
reached if different) (v):

17 August 2007


6. Date on which issuer notified:

20 August 2007


7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

22%


8. Notified details:

-



A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares if possible using    Situation previous to the Triggering
the ISIN CODE                                       transaction (vi)
                                        Number of      Number of voting Rights
                                        shares         (viii)

Ordinary /                                 1,070,735                 1,070,735
GB00B0WYV516



Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (vii)

Class/type of shares if  Number of shares    Number of voting    % of voting
possible using the ISIN                      rights (ix)         rights
CODE

                         Direct Indirect     Direct Indirect     Direct Indirect
                                             (x)    (xi)

                                 1,103,718           1,103,708           22.02%


B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii)

Type of     Expiration Exercise/       Number of voting rights that may  % of
financial   Date       Conversion      be acquired if the instrument is  voting
instrument  (xiii)     Period/ Date    exercised/ converted.             rights
                       (xiv)







Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights                      % of voting rights

                                 1,103,718                               22.02%


9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable (xv):

855,232 of these shares are for unit trusts operated by Marlborough Fund
Managers Ltd, for which Hargreave Hale manages the investments on a
discretionary basis. The remaining balance is held on behalf of other
discretionary clients.


Proxy Voting:


10. Name of the proxy holder:

-


11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

-


12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

-


13. Additional information:

The denominator used in calculating the percentage holdings is 5,012,125 TVR as
reported in the company's announcement dated 31 July 2007. The FSA rules in DTR
5 require us to use the TVR figure from the previous month end rather than a
current figure for making these calculations. In this instance the TVR figure
does not include the 600,000 shares admitted to trading on 13th August.


However, the number of voting rights held included in this report does include
some of the shares that were admitted to trading on 13th August. If we had
calculated the holdings using a current TVR of 5,612,125 our holding would have
been 19.08%.


14. Contact name:

Urvashi Parekh


15. Contact telephone number:

020 7349 4440


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