RNS Number:5071K
Imperial Chemical Industries PLC
21 December 2007


TR-1:               Notification of major interests in shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing    Imperial Chemical Industries PLC
shares to which voting rights are attached:

2. Reason for the notification     (please tick the appropriate box or boxes)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                                      Yes
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of
shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):___________________________________________

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification                     Deutsche Bank AG
obligation:

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):                      Deutsche Bank AG

                                                                  Abbey Life Assurance Company Limited

                                                                  Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas



                                                                  Deutsche Asset Management Investment
                                                                                  GmbH



                                                                    Deutsche Asset Management (Japan)
                                                                                 Limited



                                                                 Deutsche Investment Management Americas
                                                                                   Inc



                                                                           DWS Investment GmbH



                                                                         DWS Investments Schweiz



                                                                      Tilney Investment Management


5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is                 19/12/2007
crossed or reached if different):
6. Date on which issuer notified:                                              20/12/2007
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:                      Aggregate direct & indirect and
                                                                        financial instruments 9%
8. Notified details:


A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of     Situation previous to the     Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
shares            Triggering transaction

 if possible      Number of      Number of      Number of      Number of voting rights    % of voting rights
using the ISIN    Shares         Voting Rights  shares
CODE
                                                Direct         Direct         Indirect    Direct   Indirect



GB0004594973      107,910,896    109,335,921    106,761,808    106,761,808    1,088,516   8.84%    0.09%


B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial     Expiration date     Exercise/ Conversion Number of voting rights    % of voting
instrument                                  Period/ Date       that may be acquired if    rights
                                                               the instrument is
                                                               exercised/ converted.


Call Option              December 2007                         500,000                    0.04%


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


108,350,324                                        8.97%


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



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:
14. Contact name:                                 David Lindsay/Andrew Anderson
15. Contact telephone number:                     +00 44 207 545 8533/8532







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