RNS Number:1879P
Xansa PLC
29 August 2003

TO:     Regulatory News Service
        The London Stock Exchange





Re:  Chapter 9, Paragraph 11 of CONTINUING OBLIGATIONS


Xansa plc (the "Company") announces that it received notification on 29 August
2003 under sections 198-208 of the Companies Act 1985 (as amended) (the "Act")
that as at the close of business on 26 August 2003, Legal & General Group Plc
Companies became interested for the purposes of the Act in 10,311,431 ordinary
shares of 5p each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares").



At the close of business on 26 August 2003, these Ordinary Shares represented
3.077% of the issued share capital of the Company.







29 August 2003


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