RNS Number:2295L
International Power PLC
16 May 2003


                            International Power plc

On 16 May 2003 International Power plc (the "Company") was advised by Franklin
Resources, Inc.("Franklin Resources") that, as at 14 May 2003, Franklin
Resources no longer had a notifiable interest in the Ordinary share capital of
the Company.


Stephen Ramsay
Company Secretary


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