RNS Number:5693N
Bede PLC
15 July 2003


                            BEDE PLC (the "Company")
                                        
                                        
                               HOLDING IN COMPANY



The Company was today informed by Close Finsbury Asset Management Limited that
Close Finsbury EuroTech Trust PLC is the owner of 1,122,000 ordinary shares of
2p each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares"), representing 3.88 per cent. of the
Company's issued ordinary share capital and that Finsbury Technology Trust PLC
is the owner of 2,200,000 Ordinary Shares, representing 7.60 per cent of the
Company's issued ordinary share capital.


15 July 2003



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David Hall, Bede plc                       0191 332 4700







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