RNS Number:2117L
Merrill Lynch Investment ManagersLd
16 May 2003



                                                      FORM SAR 5


                                       Date of disclosure...16TH MAY, 2003.....

             DISCLOSURE UNDER NOTE 3 OF RULE 5 OF THE RULES GOVERNING
                   SUBSTANTIAL ACQUISITIONS OF SHARES ("SARs")

                 
Date of sale........15TH MAY, 2003.................................

Sale of.............ORBIS PLC.......................(name of company)


(1) Class of voting shares    Number of shares/rights   If rights over shares
    (eg ordinary shares)      over shares sold          sold, as opposed
                                                        to the shares
                                                        themselves, specify
                                                        nature of rights

    10P ORDINARY SHARES..     ..7,434,555...shares    .....................
                              ...N/A..........rights


(2) Resultant total holding   Resultant total holding   Total percentage
    of voting shares (and %   of rights over shares
    of total voting shares    (and % of total voting
    in issue)                 shares in issue)

    ..37,664,351....(21.54%)   ..37,664,351..(21.54%)    .............(21.54%)


(3) Party making disclosure  MERRILL LYNCH INVESTMENT MANAGERS GROUP LIMITED  

(4)  (a)  Name of person selling shares or rights over shares  MERRILL LYNCH
          and, if different, beneficial owner INVESTMENT MANAGERS GROUP LIMITED

     (b)  Names of any other persons acting by
          agreement or understanding (see SAR 5)............................


Signed, for and on behalf of the party named in (3) above...................

(Also print name of signatory)...JAMES STRATFORD..............

Telephone and extension number...0207 743 2253..........................


For full details of the SARs disclosure requirements, see Rules 3 and 5 of the
SARs.  If in doubt, contact the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers, 
Tel. No: 020 7382 9026.

  

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