AXN Alexon Grp.

RNS Number:6135Q
Alexon Group PLC
30 August 2005


                           SCHEDULE 10
 
             NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1)   NAME OF COMPANY

     ALEXON  GROUP PLC

2)   NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

     SCHRODERS PLC

3)   Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of 
     holding of the Shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a 
     non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a
     holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18



4)   Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the 
     number of shares held by each of them.

     SEE BELOW

5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.



6)   Percentage of issued Class


7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed


8)   Percentage of issued Class



9)   Class of security

     ORD 10P SHARES

10)  Date of transaction



11)  Date company informed

      30/08/05

12)  Total holding following this notification

      12,820,891
               
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

      22.05%

14)  Any additional information



15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

     R. PIGGOTT
     01582 - 723131

16)  Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for 
     making this notification

     Date of Notification ......30 AUGUST 2005..................


LETTER TO:  ALEXON GROUP
            26 August 2005

ALEXON GROUP 

10p ORDINARY SHARES ("SHARES")

We write to advise you that we, Schroder Investment Management Limited, have an
interest in 10,867,631 shares which are held in portfolios managed by us on a
discretionary basis for clients under investment management agreements.

Included in this figure are:-

(i)    4,242,481 shares held in (a) unit trust(s) operated and managed by an 
       affiliated company, Schroder Unit Trusts Limited (SUTL), and registered 
       or to be registered in the name of Chase Nominees Limited, and

(ii)   6,625,150 shares neither registered nor to be registered in the name of 
       Schroder Nominees Limited. The registration details are shown on the 
       enclosed schedule.

A subsidiary, Schroder Investment Management North America Limited (SIMNA Ltd),
is managing a portfolio on a similar basis holding a further 1,953,260 shares.
This holding is registered or to be registered in the name of Chase Nominees
Limited.

We believe that we, our subsidiary and affiliated company are therefore
interested in an overall aggregate of 12,820,891 shares, representing some
21.974% of the total number of shares in issue, namely 58,345,737.

This notification is made to you:-

(a) in respect of our interest as investment managers,

(b) on behalf of SUTL and SIMNA Ltd in relation to the interests they are 
    treated as having respectively under the Companies Act 1985 (the Act), and

(c) on behalf of Schroders plc, our holding company, which is treated as having 
    an interest in all of the above shares under the Act by virtue of its 
    ownership of SIMNA Ltd. SUTL and ourselves.

  

                              10P ORDINARY SHARES 

                                 SCHEDULE
 
REGISTRATION                                                              AMOUNT

British Coal Staff Superannuation a/c: P                               2,191,173 
Chase Manhattan Bank                                                   1,572,773 
Chase Nominees Limited                                                   450,985 
Mineworkers' Pension Scheme a/c: R                                     2,410,219

                                                                       6,625,150


From:  Katy Creagh-Osborne
       Compliance
       Schroder Investment Management Limited






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