RNS Number:2175K
Minerva PLC
22 April 2003

                  DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS


1)   NAME OF COMPANY

     MINERVA PLC

2)   NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

     FMR CORP. AND ITS DIRECT AND INDIRECT SUBSIDIARIES AND FIDELITY 
     INTERNATIONAL LIMITED AND ITS DIRECT AND INDIRECT SUBSIDIARIES

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

     NON-BENEFICIAL

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

     SEE LIST BELOW

5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.

     1,239,323

6)   (0.77%) of issued Class

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

     N/A

8)   (N/A%) of issued Class


9)   Class of security

     ORDINARY SHARES OF 25P EACH

10)  Date of transaction

     NOT KNOWN

11)  Date company informed

     22 APRIL 2003

12)  Total holding following this notification

     17,632,475
                    
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

     11.01%

14)  Any additional information

     N/A

15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

     IVAN EZEKIEL
     020 7535 1000


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

     Date of Notification ...22 APRIL 2003......




               14,433,010        FISL     Chase Nominees Ltd
                  170,723        FISL     Chase Manhattan Bank London 
                  448,444        FPM      RBS Trust Bank 
                  143,068        FPM      Nortrust Nominees Ltd    
                   33,875        FPM      BT Globenet Nominees Ltd 
                   65,919        FPM      Citibank 
                  172,800        FPM      Bank of New York Europe 
                   66,625        FIL      Bankers Trust          
                  425,875        FIL      RBS Trust Bank 
                   49,525        FIL      Citibank 
                  710,533        FIL      Chase Nominees Ltd 
                  176,500        FIL      Northern Trust 
                  135,978        FIL      Bank of New York Europe 
                  587,200        FIL      Bank of New York London 
                   12,400        FIL      HSBC 
 


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