RNS Number:3872T
De Vere Group PLC
17 December 2003

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1. Name of company

DE VERE GROUP PLC


2. Name of shareholder having a major interest

FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED AND MR. EDWARD C. JOHNSON, 3RD, A PRINCIPAL 
SHAREHOLDER OF FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

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

AS IN 2) ABOVE


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

                     SHARES HELD    MANAGEMENT COMPANY    NOMINEE/            
                                                          REGISTERED NAMED    

  Ordinary Shares    3,991,019      FISL                  CHASE NOMINEES LTD. 
                     24,100         Fpm                   MELLON NOMINEES LTD 
                     214,382        FIL                   CHASE NOMINEES LTD  
                     35,300         FIL                   CHASE MANHATTAN     
                                                          BANK LONDON         
                     301,447        FIL                   BANK OF NEW YORK    
                                                          LONDON              
                     62,700         FIL                   NORTHERN TRUST      
                     6,700          FIL                   STATE STREET BANK & 
                                                          TRUST               
                     6,000          FIL                   DEUTSCHE            
                     37,100         FIL                   STATE STREET        
                                                          NOMINEES LTD      

5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired

NOT KNOWN


6. Percentage of issued class



7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed

NOT KNOWN


8. Percentage of issued class



9. Class of security

ORDINARY 22 2/9p SHARES


10. Date of transaction


11. Date company informed

17TH DECEMBER, 2003


12. Total holding following this notification

4,678,748


13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

4.09%


14. Any additional information



15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries

DAVID EDWARDS
01928 712111


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

DAVID EDWARDS


Date of notification

17.12.03

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