"QUEST" NOTIFICATION

Interserve Plc (the "Company") announces that the following directors - Messrs
M C Bottjer, C J Groom, S B Hagerty, A R Hannah, M S Lee, A M Ringrose and J H
Vyse - were deemed to be interested in 46,806 ordinary shares of 10p each (the
"shares") when the Interserve Plc Qualifying Employee Share Trust (the "QUEST")
acquired the shares on 14 February 2003. The directors subsequently ceased to
be interested in the shares when they were transferred on 17 February 2003 to
the relevant option holders. As a result of this transaction, the directors'
share interests in the Company remain unchanged.

17 February 2003



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