anyone know why ?

BBI Holdings PLC
21 February 2005

BBI HOLDINGS PLC ('BBI Holdings' or 'the Company')



21 FEBRUARY 2005



The Company has today received notification by a letter dated 18th February 2005
that Legal & General Group plc and/or its subsidiaries have an aggregated
notifiable interest of 985,112 ordinary shares in the Company which represents
4.61% of the issued share capital of 21,329,139 ordinary shares. Full details of
the interest are given below


Number of Shares Held Percentage Interest


HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 887711 926,112 4.34%
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 923363 59,000 0.27%

TOTAL INTEREST 985,112 4.61%



The Company has also today received notification by a letter dated 17th February
2005 that Baring English Growth Fund have a notifiable interest of 1,382,277
ordinary shares in the Company which represents 6.48% of the total issued share
capital.



The Company also today received notification by a letter dated 18 February 2005
that Northern Venture Managers Limited, whereby further to the sale of 1,000,000
ordinary shares in the Company on 17 February 2005, have an aggregated
notifiable interest of 1,134,980 ordinary shares in the Company which represents
5.32% of the total issued share capital. Full details of the interest are given
below


No of shares sold No of shares now % of class now
held held

Northern Investors Company PLC 309,884 351,713 1.65%
Northern Venture Trust PLC 440,005 499,398 2.34%
Northern 2 VCT PLC 250,111 283,869 1.33%

TOTAL INTEREST 1,134,980 5.32%




This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

Hi gordon geko,

Are you still holding this stock as it has been flying recently. I have had this on my watch list for months now and I'm frustrated at the fact that I dont have funds readily available to invest.

Well done if you still have them!

Cheers,

Ian