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Body Shop International PLC04 July 2005 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES All relevant boxes should be completed in block capital letters. 1. Name of listed companyBODY SHOP INTERNATIONAL PLC 2. Name of shareholder with a major interestFIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED AND ITS DIRECT AND INDIRECT SUBSIDIARIES 3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is regarding the holdingof the shareholder named in 2 above; in respect of a non beneficial interest; orin the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouseor children under the age of 18NON BENEFICIAL INTEREST 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number ofshares held by each of themJ P MORGAN BOURNEMOUTH 1,004,948J P MORGAN BOURNEMOUTH 16,671,852BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO 39,600J P MORGAN CHASE BANK 694,700MELLON BANK N A 800,000BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS 84,000STATE STREET BANK TR CO LNDN 24,000 5. Number of shares/amount of stock acquired108,000 6. Percentage of issued class (any treasury shares held by the listed companyshould not be taken into account when calculating percentage)0.05% 7. Number of shares/amount of stock disposedN/A 8. Percentage of issued class (any treasury shares held by the listed companyshould not be taken into account when calculating percentage)N/A 9. Class of securityORDINARY SHARES OF 5 PENCE EACH 10. Date of transactionNOT DISCLOSED 11. Date listed company informed4 JULY 2005 12 Total holding following this notification19,319,100 13 Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification (anytreasury shares held by the listed company should not be taken into account whencalculating percentage)9.03% 14 Any additional information 15 Name of contact and telephone number for queriesJEREMY KETT 01903 845397 16 Name and signature of duly authorised officer of the listed companyresponsible for making this notificationJEREMY KETT Date of notification 4 JULY 2005 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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