RNS Number:9038D
Corus Group PLC
08 October 2004

This notification relates to the ordinary shares of the Company (the "shares")
and is given in fulfilment of the obligations imposed under Section 198 of the
Companies Act 1985 (the Act).

Corus has today been notified that on 27 September 2004 CSFB (as defined below)
holds the following interests in the issued share capital of the Company:

1. Credit Suisse First Boston Equities Limited ("CSFBEq"); 153,104,724 shares.
This includes 131,985,300 shares in which CSFBEq is interested under Section 208
(5) of the Act by virtue of the right to redelivery of equivalent securities
under stock lending arrangements.

2. Credit Suisse First Boston International ("CSFBi"): 3,706,528 shares.

3. Credit Suisse First Boston (Europe) Limited ("CSFBEL"): 2,215,297 shares.

CSFB now holds a total interest of 159,026,549 shares, being equivalent to
approximately 3.58% of the issued share capital of the Company (based on the
number of shares in issue being 4,436,388,357).

CSFBEq, CSFBi and CSFBEL are members of the Credit Suisse First Boston group of
companies ("CSFB"). Those group companies which are direct or indirect holding
companies of CSFBEq, CSFBi and CSFBEL are, under the terms of section 203 of the
Act, each interested by attribution in any shares in which CSFBEq, CSFBi and
CSFBEL are interested.