RNS Number:6606Q
Corus Group PLC
31 August 2005
Corus Group plc
SECTION 198 COMPANIES ACT 1985 - DISCLOSURE OF INTEREST IN SHARES
Corus Group plc received notification today from Brandes Investment Partners,
L.P. that:

(i) at the close of business on August 29, 2005, Brandes Investment Partners,
L.P. ("Brandes") was interested for purposes of the Act in 12.0% of Corus Group
plc ordinary shares and American Depository Receipts, each comprised in the
relevant share capital, as defined in section 198(2) of the Act, of Corus
Group plc;

(ii) at the close of business on August 29, 2005, Brandes was interested for
purposes of the Act in 385,596,268 ordinary shares and in 14,680,919
American Depository Receipts, each comprised in the relevant share capital, as
defined in section 198(2) of the Act, of Corus Group plc (the "Relevant
Shares");

(iii) the registered holders of all of the Relevant Shares in which Brandes has
an interest for purposes of the Act are approximately 305 custodian banks
unaffiliated with Brandes;

(iv) none of the shares referred to in sub-paragraphs (I) or (ii) are shares in
which Brandes is interested by virtue of section 208(5) of the Act.

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