SCHEDULE 10                                  
                                                                               
                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES                   

1) Name of company:

Viridian Group PLC

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest:

Standard Life Investments

3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a
non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a
holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18:

As in 2 above

4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
number of shares held by each of them:

Stanlife Nominees Limited

5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:

239,003

6) Percentage of issued class:

0.18%

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:

N/A

8) Percentage of issued class

N/A

9) Class of security

Ordinary Shares

10) Date of transaction:

23 September 2003

11) Date company informed:

25 September 2003

12) Total holding following this notification:

4,099,348

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:

3.08%

14) Any additional information:
N/A

15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries:

Ian Thom, Company Secretary
028 90689522

16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification:
Ian Thom, Company Secretary

17) Date of notification

30 September 2003



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