RNS Number:2402Q
Easynet Group PLC
26 September 2003


Letter to EasyNet Group Plc
Dated September 24, 2003


Amendment #8

NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 198 TO 202 -- UK COMPANIES ACT

1. Company in which shares are held:  EASYNET GROUP PLC

2. Notifiable Interest: ORDINARY SHARES

           FMR Corp
           82 Devonshire Street
           Boston, MA 02109

           Parent holding company of Fidelity Management & Research Company 
           (FMRCO), investment manager for US mutual funds. (See Schedule A for 
           listing of Registered Shareholders and their holdings.)

           Fidelity International Limited (FIL)
           P.O. BOX HM 670
           Hamilton HMCX, Bermuda

           Parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries,
           including Fidelity Investment Services Ltd (FISL), and investment 
           manager for various non-US investment companies and institutional 
           clients. (See Schedule A for listing of Registered Shareholders and 
           their holdings).

3.     The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of:

           Mr Edward C Johnson 3d
           82 Devonshire Street
           Boston, MA 02109

           A principal shareholder of FMR Corp. and Fidelity International 
           Limited.

4.     The notifiable interests include interest held on behalf of authorized
       unit trust schemes in the U.K. notwithstanding the exemption from 
       reporting pursuant to Section 209 (1) (h) of the Companies Act 1985.

5.     These notifications of disclosable interests constitute separate
       notifications of interest in the shares and are combined solely for 
       the purposes of clarity and efficiency. Nothing herein should be taken to 
       indicate that FMR Corp. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, 
       Fidelity International Limited and its direct and indirect subsidiaries
       or Mr Edward C Johnson 3d act as a group or in concert in respect of 
       the disclosed interests, or that they are required to submit these 
       notifications on a joint basis.

6.     The disclosable interests arise under section 208(4) (b) of the Act,
       namely where a person, not being the registered holder, is entitled
       to exercise a right conferred by the holding of the shares or to 
       control the exercise of such rights, or under section 203 of the Act
       respectively.


SCHEDULE A

SECURITY: Easynet Group Plc                                   Amendment # 8


                    SHARES HELD   MANAGEMENT   NOMINEE/REGISTERED
                                     COMPANY     NAME
(Ordinary Shares)
                        575,800   FMRCO        Chase Nominees Limited
                         31,400   FMRCO        State Street Nominees Limited
                      1,166,300   FMRCO        State Street Bank & Trust Company
                      3,634,288   FISL         Chase Manhattan Bank London
                         81,102   FIL          Chase Manhattan Bank London

TOTAL ORDINARY 
SHARES:               5,488,890

CURRENT OWNERSHIP 
PERCENTAGE:                4.93%

SHARES IN ISSUE:    111,352,700

CHANGE IN HOLDINGS SINCE
LAST FILING:           (300,000) ordinary shares
Change in holdings is primarily due to the increase in the share capital figure.


Letter from Fidelity Management & Research Company

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