RNS Number:6881O
Aegis Group PLC
14 August 2003


                  DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS


1)   NAME OF COMPANY

     AEGIS GROUP PLC

2)   NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

      DEUTSCHE BANK AG

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

     SEE NOTIFICATION BELOW

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

     SEE NOTIFICATION BELOW

5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.

        -

6)   ( - %) of issued Class

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

     11,159,528 SINCE LAST NOTIFICATION

8)   (1%) of issued Class

9)   Class of security

     ORD 5P SHARES

10)  Date of transaction

     NOT NOTIFIED

11)  Date company informed

     14/8/03

12)  Total holding following this notification

     152,668,924
               
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

     13.8%

14)  Any additional information

       -

15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

        JOHN ROSS
        0207 070 7720

16)  Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for 
     making this notification

     Date of Notification ....14/8/03......


To: Aegis Group plc
Dated: 13 August 2003


Further to our letter of 1 May, 2003, and in accordance with Sections 198-202
of the Companies Act 1985, we write on behalf of Deutsche Bank AG, to inform you
that, on the basis that the relevant issued share capital of your company is
1,105,815,316 ordinary shares, Deutsche Bank AG and its subsidiary companies
have a notifiable interest in the shares of 13.80%. The total interest is in
152,668,924 shares registered in the names and in the amounts as set out in the
Schedule below.

Companies within the Group acting as Fund Managers hold some of the shares on
behalf of a number of clients whose portfolios are managed on a discretionary
basis. 

Deutsche Bank AG is a corporation domiciled in Frankfurt, Germany, of
which Deutsche Bank AG London is a branch. 


SCHEDULE
                                   AEGIS GROUP PLC
                                 ORDINARY #0.05 SHARES


Held as Principal                                      No of Shares
Deutsche Bank AG London                                   7,875,478
Deutsche Bank AG Frankfurt                                  120,168

Held in Client Portfolios
Morgan Nominees Limited                                  64,711,496
Morgan Nominees Limited a/c CHY                             368,402
Morgan Nominees Limited a/c CSL                             273,242
Morgan Nominees Limited a/c DGR                             880,504
Morgan Nominees Limited a/c ENF                             436,752
Morgan Nominees Limited a/c MER                             245,206
Morgan Nominees Limited a/c SL                            1,056,348
Bank of New York Nominees                                 7,134,132
Chase Nominees                                           29,444,875
Clydesdale Bank Custodian Nominees                          977,929
Deutsche Asset Management Frankfurt                         255,793
Deutsche Bank International Limited                       1,056,487
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas                        179,042
Deutsche Investment Management Americas Co                4,417,925
Deutsche Securities Ltd Tokyo                                78,200
DWS Investment GmbH                                          30,000
HSBC Global Custody Nominees (UK) Ltd                     1,309,277
Lothian Regional Council                                  1,594,175
Nortrust Nominees Ltd                                    15,269,746
State Street Nominees                                    14,548,447
Vidacos Nominees                                            405,300

TOTAL                                                   152,668,924

NOTE: The shares comprised under this notification may, from time to time, be
the subject of a stock lending agreement resulting in a change in registration
but not in DBAG's interest in the shares. 

*The overseas holdings of Scudder Investment Management have been acquired by 
Deutsche Bank AG. These holdings will be redesignated into nominee companies in 
the near future.

13 August, 2003

From: Deutsche Bank AG London


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