Volex Group PLC
01 April 2005

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1. Name of company

VOLEX GROUP PLC

2. Name of shareholder having a major interest

Goldman Sachs International

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

Shareholder named 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

CREST Account CREPTEMP

5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired

Not Applicable

6. Percentage of issued class

Not Applicable

7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed

Not Disclosed - disposal noted

8. Percentage of issued class

Not Disclosed - disposal noted

9. Class of security

Ordinary 25p

10. Date of transaction

Not Disclosed

11. Date company informed

31st March 2005

12. Total holding following this notification

3,140,000

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

10.63%

14. Any additional information

The notification confirmed the holding as at close of business 30th March 2005.

Goldman Sachs International is a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of the
Goldman, Sachs Group Inc. Please cross refer with the announcement made today in
respect of the non-material interest of the Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Mark Ashcroft - 01925 830101

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

Mark Ashcroft, Director of Corporate Affairs and Company Secretary

Date of notification

1st April 2005


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