Holding(s) in Company

Young & Co's Brewery PLC
                  

SCHEDULE 10

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company

Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest

Trustees of the Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. Staff Pension Fund and Life
Assurance Scheme

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

Non-beneficial interest

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

Chase (GA Group) Nominees Limited A/C Designation ULP

5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

Nil

6) Percentage of issued class

Nil

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

53,000

8) Percentage of issued class

1.28%

9) Class of security

'B' Ordinary shares of 50p each

10) Date of transaction

24 September 2004

11) Date company informed

27 September 2004

12) Total holding following this notification

141,400

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

3.42%

14) Any additional information

N/A

15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Dennis Read 020 8875 7000

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

Christopher Sandland

Date of notification 28 September 2004