Holding in Company

Throgmorton Trust PLC
17 December 2001


1.  Name of Company:                                         The Throgmorton
                                                             Trust PLC

2.  Name of shareholder having a major interest:             Robert Fleming
                                                             Holdings Limited

    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:
                                                             On behalf of JP
                                                             Morgan Investment
                                                             Management Limited

3   Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one   Not disclosed
    holder, the number of shares held by each of them:


4.  Number of shares acquired:                               N/A

5.  Percentage of issued class acquired:                     N/A

6.  Number of shares disposed:                               N/A

7.  Percentage of issued class disposed:                     N/A

8.  Class of security:                                       ordinary 5p shares

9.  Date of transaction:                                     Not disclosed

10. Date company informed:                                   17 December 2001

11. Total holding following this notification:               13,167,451

12. Total percentage holding of issued class following this  5.54%
    notification:

13. Any additional information:

14. Name of contact and telephone number for queries:        Christopher Wise
                                                             020 7330 6680
15. Name of authorised company official responsible for
    making this notification:
                                                             Christopher Wise

16. Date of notification:                                    17 December 2001