Holding in Company

Finsbury Growth Trust PLC
19 October 2001

                                 SCHEDULE 10

                  NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company

Finsbury Growth Trust PLC

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest

Exeter Asset Management Limited

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

As above

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

Not stated

5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

125,000

6) Percentage of issued class

0.32%

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

n/a

8) Percentage of issued class

n/a

9) Class of security

Ordinary Shares of 25p each

10) Date of transaction

17 October 2001

11) Date company informed

18 October 2001

12) Total holding following this notification

1,225,500


13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

3.15%

14) Any additional information

None

15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

David Fallon

Close Finsbury Asset Management Limited

Secretary

Tel: [phone]

19 October 2001