Holding in Company

London Stock Exchange
30 August 2000


Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1   Name of company:
London Stock Exchange plc

2   Name of shareholder having a major interest:
UBS 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:
Not disclosed

4   Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them:
UBS Warburg - 849,905
UBS Asset Management Limited - 100,000

5   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:
Not disclosed

6   Percentage of issued class:
Not disclosed

7   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:
Not disclosed

8   Percentage of issued class:
Not disclosed

9   Class of security:
Ordinary shares

10  Date of transaction:
Not disclosed

11  Date company informed:
29 August 2000

12  Total holding following this notification:
949,905

13  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
3.2%

14  Contact name for queries:
Lisa Condron

15 Contact telephone number:
020 7797 3517

16  Name of company official responsible for making notification:
Lisa Condron

17  Date of notification:
30 August 2000





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