Holding in Company

Fairey Group PLC
14 March 2001



                                 SCHEDULE 10

                  NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company

FAIREY GROUP PLC

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest

SCHRODER INVESTMENT 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

NON BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN SHARES HELD IN PORTFOLIOS MANAGED ON DISCRETIONARY
BASIS ON BEHALF OF CLIENTS UNDER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENTS.

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


                                        Schroders

                              5p Ordinary Shares


                REGISTRATION     AMOUNT

                Banque Internationale Luxembourg, 45,000

                Banque Nationale de Paris, 10,000

                British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme (Client) Nominees


                Ltd a/c P, 839,540

                BT Globenet Nominees Ltd a/c 6B, 175,000

                Chase Manhattan Bank, 185,135

                Chase Nominees Limited, 19,300

                Den Danske, 11,400

                MSS Nominees Ltd a/c 767412, 42,000

                HSBC Global Custody Nominees Ltd alc 771401, 34,916

                Mineworkers Pension Scheme (Client) Nominees Ltd a/c R,
                     438,004

                Morgan Nominees Ltd A/C: A, 6,400

                Morgan Nominees Ltd AIC_B, 172,750

                MSS Nominees Ltd a/c 759371, 30,625

                MSS Nominees Ltd a/c 809955, 137,666

                MSS Nominees Ltd a/c 831286, 379,258

                MSS Nominees Ltd a/c 823645, 165,000

                Nortrust Nominees Limited, 392,165

                Nortrust Nominees Ltd a/c SRC13, 33,833

                Nutraco Nominees Ltd, 145,833

                RBSTB Nominees Ltd, 58,399

                RBSTB Nominees Ltd ale AAUKPS, 58,333

                Schroder Executor & Trustee Co. Limited, 140,000

                State Street Nominees Linnited, 133,000

                Deutshe Bank, 39,500

                Network Nominees (Six) Limited, 200,000

                Pictet and Cie, 9,455

                Held By Schroder Offices Abroad: Hong Kong, 23,548

                Schroder Nominee Limited (Schroder Nominees),5,389,710

        Schroder Unit Trusts Limited (SUTL)(Chase Nominees Ltd), 1,859,653

        Schroder Investment Management North America Ltd

        (SIMNA Ltd), 73,422

        Schroder Investment Management North America Inc

        (SIMNA Inc), 1,050,677

        Schroder Hermes, 151,289

        TOTAL SHARES,            12,450,811


5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

NOT KNOWN

6) Percentage of issued class

NOT KNOWN

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

NOT KNOWN

8) Percentage of issued class

NOT KNOWN

9) Class of security

ORDINARY SHARES OF 5P

10) Date of transaction

NOT KNOWN

11) Date company informed

14TH MARCH 2001

12) Total holding following this notification

12,450,811


13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

11.145%

14) Any additional information



15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

DELORES CAMERON 01784 470470

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

Date of notification ....DELORES CAMERON 14TH MARCH 2001.....