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Yule Catto & Co PLC 19 March 2001 SCHEDULE 11 NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS 1) Name of company * Yule Catto & Co plc 2) Name of director * Peter Scott Wood 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 or in respect of a non-beneficial interest * As 2) above 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them (if notified) * Peter Scott Wood 5) Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected with the Director named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s) 6) Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP transactions please indicate whether general/single co PEP and if discretionary/non discretionary * Purchase of shares 7) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired * 2,500 8) Percentage of issued class * 0.000017 9) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed * N/A 10) Percentage of issued class * N/A 11) Class of security * Ordinary 12) Price per share * 184p 13) Date of transaction * 16 March 2001 14) Date company informed * 16 March 2001 15) Total holding following this notification * 2,500 16) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification * 0.000017 If a director has been granted options by the company please complete the following boxes 17) Date of grant 18) Period during which or date on which exercisable 19) Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option 20) Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number 21) Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price is to be fixed at time of exercise 22) Total number of shares or debentures over which options held following this notification 23) Any additional information 24) Name of contact and telephone number for queries * Dianne Robinson - Tel. 01279 459500 25) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification * Dianne Robinson - Assistant Company Secretary Date of Notification - 19 March 2001

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