Holding in Company

Yule Catto & Co PLC
12 September 2000

                  DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS


1)   NAME OF COMPANY

Yule Catto & Co plc

2)   NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

Prudential plc

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 holding

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

Prudential Client - HSBC GIS Nominee (UK) Ltd

5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.


6)   ( N/A %) of issued Class

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed



8)   ( N/A %) of issued Class

9)   Class of security

Ordinary shares of 10p

10)  Date of transaction

4 September 2000

11)  Date company informed

5 September 2000

12)  Total holding following this notification

8,753,031
               
              
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification


5.86%

14)  Any additional information

Please see notification below, from Prudential. 

15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Dianne Robinson
Tel: [phone]

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

     Date of Notification ...12 September 2000


LETTER TO:  YULE CATTO & CO PLC

COMPANIES ACT 1985
DISCLOSURES OF INTEREST IN VOTING SHARES

In compliance with Part VI of the above Act, as amended, I inform you that, as a
result of recent sales, the notifiable interest of Prudential plc, in the
following class of voting share in your company, is now as specified below.

FROM:  Tom Dowler
       for and on behalf of Prudential plc
       M&G INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED

                            NOTIFIABLES
                          POSITION REPORT

                      CLIENT FUND REPORT GROUP:  PPMB

                   SHARES IN ISSUE  REGISTERED HOLDER       CURRENT   HOLDING   
                                                             HOLDING        %

YULE CATTO & CO
0988742 ORD GBP0.10    149,256,811   PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM
                                         (UK) PAC AC         8,753,031

                       149,256,811                           8,753,031     5.86