Holding in Company

Yule Catto & Co PLC
17 April 2001

                                 SCHEDULE 10

                  NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES
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 Nominees (UK) Limited 6,360,000

          * Roy Nominees Limited 450,000

5.      Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

6.      Percentage of issued class

7.      Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

8.      Percentage of issued class

9.      Class of security                                Ordinary shares of 10p

10.     Date of transaction

11.     Date company informed                            11 April 2001

12.     Total holding following this notification        6,810,000

13.     Total percentage holding of issued class         4.70%

14.     Any additional information

15.     Name of contact and telephone number for queries Richard Atkinson

                                                         Company Secretary

                                                         Tel : [phone]
16.     Date of notification                             17 April 2001