Holding in Company

Finsbury Worldwide Pharm Tst PLC
20 July 2000


                  DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS


1)   NAME OF COMPANY

Finsbury Worldwide Pharmaceutical Trust Plc

2)   NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

Legal and General 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

As in 2 above

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

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 747381            45,000
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 775245         1,694,145
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 360509            25,000
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 866203            10,000
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 357206           297,736


5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.

     100,000

6)   (0.2%) of issued Class

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

     n/a

8)   ( N/A %) of issued Class

9)   Class of security

     Ordinary 25p

10)  Date of transaction

     14 July 2000

11)  Date company informed

     19 July 2000

12)  Total holding following this notification

     2,071,881
               
              
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

     4.36%

14)  Any additional information



15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

     Louise Hayward          020 7426 6219

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

     Date of Notification ...20 July 2000.....