Holding in Company

Finsbury Worldwide Pharm Tst PLC
26 October 2000

                                 SCHEDULE 10

                  NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES



All relevant boxes should be completed in block capital letters.


1. Name of company                      2. Name of shareholder having a major
                                        interest

Finsbury Worldwide Pharmaceutical Trust
                  PLC                         Legal & General Investment

                                                  Management Limited

3. Please state whether notification    4. Name of the registered holder(s)
indicates that it is in respect of      and, if more than one holder,
holding of the Shareholder named in 2   the number of shares held by each of
above or in respect                     them
of a non-beneficial interest or in the
case of an individual holder
                                        HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/
if it is a holding of that person's     c 747381     40,000
spouse or children under the
                                        HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/
age of 18                               c 775245     1,359,145

                                        HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/
             As in 2 above              c 360509     25,000

                                        HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/
                                        c 866203     31,000

                                        HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/
                                        c 357206     482,702


5. Number of shares 6. Percentage of    7. Number of shares 8. Percentage of
/amount of          issued class        /amount of          issued class

stock acquired                          stock disposed
                                                                   0.27%
                            n/a
        Nil                                   105,000


9. Class of security         10. Date of transaction            11. Date
                                                                company
                                                                informed
        Ordinary 25p                  24 October 2000

                                                                26 October 2000

12. Total holding following 13. Total percentage holding of
this notification           issued class following this
                            notification


         1,937,847                         5.02%