Holding(s) in Company

Finsbury Worldwide Pharm Tst PLC
27 September 2002

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company

Finsbury Worldwide Pharmaceutical Trust PLC

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest

East Riding of Yorkshire Council

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 above

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

Not stated

5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

50,000

6) Percentage of issued class

0.13%

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

n/a

8) Percentage of issued class

n/a

9) Class of security

Ordinary shares of 25p each

10) Date of transaction

26 September 2002

11) Date company informed

27 September 2002

12) Total holding following this notification

1,668,625


13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

4.24%

14) Any additional information

none

15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Faith Pengelly

Close Finsbury Asset Management Limited

Secretary

Tel: [phone]

27 September 2002



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