Directors Dealing

Finsbury Trust PLC
19 September 2000


1) NAME OF COMPANY                  2) NAME OF DIRECTOR
                                                      
        Finsbury Trust PLC                   Mr Jocelin Harris
                                    

3) Please state whether             4) Name of the registered holder(s)
notification indicates that it is   and, if more than one holder, the
in respect of holding of the        number of shares held by each of
Director named in 2 above or        them. (if notified)
holding of that person's spouse or                    
children under  the age of 18 or in   Bank of Scotland A/c Self-Select
respect of a non-beneficial                         PEP
interest                            
              As in 2

5) Please state whether             6) Please state the nature of the
notification relates to a person(s) transaction and the nature and
connected with the Director named   extent of the directors interest in
in 2 above and identify the         the transaction
connected person(s)                                   
                                                    Sold

7) Number of         8. Percentage  9) Number of          10. Percentage
shares/amount of     of issued      shares/amount of      of issued
stock acquired       class    N/A   stock disposed        class   0.025%
        nil                                 2000          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          Ordinary
                                                          Shares
                                                                 
                                                          
11) Class of         12) Price per  13) Date of      14) Date company
security             share          transaction      informed
                                                              
    5p ordinary           520p          14/9/00           19/09/00
                                                     
15) Total holding following this    16) Total percentage holding of
notification                        issued class following this
                                    notification

    nil Ordinary Shares                  0% Ordinary Shares
                                                      
                                    

IF A DIRECTOR HAS BEEN GRANTED OPTIONS BY THE COMPANY PLEASE COMPLETE THE
FOLLOWING
BOXES

17) Date of grant                   18) Period during which or date on
                                    which exercisable
                                    
19) Total amount paid (if any) for  20) Description of shares or
grant of the option                 debentures involved: class, number
                                    
21) Exercise price (if fixed at     22) Total number of  shares or
time of grant) or indication        debentures over which options held
that price is to be fixed at time   following this notification
of exercise                         


23) Any additional information      24) Name of contact and telephone
                                    number for queries
                                    
                                    Nicola Payne :  020 7426 6214
                                    
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