Holding in Company

Finsbury Trust PLC
7 June 2001

                                 SCHEDULE 10

                  NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company

Finsbury Trust PLC

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest

British Empire

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

Chase Nominees Limited

5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

n/a

6) Percentage of issued class

n/a

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

25,000

8) Percentage of issued class

0.3%

9) Class of security

Ordinary Shares of 5p

10) Date of transaction

5 June 2001

11) Date company informed

7 June 2001

12) Total holding following this notification

635,000


13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

7.94%

14) Any additional information

n/a

15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Faith Pengelly

Close Finsbury Asset Management
020 7426 6229



7 June 2001