Holding in Company

Fairey Group PLC
6 March 2001

                                 SCHEDULE 10

                  NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company

FAIREY GROUP PLC

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest

SCHRODER 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

THE SHAREHOLDER NAMED 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
Schroder


                REGISTRATION                       AMOUNT

                Bwlque Internationale Luxembourg     45,000

                Banque Nationale de Paris     10,000

                British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme (Client)     839,540

                Nominees Ltd a/c P

                BT Globenet Nominees Ltd a/c 6B     175,000

                Chase Manhattan Bank     185,135

                Chase Nominees Limited     19,300

                Den Danske     11,400

                MSS Nominees Ltd a/c 767412     42,000

                HSBC Global Custody Nominees Ltd a/c 771401     34,916

                Mineworkers Pension Scheme (Client) Nominees      438,004

                Ltd a/c R

                Morgan Nominees Ltd A/C: A     6,400

                Morgan Nominees Ltd A/C:B     172,750

                MSS Nominees Ltd a/c 759371     30,625

                MSS Nominees Ltd a/c 809955     137,666

                MSS Nominees Ltd a/c 8312863     379,258

                Nortrust Nominees Limited     545,665

                Nortrust Nominees Ltd a/c SRC13     33,833

                Nutraco Nominees Ltd     145,833

                RBSTB Nominees Ltd     58,399

                RBSTB Nominees Ltd a/c AAUKPS     58,333

                Schroder Executor & Trustee Co. Limited     140,000

                State Street Nominees Limited     133,000

                Deutshe Bank     39,500

                Network Nominees (Six) Limited     200,000

                Pictet and Cie     9,455

                Held by Schroder Offices Abroad

                Hong Kong     23,548

                      Total 3,914,560

                Schroder Nominee Limited (Schroder Nominees)     5,235,911

                Schroder Unit Trusts Limited (SUTL)     1,859,653

                (Chase Nominees Ltd)

                Schroder Investment Management North      73,422

                America Ltd (SIMNA Ltd)

                Schroder Investment Management North      1,050,677

                America Inc (SIMNA Inc)

                Schroder Hermes     151,289

                     TOTAL 12,285,512


5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

NOT KNOWN

6) Percentage of issued class

NOT KNOWN

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

NOT KNOWN

8) Percentage of issued class

NOT KNOWN

9) Class of security

ORDINARY SHARES OF 5P

10) Date of transaction

NOT KNOWN

11) Date company informed

6TH MARCH 2001

12) Total holding following this notification

12,285,512


13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

10.997%

14) Any additional information



15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

DELORES CAMERON

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

DELORES CAMERON


Date of notification ......6TH MARCH ....2001...