Holding in Company

Finsbury Worldwide Pharm Tst PLC
3 May 2001

                                 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

Reliance Mutual Insurance Society 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

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

n/a

6) Percentage of issued class

n/a

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

250,000

8) Percentage of issued class

0.6%

9) Class of security

Ordinary shares of 25p

10) Date of transaction

2 May 2001

11) Date company informed

3 May 2001

12) Total holding following this notification

1,300,000


13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

3.4%

Close Finsbury Asset Management Limited

Secretary

3 May 2001