Holding(s) in Company

Young & Co's Brewery PLC
12 February 2003

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company

Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest

UBS Global Asset Management Life Limited and UBS Global Asset Management
Holdings (No 2) 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


    Shareholder 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


Phildrew Nominees Limited A/C LF20


5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

77,500

6) Percentage of issued class

2.47%

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

Nil

8) Percentage of issued class

Nil


9) Class of security

'A' Ordinary shares of 50p each

10) Date of transaction

Unknown

11) Date company informed

11 February 2003


12) Total holding following this notification

297,600

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

9.47%

14) Any additional information

UBS Global Asset Management Holdings (No.2) Limited, UBS Asset Management
Limited, Phillips & Drew Life Limited and UBS Asset Management International
Limited aggregate interest remains unchanged at 340,600 'A' Ordinary shares of
50p each, representing 10.84% of the issued class.

15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Matthew J. Woodville, Company Secretarial Administrator.

Telephone [phone]

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

Chris Taylor, Assistant Company Secretary.

Telephone [phone]



Date of notification

12 February 2003




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