24th Oct 2005 16:58
Witan Investment Trust PLC24 October 2005 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of company WITAN INVESTMENT TRUST PLC 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest BARCLAYS PLC 3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holdingof the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interestor in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person'sspouse or children under the age of 18 BARCLAYS PLC THROUGH THE FOLLOWING LEGAL ENTITIES:Barclays Global Investors Limited 4,319,896Barclays Life Assurance Co Limited 429,995Barclays Bank Trust Company Limited 1,342,671Gerrard Limited 5,387,611Barclays Private Bank and Trust Limited 319,693Barclays Private Bank Limited 153,495Total 11,953,361 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number ofshares held by each of them BARCLAYS TRUST CO AND OTHERS 6,607941BARCLAYS TRUST CO AND OTHERS 11,714BARCLAYS TRUST CO AS EXEC/ADM 2,487BARCLAYS TRUST CO DMC69 42,551BARCLAYS TRUST CO E99 2,090BARCLAYS TRUST CO NOMS & DYE 4,081BARCLAYS TRUST CO R69 1,283,141BOISS NOMINEES LTD A/C 4224361 124,666CHASE NOMINEES LTD A/C 16376 176,012CHASE NOMINEES LTD A/C 28270 121,616GERRARD LTD SAFE CUSTODY A/C 9GM 200GERRARD NOMINEES LIMITED A/C ER1 28,000GREIG MIDDLETON NOMINEES LIMITED A/C GM1 377,446GREIG MIDDLETON NOMINEES LIMITED A/C GM3 265,000JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) A/C 16331 82,859JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) A/C 16338 18,092JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) A/C 16341 169,732JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) A/C 16342 37,696JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) A/C 16400 3,777,627JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) A/C 18409 241,591R C GREIG NOMINEES LIMITED A/C RC1 2,571,644R C GREIG NOMINEES LIMITED A/C AK1 845,002R C GREIG NOMINEES LIMITED A/C BL1 329,946R C GREIG NOMINEES LIMITED A/C CM1 271,649R C GREIG NOMINEES LIMITED A/C GP1 413,273R C GREIG NOMINEES LIMITED A/C SA1 285,451REFLEX NOMINEES LIMITED 312,136REFLEX NOMINEES LIMITED 7,557ZEBAN NOMINEES LIMITED 153,495 --------------- 11,953,361 --------------- 5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired - 6. Percentage of issued class - 7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed 1,770,471 SHARES SINCE THE PREVIOUS NOTIFICATION ON 3 AUGUST 2005 8. Percentage of issued class 0.59% OF THE CURRENT ISSUED ORDINARY SHARE CAPITAL 9. Class of security ORDINARY 25P SHARES 10. Date of transaction NOT SPECIFIED 11. Date company informed 24 OCTOBER 2005 12. Total holding following this notification 11,953,361 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 3.99% 14. Any additional information - 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries G S RICE - 020 7818 4469 16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for makingthis notification G S RICE, FOR AND ON BEHALF OF HENDERSON SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED Date of notification 24 OCTOBER 2005 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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