3rd Aug 2005 16:21
Witan Investment Trust PLC03 August 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: Gerrard Limited 6,514,017Barclays Private Bank Limited 153,495Barclays Bank Trust Company Limited 1,991,596Barclays Global Investors Limited 4,409,497Barclays Private Bank and Trust Limited 339,550Barclays Life Assurance Co Limited 315,677Total 13,723,832 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 6,941BARCLAYS TRUST CO AND OTHERS 1,714BARCLAYS TRUST CO AS EXEC/ADM 6,852BARCLAYS TRUST CO DMC69 66,479BARCLAYS TRUST E99 1,400BARCLAYS TRUST NOMS & DYE 4,081BARCLAYS TRUST CO R69 1,904,129BOISS NOMINEES LIMITED A/C 4224361 137,839CHASE NOMINEES LIMITED A/C 16376 176,012GERRARD LIMITED SAFE CUSTODY A/C 9GM 200GERRARD NOMINEES LIMMITED A/C ER1 30,000GREIG MIDDLETON NOMINEE LIMITED A/C GM1 484,471GREIG MIDDLETON NOMINEES LIMITED A/C GM3 265,000JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) A/C 16331 90,157JP 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 3,857,551JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) A/C 18409 238,095R C GREIG NOMINEES LIMITED A/C RC1 3,019,572R C GREIG NOMINEES LIMITED A/C AK1 1,019,052R C GREIG NOMINEES LIMITED A/C BL1 477,421R C GREIG NOMINEES LIMITED A/C CM1 328,139R C GREIG NOMINEES LIMITED A/C GP1 552,925R C GREIG NOMINEES LIMITED A/C SA1 337,237REFLEX NOMINEES LIMITED 4,735REFLEX NOMINEES LIMITED 334,815ZEBAN NOMINEES LIMITED 153,495 --------------- 13,723,832 --------------- 5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired 3,003,713 SHARES SINCE THE PREVIOUS NOTIFICATION ON 25 JANUARY 2005 6. Percentage of issued class 0.98% OF THE CURRENT ISSUED ORDINARY SHARE CAPITAL 7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed - 8. Percentage of issued class - 9. Class of security ORDINARY 25p SHARES 10. Date of transaction NOT SPECIFIED 11. Date company informed 3 AUGUST 2005 12. Total holding following this notification 13,723,832 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 4.47% 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 3 AUGUST 2005 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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