Holding(s) in Company

SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES                   

All relevant boxes should be completed in block capital letters.

1. Name of company                   2. Name of shareholder having a major     
                                        interest                               
   Martin Currie High Income Trust                                             
   plc                                  Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited        

3. Please state whether notification 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and,  
   indicates that it is in respect      if more than one holder, the number of 
   of holding of the shareholder        shares held by each of them            
   named in 2 above or in respect of                                           
   a non-beneficial interest or in      Leveraged Income Fund: 0 shares (from  
   the case of an individual holder     1,953,750 shares)                      
   if it is a holding of that                                                  
   person's spouse or children under    Aberdeen High Income Trust: 3,746,250  
   the age of 18                                                               
                                        Aberdeen Preferred Income Trust:       
   As in 2 above                        2,365,000                              
                                                                               
                                        Enhanced Zero Investment Trust: 881,000
                                                                               
                                        St David's Investment Trust: 1,500,000 
                                                                               
                                        Private Clients Jersey: 95,000         

5. Number of      6. Percentage of  7. Number of shares 8. Percentage of      
   shares/amount     issued class      /amount of stock    issued class       
   of stock                            disposed                               
   acquired                                                                   

9. Class of security                10. Date of          11. Date company      
                                        transaction          informed          
   Ordinary 5p shares                                                          
                                        31 October 2002      16 December 2002  

12. Total holding following this     13. Total percentage holding of issued    
    notification                         class following this notification     
                                                                               
    8,587,250                            22.90%                                

14. Any additional information       15. Name of contact and telephone number  
                                         for queries                           
    'As a result of the appointment                                            
    of a Liquidator for the              Janette Makin : 0131-479-5895         
    Leveraged Income Fund Limited on                                           
    31 October 2002, Aberdeen's                                                
    interest in the above company                                              
    has reduced by 1,953,750                                                   
    Ordinary shares.'                                                          

16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making   
    this notification                                                          
                                                                               
    Martin Currie Investment Management Limited                                
                                                                               
Date of notification: 16 December 2002