Holding(s) in Company

SCHEDULE 10

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1)   Name of company
     Edinburgh Dragon Trust plc


2)   Name of shareholder having a major interest
     Legal & General Group Plc

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
     In respect of 2 above


4)   Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
     number of shares held by each of them
     HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd a/c 914945      89,200
     HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd a/c 775245     850,000
     HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd a/c 357206   6,742,866
     HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd a/c 747381     453,200
     HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd a/c 866203     326,065
     HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd a/c 360509     286,905


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
     750,000 shares

8)   Percentage of issued class
     0.3%


9)   Class of security
     Ordinary


10)  Date of transaction
     15/8/03

11)  Date company informed
     18/8/03


12)  Total holding following this notification
     8,748,236



13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
     3.9%


14)  Any additional information
     n/a


15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries
     Valerie MacKenzie


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

     Date of notification 20/8/03