Holding(s) in Company

F&C Pacific Inv Tst 
07 April 2004

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company

F&C Pacific Investment Trust PLC

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest

Royal Liver Assurance

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
as in 2

4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
number of shares held by each of them

Royal Liver Assurance Ltd (a/c STAKE73)                         500,000
Royal Liver Assurance Ltd (a/c IEF48)                           150,000
Royal Liver Assurance Ltd (a/c TEMF 51)                         163,450

TOTAL                                                           813,450


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

7,078,970

8) Percentage of issued class

4.24%

9) Class of security

ordinary shares of 25p

10) Date of transaction

Not Known

11) Date company informed

7 April 2004

12) Total holding following this notification

813,450

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

0.487%

14) Any additional information

Royal Liver Assurance no longer has a notifiable interest in F&C Pacific
Investment Trust PLC

15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Miss T.A. Bennett
020 7628 8000

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

Miss T.A. Bennett
For and on behalf of F&C Management Limited, Secretary

Date of notification:

7 April 2004


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