Holding(s) in Company

F&C Pacific Inv Tst 
20 April 2005

                                  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

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

Beneficial and non-beneficial interest - for split, see 4 below

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

(Beneficial interest)

HSBC Nominees Ltd A/C 914945                                 81,298
                                                            
HSBC Nominees A/C 775245                                     622,830

HSBC Nominees Ltd A/C 357206                                 4,394,365

HSBC Nominees Ltd A/C 747381                                 293,956

HSBC Nominees Ltd A/C 866203                                 274,151

HSBC Nominees Ltd A/C 360509                                 238,333

SUB TOTAL                                                              5,904,933
(Shares under Management only - non-beneficial interest)

Nortrust Nominees A/c LGL01                                  452,940

Northern Trust A/c CNF01                                     8,659

SUB TOTAL                                                                461,599

TOTAL                                                                  6,366,532


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

n/a

8) Percentage of issued class

n/a

9) Class of security

ordinary shares of 25p

10) Date of transaction

n/a

11) Date company informed

20 April 2005

12) Total holding following this notification

6,366,532

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

4.14%

14) Any additional information


15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Mr David Harding
020 7770 5280

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

Mr D Harding
For and on behalf of F&C Management Limited, Secretary

Date of notification:

20 April 2005


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