Holding(s) in Company

City Natural Res High Yield Tst PLC
05 November 2003



5 November 2003

City Natural Resources High Yield Trust plc

Notifiable Holding

City Natural Resources High Yield Trust plc ('the Company') has been notified
that, as at 4 November 2003, City of London Management Company Limited are
interested in 17,039,946 Ordinary 25p shares of the Company, representing 27.11%
of the issued share capital.

The breakdown of registered holders is as follows:

Name of Company         Registered Name    No. of        Percentage of
                                           Shares        issued share
                                                         cap.

The Global Emerging     Mellon UK           6,616,946            10.53%
Markets Country Fund    Nominees Ltd A/C
                        BSDTUSD

Emerging (Free)         Mellon UK           1,925,714             3.06%
Markets Country Fund    Nominees Ltd A/C
                        BSDTUSD

The GFM Emerging        Mellon UK             642,286             1.02%
Markets Country Fund    Nominees Ltd A/C
                        BSDTUSD

The Tradex Emerging     Mellon UK             193,143             0.31%
Markets Country         Nominees Ltd A/C
Trust                   BSDTUSD

The Emerging World      Mellon UK           2,572,071             4.09%
Fund                    Nominees Ltd A/C
                        BSDTUSD

The Investable          Mellon UK           5,089,786             8.10%
Emerging Markets        Nominees Ltd A/C
Country Fund            BSDTUSD

               Total                       17,039,946            27.11%






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