Holding in Company

Murray International Trust PLC
30 May 2001

Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1 Name of company:

MURRAY INTERNATIONAL TRUST PLC

2 Name of shareholder having a major interest:

D C THOMSON & CO LTD

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

AS IN 2

5 Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:

-

6 Percentage of issued class:

3.0917%

7 Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:

NOT DISLCOSED

8 Percentage of issued class:

NOT DISCLOSED

9 Class of security:

ORDINARY 25P SHARES

10 Date of transaction:

25 MAY 2001

11 Date company informed:

30 MAY 2001

12 Total holding following this notification:

2,780,000

13 Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:

N/A

14 Contact name for queries:

PAT BARNES

15 Contact telephone number:

0141 306 7552

16 Name of company official responsible for making notification:

P M BARNES

17 Date of notification:

30.5.01

Additional Information:

Revised holding percentage as a result of Murray International share buy
backs.