Holding in Company

Martin Currie High Income Trust PLC
29 March 2001


Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1   Name of company:
Martin Currie High Income Trust Plc

2   Name of shareholder having a major interest:
BFS Income & Growth Trust 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:
As in 2

4   Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them:
HSBC Global Custody Nominees Limited Designated 863172

5   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:


6   Percentage of issued class:


7   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:
1,350,000

8   Percentage of issued class:
3.6%

9   Class of security:
ordinary 25p shares

10  Date of transaction:
29 September 2000

11  Date company informed:
29 March 2001

12  Total holding following this notification:
3,087,500

13  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
8.233%

14  Contact name for queries:
Jan Wilson

15 Contact telephone number:
0131 479 4774

16  Name of company official responsible for making notification:
Martin Currie Investment Management Limited

17  Date of notification:
29 March 2001





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