Holding in Company

Edinburgh US Tracker Trust PLC
26 January 2001


                                 SCHEDULE 10

                  NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1)   Name of company
      Edinburgh US Tracker Trust plc


2)   Name of shareholder having a major interest
      The Equitable Life Assurance Society


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
      In respect of 2 above


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


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
      250,000


8)   Percentage of issued class
      0.3%


9)   Class of security
      Ord 25p


10)  Date of transaction
      24.1.01


11)  Date company informed
      26.1.01


12)  Total holding following this notification
      2,350,000



13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
      2.82%


14)  Any additional information
      No


15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries
      David Holland 0131 313 6442

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


      David Holland
     Date of notification 26/1/01