Holding(s) in Company

Premier Utilities Trust PLC
19 November 2003

Premier Utilities Trust Plc (the 'Company')

A notice was received today from NCL Smith & Williamson advising that they sold
2,000,000 Zero Dividend Preference shares of the Company on the 18th November
2003, reducing their holding to 1,734,672 Zero Dividend Preference shares of the
Company.  This holding represents 9.06% of the issued Zero Dividend Preference
share capital.



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