AGM Statement

Witan Inv Tst PLC
23 March 2001

HENDERSON GLOBAL INVESTORS

WITAN INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

23 March 2001


                          WITAN INVESTMENT TRUST PLC


                            Annual General Meeting


Witan Investment Trust plc hereby gives notification that at the Annual
General Meeting of the Company held today all the resolutions, as set out in
full in the notice of meeting dated 6 February 2001, were duly passed. One of
the resolutions gave authority to the Company to make market purchases of up
to 52,717,168 ordinary shares (being 14.99% of the ordinary shares in issue at
23 March 2001).


                                    -ENDS-


For further information please contact:


James Budden

Witan Investment Trust plc

Tel: [phone]


Gordon Puckey

Quill Communications

Tel: [phone]