Holding in Company

Witan Inv Tst PLC
30 August 2001


                                 SCHEDULE 10

                  NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company
WITAN INVESTMENT TRUST PLC


2) Name of shareholder having a major interest
AXA INVESTMENT MANAGERS UK 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
AXA S.A. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES


4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
number of shares held by each of them
HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK) LIMITED     4,896

                                           240,000

                                         6,345,000

                                        26,000,354

BARCLAYS NOMINEES LTD                      195,000

BANK GENERALE LUXEMBOURG                   125,000

SMITH & WILLIAMSON NOMINEES LTD            172,850

RBSTB NOMINEES DESIGNATION SUNPEN          233,484

SUN LIFE INTERNATIONAL                   1,032,164

AXA SUN LIFE PLC                         1,274,370


5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired



6) Percentage of issued class
-


7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed
NOT SPECIFIED


8) Percentage of issued class
-


9) Class of security
ORDINARY 25p SHARES


10) Date of transaction
NOT SPECIFIED


11) Date company informed
28.08.01


12) Total holding following this notification
35,623,118 (OF WHICH 564,896 ARE HELD NON-BENEFICIALLY)



13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
10.13% (OF WHICH 0.16% IS HELD NON-BENEFICIALLY)


14) Any additional information
GEOFFREY RICE


15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries
020 7410 4469


16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification
G S RICE FOR AND ON BEHALF OF HENDERSON SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED

SECRETARY TO WITAN INVESTMENT TRUST PLC


Date of notification 30.08.01