Purchase of Own Securities

Witan Investment Trust PLC
31 July 2003


HENDERSON GLOBAL INVESTORS

WITAN INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

31 July 2003



                           WITAN INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

           Market Purchase by the Company of its own Ordinary Shares

Witan Investment Trust plc hereby gives notification that, pursuant to the
authority granted to the Company at the Annual General Meeting on 24 March 2003
to make market purchases of the Company's own shares, a market purchase of
275,000 ordinary shares of 25p each of the Company was made today at a price of
2861/2p per share.

Following the purchase and cancellation of the above shares, 348,763,086
ordinary shares of 25p each will remain in issue.


                                   -ENDS-

For further information please contact:

James Robinson
Witan Investment Trust plc
Telephone: [phone]

Stephen Westwood
Head of Investment Trusts
Henderson Global Investors
Telephone: [phone]

Stephen Phillips
Investor Relations Manager
Henderson Global Investors
Telephone: [phone]


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