Holding(s) in Company
SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) Name of company: Edinburgh Leveraged Income Trust plc 2) Name of shareholder having a major interest Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited on behalf of the following: Aberdeen High Income Trust plc Aberdeen Preferred Income Trust plc St Davids Investment Trust plc Leveraged Income Fund Ltd Real Estate Opportunities Ltd Murray Emerging Growth & Income Trust plc The Technology & Income Trust 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 Notification relates to discretionary clients of Aberdeen Asset Managers Ltd - Aberdeen High Income Trust plc, Aberdeen Preferred Income Trust plc, St Davids Investment Trust plc, Leveraged Income Fund Ltd, Real Estate Opportunities Ltd and Murray Emerging Growth & Income Trust plc, The Technology & Income Trust Limited 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them State Street Nominees Ltd for XCC4 - 537,500 ord shares State Street Nominees Ltd for XCC4 - 750,000 ord shares RBSTB Nominees Ltd - 480,000 ord shares HSBC Bank International Limited 1065701 - 4,288,865 ord shares HSBC Bank International Limited 10980901 - nil ord shares HSBC Bank International Limited 17091101 - 600,000 ord shares Chase Nominees Ltd - 405,313 ord shares 5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired not disclosed 6) Percentage of issued class not disclosed% 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed 4,455,822 on behalf of Leveraged Income Fund Ltd 8) Percentage of issued class 9.45% 9) Class of security Ordinary 10) Date of transaction 31 October 2002 11) Date company informed 17 December 2002 12) Total holding following this notification Aberdeen High Income Trust plc - 537,500 ord share Aberdeen Preferred Income Trust plc - 750,000 ord shares St Davids Investment Trust plc - 480,000 ord shares The Technology & Income Trust Limited - 4,288,865 shares Leveraged Income Fund Ltd - nil ord shares Real Estate Opportunities Ltd - 600,000 ord shares Murray Emerging Growth & Income Trust plc - 405,313 ord shares 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification Aberdeen High Income Trust plc - 1.14% Aberdeen Preferred Income Trust plc - 1.59% St Davids Investment Trust plc - 1.02% The Technology & Income Trust Limited - 9.10% Leveraged Income Fund Ltd - 0.00% Real Estate Opportunities Ltd - 1.27% Murray Emerging Growth & Income Trust plc - 0.86% 14) Any additional information None 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries Valerie Mackenzie(Tel 0131-313-6321) 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Valerie Mackenzie Date of notification 17 December 2002 ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2002/12/17/20021217BIT01070/wkr0001.doc http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2002/12/17/20021217BIT01070/wkr0002.pdf