RNS Number:0025R
Conister Trust PLC
16 October 2003

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company

CONISTER TRUST PLC

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest

CROFTDENE LIMITED

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

ABOVE SHAREHOLDER

4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
number of shares held by each of them

CROFTDENE LIMITED - 6,474,761
PERSHING KEEN NOMINEES LIMITED - A/C PSL 991 - 65,832

5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

125,000

6) Percentage of issued class

0.50%

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

N/A

8) Percentage of issued class

N/A

9) Class of security

ORDINARY

10) Date of transaction

9 October 2003

11) Date company informed

16 October 2003

12) Total holding following this notification

6,665,593

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

26.92%

14) Any additional information

15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

TRACY REEDER, COMPANY SECRETARY - 01624 694677

16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification

Date of notification: 16 October 2003

................................................... TRACY REEDER, COMPANY
SECRETARY

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company

CONISTER TRUST PLC

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest

ISLAND FARMS LIMITED

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

ABOVE SHAREHOLDER

4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
number of shares held by each of them

ISLAND FARMS LIMITED - 3,411,668

5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

25,000

6) Percentage of issued class

0.10%

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

N/A

8) Percentage of issued class

N/A

9) Class of security

ORDINARY

10) Date of transaction

15 October 2003

11) Date company informed

16 October 2003

12) Total holding following this notification

3,436,668

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

13.88%

14) Any additional information

15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

TRACY REEDER, COMPANY SECRETARY - 01624 694677

16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification

Date of notification: 16 OCTOBER 2003

................................................... TRACY REEDER, COMPANY



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