Holding(s) in Company

Edinburgh Small Companies Trust PLC
25 March 2002

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

 1. Name of company:
      Edinburgh Small Companies Trust plc

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest
      Aberdeen Asset Managers 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 British Empire Securities Trust plc

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

5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired
      300,000

6) Percentage of issued class
      0.44

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed,
      -

8) Percentage of issued class
      -

9) Class of security
      Ordinary 25p shares

10) Date of transaction
      22.3.02

11) Date company informed
      25.3.02

12) Total holding following this notification
      2,900,000

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
      4.30

14) Any additional information
      None

15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification Amanda Fraser
Date of notification 25.3.02




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