Holding(s) in Company

Edinburgh Small Companies Trust PLC
11 April 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

 British Empire Securities 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

      800,000

6) Percentage of issued class

      1.18%

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed,

      0



8) Percentage of issued class
      N/A


9) Class of security

      Ordinary 25p shares

10) Date of transaction

      10.4.02

11) Date company informed

      11.4.02

12) Total holding following this notification

      3832000


13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

      5.69

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 11.4.02


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