Holding(s) in Company

Aurora Investment Trust plc has today received the following
notification of a major interest in its shares.

TR-1(i): NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares
to which voting rights are attached (ii):
Aurora Investment Trust Plc

2. Reason for the notification (please state Yes/No): (    )

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: (YES)

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result
in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights
are attached: (    )

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: (    )

Other (please specify) : ()

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation
(iii):
Brewin Dolphin Securities Limited

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) (iv):
.......

5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is
crossed or  reached if different) (v):
11th July 2007

6. Date on which issuer notified:
18th July 2007

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
12%

8. Notified details:
.......


A: Voting rights attached to shares


Class/type of shares if possible Situation previous to the Triggering
using the ISIN CODE                        transaction (vi)
                                 Number of shares   Number of voting
Ordinary                         1,772,463          Rights (viii)
GB0000633262                                        1,772,463




Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (vii)


Class/type of shares if Number of Number of voting % of voting rights
possible using the ISIN shares    rights (ix)
CODE
Ordinary                Direct    Direct Indirect  Direct   Indirect
GB0000633262                      (x)    (xi)
                        N/a                        N/a      12.0377%
                                  N/a    1,788,468



B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii)


Type of    Expiration  Exercise/Conversion Number of voting    % of
financial  Date (xiii) Period/ Date (xiv)  rights that may be  voting
instrument                                 acquired if the     rights
                                           instrument is
                                           exercised/
                                           converted.




Total (A+B)

Number of voting rights % of voting rights

1,788,468               12.0377%



9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights
and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable
(xv):
Indirect  - Brewin Nominees (Channel Islands) Limited 55,500 shares
0.3736%
Indirect -  brewin Nominees Limited 10,000 Shares 0.0673%
Indirect - Giltspur Nominees Limited 1,336,978 shares  8.9988%
Indirect - BDS Nominees Limited 385,990 shares  2.5980%

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:
.......

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
.......

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
.......
13. Additional information:
Figures based on shares in Issue of 14,857,250

The indirect voting rights under (9) relate to shares held in client
portfolios, managed by those firms, under discretionary investment
management agreements.

14. Contact name:
Yiu Ming Ly

15. Contact telephone number:
0191 279 7597


C: Additional information :
Name of person making this announcement on behalf of Aurora
Investment Trust plc.

Mr Anthony Lee
Tel: [phone]


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