Holding(s) in Company

F&C Pacific Inv Tst 
10 April 2002

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company

F&C Pacific Investment Trust PLC

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest

Royal Liver Assurance

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

as in 2

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

Royal Liver Assurance (A/C MAIN40)                          4,545,420
Royal Liver Assurance (A/C ROI49)                           2,732,050
Royal Liver Assurance (A/C IEF48)                           451,500
Royal Liver Assurance (A/C TEMF51)                          163,450


5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

n/a

6) Percentage of issued class

n/a

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

2,051,230

8) Percentage of issued class

0.98%

9) Class of security

ordinary shares of 25p

10) Date of transaction

not specified

11) Date company informed

10th April 2002

12) Total holding following this notification

7,892,420

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

3.76%

14) Any additional information

n/a

15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Miss T.A. Bennett
020 7628 8000

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

Miss T.A. Bennett
For and on behalf of F&C Management Limited, Secretary

Date of notification:

10th April 2002



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