Holding(s) in Company

F&C Pacific Inv Tst 
01 February 2005

                                  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

Prudential plc and its subsidiary company, The Prudential Assurance Company
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

As above

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


PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM (UK) PAC AC     4,503,000
PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM (UK) PPL AC     120,000

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

n/a

8) Percentage of issued class

n/a

9) Class of security

Ordinary shares of 25p each

10) Date of transaction

not known

11) Date company informed

31 January 2005

12) Total holding following this notification

4,623,000

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

3.00%

14) Any additional information

n/a

15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Miss T A Bennett
Tel: [phone]

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:

1 February 2005


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