Holding(s) in Company

Witan Pacific Investment Trust PLC
14 December 2006


WITAN PACIFIC INVESTMENT TRUST PLC (the 'Company')


Notification of Major Interests in Shares

The Company has today been notified that as at 8 December 2006, Barclays PLC,
through the legal entities listed below, had a notifiable interest in 2,207,643
ordinary 25p shares representing 3.01% of the issued share capital of the
Company.


Legal Entity                       Current Holding        % Issued Share Capital
Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd             145,703                        0.1988
Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd             69,344                        0.0946
Barclays Global Investors Ltd              863,834                        1.1784
Gerrard Limited                          1,128,762                        1.5398

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                                         2,207,643                        3.0116

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14 DECEMBER 2006












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