Transaction in Own Shares

Witan Pacific Investment Trust PLC
08 June 2005

Witan Pacific Investment Trust plc ('the Company')


Purchase of own securities

The Board of the Company announces that it has today made a market purchase of
250,000 ordinary shares of twenty-five pence each in the capital of the Company
(SEDOL No.0365602), representing 0.27% of the current issued ordinary
share capital of the Company, for cancellation at a price of 120.25 pence per
ordinary share.


Following cancellation, 91,239,516 ordinary shares in the Company will
remain in issue.


BNP Paribas Secretarial Services Limited
Secretary


8 JUNE 2005



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