Holding(s) in Company

Brunner Investment Trust PLC
05 September 2007


TR-1:               Notification of major interests in shares


1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing       The Brunner Investment Trust Plc
shares to which voting rights are attached:

2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                                  

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: Change in existing capital.                                                                X

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification            AXA S.A, 25 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris
obligation:                                                             and its group of companies

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

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is                   03/09/2007
crossed or reached:

6. Date on which issuer notified:                                               04/09/2007

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:                                    18%

8. Notified details:



A: Voting rights attached to shares


Class/type of     Situation previous to   Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
shares            the Triggering
                  transaction
if possible using Number of  Number of    Number of   Number of voting rights  % of voting rights
the ISIN CODE     Shares     Voting       shares
                             Rights       Direct      Direct       Indirect    Direct      Indirect


 GB0001490001     8,579,305    8,579,305  8,579,305   8,579,305         0      18.01%       0.00



B: Financial Instruments


Resulting situation after the triggering transaction


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





Total (A+B)


Number of voting rights                            % of voting rights

        8,579,305                                     18.01%





9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively
held, if applicable:


    Name of the Company / Fund              Number of Shares          % of issued share capital


Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd A/c X              3,200,000                       6.71879
              Direct
Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd A/c X              3,900,000                       8.18853
              Direct
Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd                 97,227                        0.20414
              Direct
Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd A/c X         1,300,000                       2.72951
              Direct
Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd                      7,241                         0.01520
FTSE All Share Tracker
              Direct
Sun Life Pensions Management                     35,000                        0.07349
LTAV UK Equity
              Direct
Sun Life Pensions Management                     30,495                        0.06403
FTSE All Share Tracker
              Direct
AXA Winterthur                                   9,342                         0.01961
              Direct

                       Total Direct            8,579,305                      18.01330
                     Total Indirect                0                           0.00000
                              TOTAL            8,579,305                      18.01330



Proxy Voting:


10. Name of the proxy holder:                                                       N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:                        N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:                    N/A


13. Additional information:
14. Contact name:                                                      Kirsten Salt
15. Contact telephone number:                                         020 7065 1513


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