Holding(s) in Company

Brunner Investment Trust PLC
19 March 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: Existing Positions requiring disclosure under the new Disclosure and Transparency          X
Rules.
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                   02/03/2007
crossed or reached:
6. Date on which issuer notified:                                               16/03/2007
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:                                    n/a
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      Number of  Number of  Number of     Number of voting rights  % of voting rights
using the ISIN   Shares     Voting     shares
CODE                        Rights     Direct        Direct      Indirect     Direct       Indirect
 GB0001490001                          8,541,143     8,541,143                17.68%



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
                             8,541,143                                     17.68%





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                       6.62522

              Direct

Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd A/c X              3,900,000                       8.07449

              Direct

Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd                 56,580                        0.11714

              Direct

Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd A/c X         1,300,000                       2.69150

              Direct

Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd                      7,241                         0.01499
FTSE All Share Tracker
              Direct

Sun Life Pensions Management                     35,000                        0.07246
LTAV UK Equity
              Direct

Sun Life Pensions Management                     30,495                        0.06314
FTSE All Share Tracker
              Direct

AXA Winterthur                                   11,827                        0.02449

              Direct

                       Total Direct            8,541,143                      17.68343
                     Total Indirect                0                           0.00000
                              TOTAL            8,541,143                      17.68343



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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