Holding(s) in Company

JPMorgan Fleming Mercantile IT PLC
23 October 2007


TR-1: Notification of a Major Interest in Shares




1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing JPMorgan Fleming Mercantile
shares to which voting rights are attached:                    Investment Trust plc


2. Reason for notification


An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                       X


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 (please specify):


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


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


5. Date of transaction (and date on which the         18/10/2007
threshold is crossed or reached if different):


6. Date on which issuer notified:                     19/10/2007


7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:       10%


8. Notified details:



                                  A: Voting rights attached to shares


Class/type of  Situation previous to the   Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
shares         triggering transaction
               Number of     Number of     Number of     Number of voting rights  % of voting rights
               shares        voting rights shares
                                           Direct        Direct        Indirect   Direct     Indirect


               10,672,668    10,672,668    10,663,500    10,663,500    16,000     10.02      0.02


       0579403


                                        B: Financial Instruments


Resulting situation after the triggering transaction


Type of financial    Expiration date      Exercise/ conversion No. of voting rights  % of voting rights
instrument                                period/date          that may be acquired
                                                               (if the instrument
                                                               exercised/converted)







                                               Total (A+B)


Number of voting rights                           % of voting rights


        10,679,500                                    10.04%




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
AXA Sun Life plc                                2,346,700                           2.20115

Deferred Distribution Fund Life

              Direct
AXA Sun Life plc                                2,210,000                           2.07293

Distribution Fund Life

              Direct
PPP Healthcare Group plc                          4,000                             0.00375

              Direct
AXA Institutional                                125,726                            0.11793

Equity Fund

              Direct
AXA Sun Life plc                                5,460,000                           5.12136

Retirement Distribution Pension

              Direct
AXA Insurance UK                                 110,125                            0.10329

Managed

              Direct
AXA UK Group Pension Scheme                       16,000                            0.01501

             Indirect
Sun Life International (IOM) Ltd                  22,553                            0.02115

              Direct
Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd                  23,575                            0.02211

              Direct
Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd                  43,482                            0.04079

              Direct
AXA Sun Life                                      31,118                            0.02919

LTAV UK Equity Life

              Direct
AXA Sun Life                                      17,342                            0.01627

FTSE All Share Tracker Life

              Direct
AXA Sun Life                                     140,000                            0.13132

LTAV UK Equity Life

              Direct
AXA Sun Life                                      92,571                            0.08683

FTSE All Share Tracker Pension

              Direct
AXA Winterthur                                    29,476                            0.02765

              Direct
AXA Sun Life plc                                  4,220                             0.00396

With Profit Transition Fund

              Direct
Sun Life Assurance Society plc                    2,612                             0.00245

With Profit Transition Fund

              Direct


                       Total Direct             10,663,500                          10.00212

                     Total Indirect               16,000                            0.01501
                              TOTAL             10,679,500                          10.01713





Proxy Voting:


10. Name of proxy holder:


11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease
to hold:


12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold
voting rights:




13. Additional information:


14 Contact name:                                       Terry Marsh


15. Contact telephone name:                            020 7003 2637






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