Holding(s) in Company

Edinburgh US Tracker Trust plc
05 February 2007

                                                                      APPENDIX 3



TR-1i: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES



(1).      Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to
which voting rights are attached (ii):

            Edinburgh US Tracker Trust plc



2.         Reason for the notification (please state Yes/No):



An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: Yes



An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the
acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: n/a



An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: n/a



Other: Initial holding on implementation of Transparency Directive



3.         Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation (iii):

            Morgan Stanley Securities Limited


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





5.         Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or
  reached (v):

            31 January 2007



6.         Date on which issuer notified:

            2 February 2007



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

            3%




8.         Notified details:

            n/a



A: Voting rights attached to shares


Class/type of shares if possible      Situation previous to the          Resulting situation after the
using the ISIN CODE                  Triggering transaction (vi)         triggering  transaction (vi)
Ord 25p shares                                 Below 3%               2,521,302 shares and voting rights
                                                                                    (3.47%)




Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (vii)


Class/type of shares if          Number of shares       Number of voting rights (ix)       % of voting rights
possible using the ISIN CODE
25p Ordinary                        2,521,302          Direct (x)     Indirect (xi)       Direct      Indirect
                                                       2,521,302                           3.47%
GB0000293620






B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii)


Type of         Expiration Date       Exercise/Conversion       Number of voting rights     % of voting rights
financial       (xiii)                Period/ Date (xiv)        that may be acquired if the
instrument                                                      instrument is exercised/
                                                                converted.
n/a             n/a                   n/a                       n/a                         n/a





Total (A+B)
   Number of voting rights          % of voting rights

          2,521,302                        3.47%





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




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:

            N/A


14.       Contact name:

            Julia Holden - Morgan Stanley Securities Limited



15.       Contact telephone number:

            020 7677 5468



Annex to Notification Of Major Interests In Shares (XVI)



A: Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation



Full name (including legal form for legal entities):

Edinburgh US Tracker Trust plc



Contact address (registered office for legal entities):

Donaldson House, 97 Haymarket Terrace, Edinburgh EH12 5HD



Phone number:

0131 313 6321



Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons):



B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable (xvii)



Full name:

Julia Holden - Morgan Stanley Securities Limited



Contact address:

n/a



Phone number:

020 7677 5468



Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal
entity subject to the notification obligation):





C: Additional information :



Notes to the Forms

(i)         This form is to be sent to the issuer or underlying issuer and to be
filed with the competent authority.

(ii)         Either the full name of the legal entity or another method for
identifying the issuer or underlying issuer, provided it is reliable and
accurate.

(iii)        This should be the full name of (a) the shareholder; (b) the person
acquiring, disposing of or exercising voting rights in the cases provided for in
DTR5.2.1 (b) to (h);  (c) all the parties to the agreement referred to in
DTR5.2.1 (a), or (d) the direct or indirect holder of financial instruments
entitled to acquire shares already issued to which voting rights are attached,
as appropriate.

In relation to the transactions referred to in points DTR5.2.1 (b) to (h), the
following list is provided as indication of the persons who should be mentioned:

-     in the circumstances foreseen in  DTR5.2.1 (b), the person that acquires
the voting rights and is entitled to exercise them under the agreement and the
natural person or legal entity who is transferring temporarily for consideration
the voting rights;

-     in the circumstances foreseen in DTR 5.2.1 (c), the person holding the
collateral, provided the person or entity controls the voting rights and
declares its intention of exercising them, and person lodging the collateral
under these conditions;

-     in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1(d), the person who has a life
interest in shares if that person is entitled to exercise the voting rights
attached to the shares and the person who is disposing of the voting rights when
the life interest is created;

-     in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (e), the parent undertaking and,
provided it has a notification duty at an individual level under DTR 5.1, under
DTR5.2.1 (a) to (d) or under a combination of any of those situations, the
controlled undertaking;

-     in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (f), the deposit taker of the
shares, if he can exercise the voting rights attached to the shares deposited
with him at his discretion, and the depositor of the shares allowing the deposit
taker to exercise the voting rights at his discretion;

-     in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (g), the person  that controls
the voting rights;

-     in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (h), the proxy holder, if he can
exercise the voting rights at his discretion, and the shareholder who has given
his proxy to the proxy holder allowing the latter to exercise the voting rights
at his discretion.

(iv)        Applicable in the cases provided for in DTR 5.2.1 (b) to (h). This
should be the full name of the shareholder who is the counterparty to the
natural person or legal entity referred to in DTR5.2.

(v)         The date of the transaction should normally be, in the case of an on
exchange transaction, the date on which the matching of orders occurs; in the
case of an off exchange transaction, date of the entering into an agreement.

            The date on which threshold is crossed should normally be the date
on which the acquisition, disposal or possibility to exercise voting rights
takes effect (see DTR 5.1.1R (3)). For passive crossings, the date when the
corporate event took effect.

(vi)        Please refer to the situation disclosed in the previous
notification, In case the situation previous to the triggering transaction was
below 3%, please state 'below 3%'.

(vii)       If the holding has fallen below the minimum threshold , the
notifying party should not be obliged to disclose the extent of the holding,
only that the new holding is less than 3%.

            For the case provided for in DTR5.2.1(a), there should be no
disclosure of individual holdings per party to the agreement unless a party
individually crosses or reaches an Article 9 threshold. This applies upon
entering into, introducing changes to or terminating an agreement.

(viii)        Direct and indirect

(ix)      In case of combined holdings of shares with voting rights attached '
direct holding' and voting rights 'indirect holdings', please split the voting
rights number and percentage into the direct and indirect columns-if there is no
combined holdings, please leave the relevant box blank.

(x)       Voting rights to shares in respect of which the notifying party is a
direct shareholder  (DTR 5.1)

(xi)             Voting rights held by the notifying party as an indirect
shareholder (DTR 5.2.1)

(xii)      If the holding has fallen below the minimum threshold, the notifying
party should not be obliged to disclose the extent of the holding, only that the
new holding is below 3%.

(xiii)     date of maturity / expiration of the finical instrument i.e. the date
when the right to acquire shares ends.

(xiv)      If the financial instrument has such a period-please specify the
period- for example once every three months starting from the (date)

(xv)            The notification should include the name(s) of the controlled
undertakings through which the voting rights are held. The notification should
also include the amount of voting rights and the percentage held by each
controlled undertaking, insofar as individually the controlled undertaking holds
5% or more, and insofar as the notification by the parent undertaking is
intended to cover the notification obligations of the controlled undertaking.

(xvi )          This annex is only to be filed with the competent authority.

(xvii)          Whenever another person makes the notification on behalf of the
shareholder or the natural person/legal entity  referred to in DTR5.2 and DTR5.3




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