Purchase of Own Securities

Witan Investment Trust PLC
08 August 2003


HENDERSON GLOBAL INVESTORS

WITAN INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

8 August 2003


                           WITAN INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

           Market Purchase by the Company of its own Ordinary Shares


Witan Investment Trust plc hereby gives notification that, pursuant to the
authority granted to the Company at the Annual General Meeting on 24 March 2003
to make market purchases of the Company's own shares, a market purchase of
100,000 ordinary shares of 25p each of the Company was made today at a price of
2831/2p per share.

Following the purchase and cancellation of the above shares, 348,263,086
ordinary shares of 25p each will remain in issue.


                                -ENDS-

For further information please contact:

James Robinson

Witan Investment Trust plc

Telephone: [phone]

Stephen Westwood

Head of Investment Trusts

Henderson Global Investors

Telephone: [phone]

Stephen Phillips

Investor Relations Manager

Henderson Global Investors

Telephone: [phone]


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