Transaction in Own Shares

Witan Investment Trust PLC
04 July 2005


WITAN INVESTMENT TRUST PLC
4 July 2005

                           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 at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 31 March
2005 to make market purchases of the Company's own shares, a market purchase of
260,000 ordinary shares of 25p each of the Company was made today at a price of
366.5p per share.

Following the purchase and cancellation of the above shares, 310,951,679
ordinary shares of 25p each will remain in issue.

                                     -ENDS-

For further information please contact:

Jim Horsburgh
Chief Executive Officer
Witan Investment Trust plc
Tel: [phone]

or

James Budden
Marketing Director
Witan Investment Trust plc
Tel: [phone]


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