RNS Number:6206T
Conister Trust PLC
24 December 2003


                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company

CONISTER TRUST PLC

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest

ISLAND FARMS LIMITED

3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a
non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a
holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18

ABOVE SHAREHOLDER

4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
number of shares held by each of them

ISLAND FARMS LIMITED

5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

684,129

6) Percentage of issued class

2.44%

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

N/A

8) Percentage of issued class

N/A

9) Class of security

ORDINARY

10) Date of transaction

24 DECEMBER 2003

11) Date company informed

24 DECEMBER 2003

12)            Total holding following this notification

4,159,238

13)            Total percentage holding of issued class following this
notification

14.86%

14) Any additional information

THIS NOTIFICATION IS PURSUANT TO CONISTER TRUST PLC'S ANNOUNCEMENT ON 18
DECEMBER 2003 OF A CASH PLACING AND ISSUE OF 3,076,924 NEW SHARES.

15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

TRACY REEDER, COMPANY SECRETARY - 01624 694677

16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification

Date of notification: 24 DECEMBER 2003

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company

CONISTER TRUST PLC

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest

ACTIVE CAPITAL TRUST

3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a
non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a
holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18

ABOVE SHAREHOLDER

4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
number of shares held by each of them

CHASE NOMINEES LIMITED

5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

250,000

6) Percentage of issued class

0.89%

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

N/A

8) Percentage of issued class

N/A

9) Class of security

ORDINARY

10) Date of transaction

24 DECEMBER 2003

11) Date company informed

24 DECEMBER 2003

12) Total holding following this notification

2,139,417

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

7.65%

14)            Any additional information

THIS NOTIFICATION IS PURSUANT TO CONISTER TRUST PLC'S ANNOUNCEMENT ON 18
DECEMBER 2003 OF A CASH PLACING AND ISSUE OF 3,076,924 NEW SHARES.

15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

TRACY REEDER, COMPANY SECRETARY - 01624 694677

16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification

Date of notification: 24 DECEMBER 2003



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