RNS Number:8081J
Schroder Ventures Intl Inv Tst PLC
09 April 2003

9 April 2003



RNS
Old Broad Street
London
EC2N 1HP
Dear Sirs,

                    Substantial Share Interest Notification


We are writing to advise you that the Company was notified on 8 April 2003 that
following a purchase of shares, Lansdowne Partners Limited Partnership, on
behalf of client funds that it manages, has an interest in 6,712,162 ordinary
shares of #1 each in the Company, amounting to 6.56 per cent of the 102,391,012
shares in issue. The date of the transaction was not disclosed.




Yours faithfully,









John Spedding
For SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED
Secretaries


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