RNS Number:8139T
Schroder Ventures Intl Inv Tst PLC
05 January 2004



                                                                  5 January 2004


                    Substantial Share Interest Notification

We are writing to advise you that the Company was notified on 24 December 2003
that following a purchase of shares, Lansdowne Partners Limited Partnership, on
behalf of client funds that it manages, has an interest in 9,338,262 ordinary
shares of #1 each in the Company, amounting to 8.3 per cent of the 112,655,174
shares in issue.





Enquiries:

Neil Olofsson

Schroder Investment Management Limited

Tel: 020 7658 3496


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