Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number:2803K
Merant PLC
23 April 2003



Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1 Name of company:

MERANT plc

2 Name of shareholder having a major interest:

Fidelity International 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:

Same as above

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

 8,840,863   Chase Nominees Limited for Fidelity Investment Services Limited
             (FISL)
   827,323   Chase Nominees Limited for Fidelity International Limited (FIL)
    61,100   State Street Bank & Trust for FIL

5 Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:



6 Percentage of issued class:



7 Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:

1,351,541

8 Percentage of issued class:

1.3%

9 Class of security:

Ordinary 2p

10 Date of transaction:

8th April 2003

11 Date company informed:

14th April 2003

12 Total holding following this notification:

9,729,286

13 Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:

9.37%

14 Contact name for queries:

Tejaswini Salvi

15 Contact telephone number:

01727 813230

16 Name of company official responsible for making notification:

Tejaswini Salvi

17 Date of notification:

23rd April 2003













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