Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number:1496L
Merant PLC
15 May 2003



Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1 Name of company:

MERANT plc

2 Name of shareholder having a major interest:

Mineworkers' Pension Scheme

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:
   4,043,010   Mineworkers' Pension Scheme (Chase GIS) Nominees Ltd

5 Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:

 972,515

6 Percentage of issued class:

  0.94%

7 Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:



8 Percentage of issued class:



9 Class of security:

Ordinary 2p

10 Date of transaction:

13th May 2003

11 Date company informed:

14th May 2003

12 Total holding following this notification:

 4,043,010

13 Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:

  3.89%

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:

15th May 2003












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