Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number:4212O
Merant PLC
06 August 2003



Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1 Name of company:

MERANT plc

2 Name of shareholder having a major interest:

Schroder Investment Management 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:

Schroder Investment Management Limited  have an interest in 19,462,891 shares
which are held in portfolios managed by them on a discretionary basis for
clients under investment management agreements.

Schroder Investment Management North America Inc, an affiliate company is
managing a portfolio on a similar basis holding a further 2,300,000 shares.

4 Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them:
 9,050,000   Chase Nominees Ltd for Schroder Unit Trusts Ltd.
 1,100,000   Chase Nominees Limited
 4,164,710   Mineworkers Pension Scheme A/C R
 3,676,350   British Coal Superannuation Scheme A/C P
 1,000,000   Nortrust Nominees Limited
   471,831   Chase Manhattan Bank
 2,300,000   Chase Nominees for Schroder Investment Management North America
             Inc.

5 Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:

243,400

6 Percentage of issued class:

0.23%

7 Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:


8 Percentage of issued class:


9 Class of security:

Ordinary 2p

10 Date of transaction:

30th July 2003

11 Date company informed:

4th August 2003

12 Total holding following this notification:

21,762,891

13 Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:

20.83%

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:

6th August 2003





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