Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number:2516T
Merant PLC
15 December 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 19,846,605 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 2,239,200 shares.

4 Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them:
 9,933,714   Chase Nominees Ltd for Schroder Unit Trusts Ltd.
 1,100,000   Chase Nominees Limited
 4,439,710   Mineworkers Pension Scheme A/C R
 3,901,350   British Coal Superannuation Scheme A/C P
   471,831   Chase Manhattan Bank
 2,239,200   Chase Nominees for Schroder Investment Management North America
             Inc.

5 Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:

322,914

6 Percentage of issued class:

0.31%

7 Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:


8 Percentage of issued class:


9 Class of security:

Ordinary 2p

10 Date of transaction:

11th December  2003

11 Date company informed:

12th December  2003

12 Total holding following this notification:

22,085,805

13 Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:

20.97%

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 December 2003












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