Director Shareholding

RNS Number:2436U
F&C Pacific Inv Tst 
14 January 2004

                                  SCHEDULE 11

          NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS


1) Name of company

F&C Pacific Investment Trust PLC

2) Name of director

C.T.B. Purvis

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 or in respect of a
non-beneficial interest

As in (2) above

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

Nutraco Nominees Limited

5) Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected
with the Director named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s)

As in (2)above

6) Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP transactions
please indicate whether general/single co PEP and if discretionary/non
discretionary

Purchase - director's interest in transaction is 100%

7) Number of shares/amount of
stock acquired

30,000

8) Percentage of issued class

0.017%

9) Number of shares/amount
of stock disposed

n/a

10) Percentage of issued class

n/a

11) Class of security

Ordinary shares of 25p

12) Price per share

111p

13) Date of transaction

13 January 2004

14) Date company informed

14 January 2004

15) Total holding following this notification

60,000

16) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

0.035%

If a director has been granted options by the company please complete the
following boxes

17) Date of grant


18) Period during which or date on which exercisable


19) Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option


20) Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number


21) Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price
is to be fixed at time of exercise


22) Total number of shares or debentures over which options held
following this notification


23) Any additional information

See (6) above

24) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Miss T.A. Bennett
Tel: [phone]

25) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification

Miss T.A. Bennett
For and on behalf of F&C Management Limited, Secretary

Date of Notification:

14 January 2004


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