Holding(s) in Company

    SCHEDULE 10                                  
                                                                               
                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES                   

1) Name of company

GARTMORE SELECT JAPANESE INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest

ABERDEEN ASSET MANAGERS 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



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



5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

250,000

6) Percentage of issued class



7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed



8) Percentage of issued class



9) Class of security

ORDINARY SHARES OF 5P

10) Date of transaction

30 APRIL 2003

11) Date company informed

1 MAY 2003

12) Total holding following this notification

3,637,000

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

18.17%

14) Any additional information



15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

GURMIT HARAR

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

Date of notification 1 MAY 2003



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