Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number:6163U
Henderson Electric&Gen Inv Trst PLC
26 January 2004


                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1. Name of company

HENDERSON ELECTRIC & GENERAL INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

2. Name of shareholder having a major interest

ASSET VALUE INVESTORS 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

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

BRITISH EMPIRE SECURITIES (6,079,000) AND ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY (96,924)

5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired

75,000

6. Percentage of issued class

INSIGNIFICIANT

7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed

-

8. Percentage of issued class

-

9. Class of security

ORDINARY 5P SHARES

10. Date of transaction

23 JANUARY 2004



11. Date company informed

26 JANUARY 2004

12. Total holding following this notification

6,175,924

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

7.05%

14. Any additional information




15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries

MRS K ORRELL - 020 7818 2959

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

MRS K ORRELL, FOR AND ON BEHALF OF HENDERSON SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED, SECRETARY

Date of notification

26 JANUARY 2004

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