Kleinwort Emerging - Holdings in Company

RNS No 7509h
KLEINWORT EMERGING MARKETS TRUST PLC
19th March 1998

Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1   Name of company:
KLEINWORT EMERGING MKT TST PLC

2   Name of shareholder having a major interest:
Dresdner Bank AG and Kleinwort Benson Group plc

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:
Non-beneficial (interest arises from investment management services to
discretionary clients)

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

5   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:
55,000

6   Percentage of issued class:
0.19%

7   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:
-

8   Percentage of issued class:
-

9   Class of security:
Ordinary shares of 10p

10  Date of transaction:
17th March 1998

11  Date company informed:
19th March 1998

12  Total holding following this notification:
8,236,394

13  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
29.10%

14  Contact name for queries:
Paul Seaton-Burn

15 Contact telephone number:
0171 475 5275

16  Name of company official responsible for making notification:
Paul Seaton-Burn

17  Date of notification:
19th March 1998


Additional Information:
The interest of Kleinwort Benson Investment Management Limited is 7,712,423
shares (27.25%)

The interest of Kleinwort Benson Investment Management Holdings Limited is
8,236,394 shares (29.10%)


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