Kleinwort High Inc - Holding in Company

RNS No 0216j
KLEINWORT HIGH INCOME TRUST PLC
13th February 1998


Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1   Name of company:
KLEINWORT HIGH INCOME TRUST plc

2   Name of shareholder having a major interest:

KLEINWORT BENSON 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:

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:
-

6   Percentage of issued class:
-

7   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:
6800

8   Percentage of issued class:
0.02%

9   Class of security:

Ordinary Shares of 5p each

10  Date of transaction:
11th February 1998

11  Date company informed:
13th February 1998

12  Total holding following this notification:
6,593,179

13  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
21.97%

14  Contact name for queries:

K Salt

15 Contact telephone number:
0171 475 5808

16  Name of company official responsible for making notification:

K Salt

17  Date of notification:
13th February 1998


Additional Information:

The interest of Dresdner Bank AG, Kleinwort Benson Group plc and Kleinwort
Benson Investment Management Holdings Limited is now 6,942,379 shares
(23.14%).


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