Kleinwort High Inc - Holdings in Company

RNS No 6289q
KLEINWORT HIGH INCOME TRUST PLC
12th August 1997



Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1   Name of company:
KLEINWORT HIGH INCOME TRST PLC

2   Name of shareholder having a major interest:
DRESDNER BANK A.G. 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:
10,000

6   Percentage of issued class:
0.03%

7   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:
-

8   Percentage of issued class:
-

9   Class of security:
Ordinary Shares of 5p each

10  Date of transaction:
11th August 1997

11  Date company informed:
12th August 1997

12  Total holding following this notification:
7,200,494

13  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
24.00%

14  Contact name for queries:
P.L. Longcroft

15 Contact telephone number:
0171-956 5617

16  Name of company official responsible for making notification:
P L Longcroft

17  Date of notification:
12th August 1997


Additional Information:
The interest of Kleinwort Benson Investment Management Holdings Limited is now
7,200,494 shares (24.00%).  The interest of Kleinwort Benson Investment
Management Limited is now 6,851,294 shares (22.84%).


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