Kleinwort High Inc - Holdings in Company

RNS No 8011c
KLEINWORT HIGH INCOME TRST PLC
15th 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:
Chase Nominees Limited  A/C 271486

5   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:


6   Percentage of issued class:


7   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:
3,690

8   Percentage of issued class:
0.01%

9   Class of security:
Ordinary Shares of 5p each

10  Date of transaction:
N/A

11  Date company informed:
15th August 1997

12  Total holding following this notification:
7,196,804

13  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
23.99%

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:
15th August 1997


Additional Information:
This announcement results not from a sale, but from the transfer of a client
from discretionary to non-discretionary management.  The interest of Kleinwort
Benson Investment Management Holdings Limited is now 7,196,804 shares
(23.99%).  The interest of Kleinwort Benson Investment Management Limited is
now 6,847,604 shares (22.82%).


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