Substantial Shareholding

RNS Number:0186B
Conister Trust PLC
27 July 2007


For immediate release                                              27 July 2007

                    Conister Trust plc ("Conister" or the "Company")
                  Notification of Directors Dealings and Major Interest
                     in Shares in Conister Truct PLC ("Conister")

The Company has been informed that, as at the close of business on 25 July 2007,
Southern Rock Insurance Company  Limited, a company registered in Gibraltar, had
acquired an interest in 290,000 shares in Conister. 190,000 shares were 
acquired on 24 July at 67p per share and 100,000 on 25 July at 68p per share.

Southern Rock Insurance Company Limited is connected to Arron Banks and Paul
Chase-Gardener, who are both directors of  Southern Rock Insurance Company
Limited. Arron Banks is also a director of Conister.

Arron Banks and Paul Chase-Gardener are also beneficially interested in
6,904,645 shares in Conister, held by STM  Fidecs Nominees Limited, which
constitutes 16.43% of the issued shares in Conister.

Together the two holdings comprise 17.12% of the issued shares of Conister.

ENDS

For further information, please contact:
Conister Trust plc
Jeremiah Linehan
Tel [phone]

Beaumont Cornish Limited
Roland Cornish
Tel [phone]



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