SAR - Premier High Inc Trust

RNS Number:9811E
Dawnay Day Corporate
08 November 2004


                                                                      FORM SAR 3
Lodge with a RIS or Newstrack, if appropriate, and the Takeover Panel. A copy
must also be sent to the company the shares of which are acquired.

                                       Date of disclosure...8 November 2004.....
   DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 3 OF THE RULES GOVERNING SUBSTANTIAL ACQUISITIONS OF
                                SHARES ("SARs")

Date of acquisition ...8 November 2004
Acquisition in
Premier High Income Trust PLC..................(name of company)

(1) Class of   Number of shares/     If rights over shares acquired, as opposed
voting         rights over shares    to the shares themselves, specify nature of
shares         acquired              rights
(eg ordinary   1,940,000 shares      N/a
shares)
Ordinary       nil rights
shares


(2) Resultant total holding of    Resultant total holding of rights Total
voting shares (and % of total     over shares (and % of total       percentage
voting shares in issue)           voting shares in issue)
3,410,000 (17.53 %)               nil............... ( %)             17.53%

(3) Party making disclosure Dawnay, Day Corporate Finance Limited

(4) (a) Name of person acquiring shares or rights over shares Dawnay, Day
Properties Limited
and, if different, beneficial owner
...............................................................................

(b)   Names of any other persons acting by agreement or understanding
Dawnay, Day Split Investments PLC (a wholly owned subsidiary of Dawnay, Day
Properties Limited)

Signed, for and on behalf of the party named in (3) above
.............................................................

(Also print name of signatory) David Floyd......

Telephone and extension number 020 7509 4570......
                     ______________________________________

Note 1. Under SAR 5, the holdings of and acquisitions by persons acting by
agreement or understanding must be aggregated and treated as a holding of or
acquisition by one person. Note 3 on SAR 5 requires persons who must aggregate
holdings to disclose certain disposals.

Note 2. The resultant total percentage holding of voting shares and rights over
shares is to be calculated by reference to the percentage held and in issue
outside treasury.

For full details of the SARs disclosure requirements, see Rules 3 and 5 of the
SARs. If in doubt, contact the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers, Monitoring
Section, Tel. No: 020 7638 0129.
E-mail: [e-mail]




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