RNS Number:2284X
Edinburgh New Tiger Trust PLC
15 January 2001

                                 SCHEDULE 10

                  NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1)   Name of company
      Edinburgh New Tiger Trust plc


2)   Name of shareholder having a major interest
      The Equitable Life Assurance Society


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
      On behalf of 2 above


4)   Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
     number of shares held by each of them
      Equitable Life Assurance Society


5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired
      n/a


6)   Percentage of issued class
      n/a


7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed
      17,750,000


8)   Percentage of issued class
      8.6


9)   Class of security
      Ord 5p shares


10)  Date of transaction
      not disclosed


11)  Date company informed
      15 January 2001


12)  Total holding following this notification
      NIL



13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
      0%


14)  Any additional information



15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries
      Lynn Mathewson  0131 313 6402


16)  Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
     making this notification
      Lynn Mathewson
     Date of notification 15/1/01