RNS No 7762b
EDINBURGH INCA TRUST PLC


Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1   Name of company:
Edinburgh Inca Trust plc

2   Name of shareholder having a major interest:
Guinness Mahon Holdings plc and subsidiary companies

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

4   Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them:
Bell Nominees         6,302,000
R&R Nominees             81,085 

5   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:
Not disclosed

6   Percentage of issued class:
Not disclosed

7   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:
Nil

8   Percentage of issued class:
Nil

9   Class of security:
Ordinary 5p

10  Date of transaction:
Not disclosed

11  Date company informed:
30/6/97

12  Total holding following this notification:
6,383,085

13  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
7.7%

14  Contact name for queries:
Valerie MacKenzie

15 Contact telephone number:
0131-313-6321

16  Name of company official responsible for making notification:
Valerie MacKenzie

17  Date of notification:
1/7/97


Additional Information:
None


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