RNS Number:7766R
St.David's Inv Tst PLC
06 November 2003


6 November 2003

St. David's Investment Trust PLC ("the Company")

Notifiable Holding

Aberdeen Asset Management PLC notifies on behalf of its fund management
operating subsidiaries that, as a result of its acquisition of Edinburgh Fund
Managers Group Plc on 24 October 2003, these subsidiaries now control as
managers an additional 2,000,000 ordinary shares of the Company.

The total number of shares now under the management of Aberdeen Asset Management
PLC's operating subsidiaries is 17,546,506 ordinary shares representing 21.70%
of the issued share capital of the Company.

The breakdown of holdings is as follows:

Name of Company           Registered Name     Number of     % of Issued
                                              Shares        Share Cap.

Aberdeen High Income      State Street           645,573          0.80%
Trust PLC                 Nominees Ltd for
                          XCC4

The Media & Income        State Street         1,319,200          1.63%
Company Limited           Nominees Ltd for
                          XCD7

Aberdeen Preferred        State Street        12,643,677         15.64%
Income Trust PLC          Nominees Ltd for
                          XCC8

Aberdeen Discretionary    n/a                     58,571          0.07%
Private Clients -
Jersey

Murray Emerging Growth &  Chase Nominees         879,485          1.09%
Income Trust plc          Limited

Edinburgh High Income     BNY (OCS) Nominees   1,000,000          1.24%
Trust                     Ltd 219651

Edinburgh Leveraged       BNY (OCS) Nominees   1,000,000          1.24%
Income plc                Ltd 219661

                 Total                        17,546,506         21.70%



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