SCHEDULE 10                                  
                                                                               
                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES                   

1)   Name of company

     Gartmore Growth Opportunities plc

2)   Name of shareholder having a major interest

     Laxey Partners Ltd

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

     Beneficial holding


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

    

5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

     100,000

6)   Percentage of issued class

     0.30

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

     n/a


8)   Percentage of issued class

     n/a


9)   Class of security

     Ordinary shares of 0.025p

10)  Date of transaction

     3 December 2003

11)  Date company informed

     5 December 2003

12)  Total holding following this notification

     5,128,177

13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

     15.26%

14)  Any additional information

     None


15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

     Gurmit Harar 020 7782 2411

16)  Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
     making this notification

     Gurmit Harar

     Date of notification

     6 December 2003



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