RNS Number:4809I
Dresdner RCM Smlr Cos Inv Tst PLC
07 March 2003


                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company

Dresdner RCM Smaller Companies Investment Trust plc

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest

Allianz AG and subsidiaries

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:

In respect of the shareholder referred to at 2 above through holdings of its
subsidiary companies.



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

-


6) Percentage of issued class

-


7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

20,000


8) Percentage of issued class

0.18%


9) Class of security

Ordinary 25p Shares

10) Date of transaction

6th March 2003

11) Date company informed

7th March 2003

12) Total holding following this notification

Allianz AG and subsidiaries : 1,662,405









13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

14.914%

14) Contact name for queries:

K J Salt

15) Name of Contact and telephone number:

K J Salt 020 7475 5808

16. Name of company official responsible for
    making this notification

K J Salt


Date of notification 7th March 2003

Additional Information:  This notification arises from a redesignation from a
holding of Kleinwort Benson Private Bank Limited ("KBPB") to a non-discretionary
holding, which resulted in reductions in the disclosable interests within the
Allianz AG Group of companies.


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