RNS Number:8944S
Allianz Dresdner Smlr Co's I.T PLC
04 December 2003

 
                                 SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company

Allianz Dresdner 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

27,000


6) Percentage of issued class

0.25%


7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

-


8) Percentage of issued class

-


9) Class of security

Ordinary 25p Shares

10) Date of transaction

28 November 2003

11) Date company informed

4 December 2003

12) Total holding following this notification

Allianz AG and subsidiaries : 1,604,155

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

15.15%

14) Contact name for queries:

K J Salt

15) Name of Contact and telephone number:

K J Salt 020 7065 1513

16.  Name of company official responsible for
making this notification

K J Salt

Date of notification 4 December 2003



Additional Information:

This notification arises from a purchase of shares for an OEIC investment
managed by Kleinwort Benson Private Bank Limited.




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