TR-1:  Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

1.   Identity of the Issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to
     which voting rights are attached:
     
     Blue Planet Worldwide Financials Investment Trust plc
     
     
     
2.   Reason for notification (yes/no)
     
     An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
     
     
     
3.   Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:
     
     Barclays PLC
     
     
     
4.   Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):
     
     Barclays Stockbrokers Ltd
     
     Gerrard Investment Management Ltd
     
     
     
5.   Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached
     if different):
     
     31 July 2007
     
     
     
6.   Date on which issuer notified:
     
     25th September 2007
     
     
     
7.   Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
     
     4% to 5%
     
8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type  Situation       Resulting situation after the
of shares   previous to     triggering transaction
If          the triggering
possible    transaction
use ISIN
code

GB0001524171
            Number  Number  Number   Number of          Percentage of
            of      of      of       voting rights      voting rights
            shares  voting  shares
                    rights  715,230 
            48,000  48,000  
                                      0.00    715,230    0.00    5.01
                                      Direct  Indirect   Direct  Indiret
                                            



B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of     Expiration   Exercise/    No. of voting        Percentage
financial   date         conversion   rights that          of voting
instrument               period/date  may be               rights
                                      acquired (if
                                      the instrument
                                      exercised/converted
                                                      
                         

Total (A+B)

Number of voting rights         Percentage of voting rights
715,230                         5.01%

9.   Chain of controlled undertakings through the voting rights and/or the
     financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
     
     
     Barclays Stockbrokers Ltd
     
     Gerrard Investment Management Ltd
     
     
     
     Proxy Voting:
     
     
     
10.   Name of proxy holder:
     
     
     
11.  Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
     
     
     
12.  Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
    
     
     
13.  Additional Information:
    
    
    
14.   Contact name:
     
      Geoff Smith
     
     
     
15.  Contact telephone name:
    
     020 7116 2913
    

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