RNS Number:5545I
Britannic UK Income Trust PLC
11 March 2003



                         BRITANNIC UK INCOME TRUST PLC

                CONTACT : MARIE ROSS (TEL NO: 0141 - 222 - 8288)

                                 11 MARCH 2003

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Britannic UK Income Trust PLC announces that it received notification on 11
March 2003 that as at 7 March 2003 The Goldman Sachs Group Inc ("GS Inc") was
interested, by attribution only, in a total of 17,980,000 Ordinary Shares in the
Company.


The interest in 17,980,000 shares arises from a beneficial interest held by
Goldman Sachs International, a direct subsidiary of GS Inc.


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