Witan Inv Tst PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number:2270R
Witan Investment Trust PLC
31 March 2008

WITAN INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

31 March 2008

WITAN INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

Market Purchase by the Company of its own Ordinary Shares

Witan Investment Trust plc hereby gives notification that, pursuant to the
authority granted at the General Meeting of the Company held on 3 January 2008
to make market purchases of the Company's own shares, a market purchase of
66,000 ordinary shares of 25p each of the Company was made today at a price of
430.718p per share.

Following the purchase and cancellation of the above shares, 220,468,017
ordinary shares of 25p each will remain in issue.

The capital of the Company with full voting rights is now the above number of
ordinary shares of 25p each. This figure may be used as the denominator for
calculations of interests in the Company's voting rights. On a poll ordinary
shareholders have one vote for every £1 in nominal value (ie four ordinary
shares are required for one vote).

-ENDS-

For further information please contact:

Jim Horsburgh

Chief Executive Officer

Witan Investment Trust plc

Tel: 020 7227 9779

or

James Budden

Marketing Director

Witan Investment Trust plc

Tel: 020 7227 9772

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