Witan Inv Tst PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number:1206S
Witan Investment Trust PLC
10 April 2008

WITAN INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

10 April 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
172,165 ordinary shares of 25p each of the Company was made today at a price of
442.1471p per share.

Following the purchase and cancellation of the above shares, 219,790,852
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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