RNS Number:4706H
Merant PLC
13 February 2003

Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1 Name of company:

MERANT plc

2 Name of shareholder having a major interest:

Legal & General Investment Management Limited

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:

Same as above

4 Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of

shares held by each of them:

580,050 HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 775245

91,667  HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 360509

2,399,660 HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 357206

211,560 HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 747381

143,000 HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 866203

5,700 HSBC Global Custody Nominees (UK) Ltd A/c 916681

5 Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:

178,401

6 Percentage of issued class:

 0.17%

7 Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:



8 Percentage of issued class:



9 Class of security:

2p Ordinary

10 Date of transaction:

29 January 2003

11 Date company informed:

04 February 2003

12 Total holding following this notification:

3,431,637

13 Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:

3.33%

14 Contact name for queries:

Tejaswini Salvi

15 Contact telephone number:

01727 813230

16 Name of company official responsible for making notification:

Tejaswini Salvi

17 Date of notification:

13 January 2003



Additional Information:



NONE


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