RNS Number:0335I
Merant PLC
26 February 2003


Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1 Name of company:

MERANT plc

2 Name of shareholder having a major interest:

Fidelity International Limited and FMR Corp.

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:

               9,858,663 Chase Nominees Limited for Fidelity Investment Services Limited (FISL)

                 919,882 Chase Nominees Limited for Fidelity International Limited (FIL)

                 110,500 Bankers Trust  (FIL)

                   3,002 HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Limited  (FIL)

                  96,800 State Street Bank & Trust for FIL

                  91,980 Mellon Bank  (FMRCO)

5 Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:



6 Percentage of issued class:



7 Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:

  1,203,668

8 Percentage of issued class:

 1.17%

9 Class of security:

Ordinary 2p

10 Date of transaction:

 19th February 2003

11 Date company informed:

  24th February 2003

12 Total holding following this notification:

  11,080,827

13 Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:

  10.75%

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:

26th February 2003








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