RNS Number:5213J
Merant PLC
01 April 2003

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company
MERANT plc


2) Name of shareholder having a major interest
MERANT Trustees 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

3.a)    Merant 1994 Employee Benefit Trust

3.b)    Merant 2003 Employee Benefit Trust


4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
number of shares held by each of them

Same as above


5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

1,050,000

6) Percentage of issued class

1.01%

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed


8) Percentage of issued class


9) Class of security

2p Ordinary

10) Month of transactions

March 2003

11) Date company informed

March 2003

12) Total holding following this notification

12.a)    Merant 1994 Employee Benefit Trust  -  4,468,087

12.b)    Merant 2003 Employee Benefit Trust  -  1,050,000
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                                Total           5,518,087

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

5.31%

14) Any additional information



15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Tejaswini Salvi

01727 813230

16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification

Tejaswini Salvi


Date of notification

1st April 2003


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