RNS Number:5366U
Merant PLC
22 January 2004

Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1 Name of company:
MERANT plc

2 Name of shareholder having a major interest:
Schroder 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:

Schroder Investment Management Limited have an interest in 19,896,605 shares
which are held in portfolios managed by them on a discretionary basis for
clients under investment management agreements.

Schroder Investment Management North America Inc, an affiliate company is
managing a portfolio on a similar basis holding a further 2,239,200 shares.

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

9,933,714               Chase Nominees Ltd for Schroder Unit Trusts Ltd.
1,100,000               Chase Nominees Limited
4,464,710               Mineworkers Pension Scheme A/C R
3,926,350               British Coal Superannuation Scheme A/C P
471,831                 Chase Manhattan Bank
2,239,200               Chase Nominees for Schroder Investment Management North America Inc.



5 Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:
                                                                        
50,000

6 Percentage of issued class:
                                                                          
0.05%

7 Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:

8 Percentage of issued class:

9 Class of security:
Ordinary 2p

10 Date of transaction:
19th January 2004

11 Date company informed:
19th January 2004

12 Total holding following this notification:
                                                                    
22,135,805

13 Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
                                                                            
21%

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:
22nd January 2004




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