Headline: Holding in Company

            Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares            

1. Name of Company

INVESCO PERPETUAL EUROPEAN INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

2. Name of shareholder having a major interest

ADVANCE UK TRUST PLC

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 of children under the age of 18:

NOTIFICATION IS IN RESPECT OF THE SHAREHOLDER NAMED IN 2 ABOVE

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

NORTRUST NOMINEES LIMITED A/C AUKT

5. Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:

200,000

6. Percentage of issued class:

0.56%

7. Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:

N/A

8. Percentage of issued class:

N/A

9. Class of security:

ORDINARY SHARES

10. Date of Transaction:

N/A

11. Date company informed:

19 JANUARY 2004

12. Total holding following this notification:

1,775,000

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:

4.97%

14. Contact name for queries:

KERSTIN RUCHT

15. Contact telephone number:

020 7065 4517

16. Name of company official responsible for making notification:

KERSTIN RUCHT

FOR INVESCO ASSET MANAGEMENT LIMITED - SECRETARIES

17. Date of notification:

19 JANUARY 2004

Additional Information

Notification was in response to a request for updated information for INVESCO
Perpetual European Investment Trust plc's annual report, as at 31 December
2003.



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