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RNS Number:2116I
Halifax Group PLC
8 August 2001

                                                      FORM SAR 5


                                       Date of disclosure...08.08.01.....

             DISCLOSURE UNDER NOTE 3 OF RULE 5 OF THE RULES GOVERNING
                   SUBSTANTIAL ACQUISITIONS OF SHARES ("SARs")

                 
Date of sale.........08.08.01...................................

Sale of..........AUSTRALIAN OPPORTUNITIES INVESTMENT TRUST  (name of company)


(1) Class of voting shares    Number of shares/rights   If rights over shares
    (eg ordinary shares)      over shares sold          sold, as opposed
                                                        to the shares
                                                        themselves, specify
                                                        nature of rights

     ORDINARY 25P            ..2,100,000      shares    .....................
                              ...N/A..........rights


(2) Resultant total holding   Resultant total holding   Total percentage
    of voting shares (and %   of rights over shares
    of total voting shares    (and % of total voting
    in issue)                 shares in issue)

    29,000    (     %)   ...............(    %)    .............(0.2%)


(3) Party making disclosure.......HALIFAX GROUP PLC  .......  

(4)  (a)  Name of person selling shares or rights over shares THE EQUITABLE 
                                                        LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY
          and, if different, beneficial owner............................... 

     (b)  Names of any other persons acting by
          agreement or understanding (see SAR 5)............................


Signed, for and on behalf of the party named in (3) above...................

(Also print name of signatory)......MARK GREENWOOD ................. 

Telephone and extension number..........020 7321 1301  ................


For full details of the SARs disclosure requirements, see Rules 3 and 5 of the
SARs.  If in doubt, contact the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers, 
Tel. No: 020 7382 9026.

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