Headline: Holding in Company

            Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares            

1. Name of Company

INVESCO CONTINENTAL SMALLER COMPANIES TRUST PLC

2. Name of shareholder having a major interest

THE CO-OPERATIVE INSURANCE SOCIETY 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 of children under the age of 18:

AS DISCRETIONARY FUND MANAGERS

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

N/A

5. Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:

NOT NOTIFIED

6. Percentage of issued class:

-

7. Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:

3,555,041

8. Percentage of issued class:

6.75%

9. Class of security:

ORDINARY SHARES

10. Date of Transaction:

20 JANUARY 2004

11. Date company informed:

22 JANUARY 2004

12. Total holding following this notification:

NIL

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

NIL

14. Contact name for queries:

ANDREW NORMAN

15. Contact telephone number:

020 7065 3526

16. Name of company official responsible for making notification:

ANDREW NORMAN

17. Date of notification:

22 JANUARY 2004

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