Witan Pacific Investment Trust plc (the "Company")

The Company advises that it entered into a closed period (in accordance with the provisions of the EU Market Abuse Regulation) on 29 August 2017 in relation to the announcement of the Company's results for the six months ended 31 July 2017.

The Company confirms that all inside information which the Directors and the Company may have had to the date of this announcement has been notified to a Regulatory Information Service. Accordingly, in the absence of any new undisclosed inside information arising, the Company is not prohibited from dealing in its own securities during this closed period.

29 August 2017

Capita Company Secretarial Services Limited - Corporate Secretary

Email: WitanPacificInvestmentTrustPLC@capita.co.uk