Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 9919S

British Assets Trust PLC

20 September 2010

 



TR-1i:               notification of major interests in shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attachedii:	British Assets Trust plc
2. Reason for the notification     (please tick the appropriate box or boxes)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify): Following the partial sale of AXA Life Insurance business to Resolution PLC, changes have been made to the direct and indirect holdings.		X
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligationiii:	AXA S.A. 25 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris and its group of companies
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)iv:
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different)v:	15/09/10
6. Date on which issuer notified:	17/09/10
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	n/a
8. Notified details:	-

A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares  if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the Triggering transaction vi		Resulting situation after the triggering transactionvii
	Number of Shares	Number of Voting Rights viii	Number of shares	Number of voting rights ix		% of voting rights
			Direct	Direct  x	Indirect xi	Direct	Indirect
GB0001297562	48,137,805	48,137,805	3,642,649	3,642,649	44,495,156	1.25	15.28

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction xii
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date xiii	Exercise/ Conversion  Period/ Date xiv	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights
-

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
48,137,805	16.54%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable xv:

Client No. of Shares % of issued share capital AXA IM UK (Direct) 3,587,000 1.232 AXA IM UK (Indirect) 44,495,156 15.285 Sun Life International (IOM) Ltd (Direct) 55,649 0.019

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:	-
14. Contact name:	Steven Ross
15. Contact telephone number:	0207 628 8000

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