Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 9203Y

Standard Life UK Small.Co's Tst PLC

11 September 2009

 



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 attached (ii):

Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust PLC

2.     Reason for the notification (please state Yes/No):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: Yes

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: No

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments: No

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: No

Other: No

3.     Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation (iii):

Prudential plc group of companies

4.     Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) (iv):

See no. 9

5.     Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached (v):

9 September 2009

6.     Date on which issuer notified:

10 September 2009

7.     Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached (vi, vii):

21% to 20%

8.     Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Situation previous to the Triggering transaction (viii, ix)
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Number of shares	Number of voting rights)
Ordinary GBP0.25  GB0002959582	Number of shares 13,343,359	Number of voting Rights (x) 13,343,359

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (vii)

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of voting rights (x)
Ordinary GBP0.25 GB0002959582	13,243,359	Direct (xi) 13,243,359	Indirect (xii) -	Direct 20.96%	Indirect -

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 

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
n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (xv, xvi)

Type of financial instrument	Exercise price	Expiration Date (xvii)	Exercise/Conversion Period (xviii)	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights (xix, xx)
n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights 13,243,359

% of voting rights 20.96%

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

Prudential plc (parent Company)

M&G Group Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential plc)

M&G Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Group Limited)

M&G Investment Management Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Limited)

The Prudential Assurance Company Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential plc)

Proxy Voting:

10.     Name of the proxy holder:

n/a

11.     Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

n/a

12.     Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

n/a

13.     Additional information:

Calculations based on a Total Voting Rights figure of 63,163,381

14.     Contact name:

Stuart Reid, Aberdeen Asset Management PLC, Secretaries

15.     Contact telephone number:

0131 528 4000

 

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