Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 4573X

Standard Life UK Small.Co's Tst PLC

15 February 2012

 

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):

13 February 2012

6.         Date on which issuer notified:

14 February 2012

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

10% - 9%

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
Ordinary GBP0.25 GB0002959582	Number of shares 6,526,820	Number of voting Rights (x) 6,526,820

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	6,476,820	Direct (xi) 6,476,820	Indirect (xii) 0	Direct 9.96%	Indirect 0

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 6,476,820

% of voting rights 9.96%

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:

n/a

14.    Contact name:

Stuart Reid, Aberdeen Asset Management PLC, Secretaries

15.    Contact telephone number:

0131 528 4000

 

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