Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 6299I

Standard Life UK Small.Co's Tst PLC

10 December 2015

 

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST 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 tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached				YES
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
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	Prudential plc M&G Group Limited M&G Limited M&G Investment Management Limited The Prudential Assurance Company Limited
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v	08 December 2015
6. Date on which issuer notified:	09 December 2015
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii	See item 13

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE

Situation previous to the triggering transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of Shares

Number of Voting Rights

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

% of  voting rights x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

ORD GBP0.25 GB0002959582

5,019,960

5,019,960

4,428,025

0

4,428,025

0

6.64%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date xiii

Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

% of voting rights

ORD GBP0.25 Right of Recall

591,935

0.89%

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

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

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

5,019,960

7.53%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Prudential plc (parent Company) - 5,019,960 (7.53%) M&G Group Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential plc) - 5,019,960 (7.53%) M&G Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Group Limited) - 5,019,960 (7.53%) M&G Investment Management Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Limited) - 5,019,960 (7.53%) The Prudential Assurance Company Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential plc) - 4,393,675 (6.59%)
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:	As per 5.1.2, the non-exempt holdings for Prudential plc have moved from 6% to 5% as a result of a stock lending movement (right of recall).
14. Contact name:	Mandy Kelly, Maven Capital Partners UK LLP Owen Smith / James Todd M&G Investment Management Limited
15. Contact telephone number:	Maven Capital Partners UK LLP (0141 206 0124) M&G Investment Management Limited (020 7004 4517/ 020 7548 2293)

 

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