Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 6691D

Edinburgh Dragon Trust plc

17 September 2008

 



APPENDIX 3

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):

    
Edinburgh Dragon Trust plc

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

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: Acquisition

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: n/a

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: n/

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

AVI Value Fund            2,075,315    (0.89%)

British Empire              6,749,953    (2.88%)

Carnegie                          476,258    (0.20%) 

CF AVI Global Fund    1,013,051    (0.43%)

Columbia (non voting)    620,866    (0.27%)

LNS01                              245,608    (0.10%)

Rockefeller                      420,932    (0.18%)

Yale University             1,025,353    (0.44%)

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

StateStreet Nominees

Chase Nominees

StateStreet Nominees

BoNY Nominees

Mellon Nominees

Pictet Nominees

Chase Nominees

NorTrust Nominees 

5.     Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or

        reached (v):

15 July 2008

6.     Date on which issuer notified:

    
16 September 2008 (original notification was not received)

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

5%

8.     Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Situation previous to the Triggering transaction (vi)
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Number of shares	Number of voting rights (viii)
GB002945029	12,190,836	11,641270

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (vii)

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Number of shares	Number of voting rights (ix)		% of voting rights
20p Ordinary	12,627,336	Direct (x) 12,006,470	Indirect (xi) 0	Direct 5.13%	Indirect 0%

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

Total (A+B)

Number of voting rights 12,006,470

% of voting rights 5.13%

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

StateStreet Nominees acts as custodian for the AVI Value Fund LLC

JPMorgan Chase Nominees acts as custodian for British Empire Securities

State Street Nominees acts as custodian for Carnegie Corporation

Bank of New York Nominees acts as custodian for the CF AVI Global Fund

Mellon Nominees acts as custodian for The Trustees of Columbia University (non-voting)

Pictet Nominees acts as custodian for LNS01

JPMorgan Chase Nominees acts as custodian for The Rockefeller University

Northern Trust Nominees acts as custodian for Yale University

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:

Asset Value Investors acts as discretionary manager for all funds mentioned in 3. 

14.     Contact name:

          Valerie MacKenzie, Aberdeen Asset Managers Ltd

15.     Contact telephone number:

    
           0131 528 4136

 

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