Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 6252K

Edinburgh Dragon Trust plc

22 December 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: Yes

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/a

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

    Legal & General Group Plc (L&G)

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

    Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC)

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

    17 December 2008

6.     Date on which issuer notified:

    19 December 2008

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

    From 4% to 3% (L&G)

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)
Ord 20p shares	10,643,365	10,643,365

  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	9,183,384	Direct (x) 9,183,384	Indirect (xi) n/a	Direct 3.97%	Indirect n/a

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 9,183,384

% of voting rights 3.97%

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

Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect) (Group)
Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect)
Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM)
Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (9,183,384 - 3.97% = LGAS, LGPL & PMC)
Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD) (8,365,155 - 3.62 % = PMC)	Legal & General Insurance Holdings Limited (Direct) (LGIH)
Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC) (8,365,155 - 3.62 % = PMC)	Legal & General Assurance Society Limited (LGAS & LGPL)
	Legal & General Pensions Limited (Direct)  (LGPL)

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:

    Notification using the total voting rights figure of 230,954,375

14.     Contact name:

    Valerie MacKenzie, Aberdeen Asset Managers Ltd

15.     Contact telephone number:

    0131 528 4136

 

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