Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 5841Y

Edinburgh Dragon Trust plc

04 September 2009

 



TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES (i)

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 acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments: n/a

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: n/a

Other (please specify): n/a

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

City of London Investment Management Company Limited 

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

n/a

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

2 September 2009

6.     Date on which issuer notified:

4 September 2009

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

18%

8.     Notified details:

A:     Voting rights attached to shares (viii, ix)

Situation previous to the Triggering transaction
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Number of  shares	Number of  voting rights
GB002945029 Ordinary Shares	40,731,483	40,731,483

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)
GB002945029 Ordinary Shares	Direct n/a	Direct n/a	Indirect (xi) 41,600,585	Direct n/a	Indirect 18.01%

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 (xv, xvi)

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise  price	Expiration  date	Exercise/ Conversion  period	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of  voting rights (xix, xx)
-	-	-	-	-	Nominal	Delta
					-	-

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights 41,600,585

% of voting rights 18.01%

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

All Voting Rights on all Shares are controlled by City of London Investment Management Limited.

Proxy Voting:

10.     Name of the proxy holder:

City of London Investment Management Limited.

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:

Valerie MacKenzie

15.     Contact telephone number:

0131 528 4136

 

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