Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 9508M

Edinburgh Dragon Trust plc

06 February 2009

 



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):

    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):

    4 February 2009

6.     Date on which issuer notified:

    6 February 2009

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

    10%

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	12,229,650	12,229,650

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
GB002945029 Ordinary Shares	24,276,057	Direct (x) n/a	Indirect (xi) 24,276,057	Direct n/a	Indirect 10.51%

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 24,276,057

% of voting rights 10.51%

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

All voting rights on all shares are controlled by City of London Investment Management Limited

Proxy Voting:

10.     Name of the proxy holder:

    Held through 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, Aberdeen Asset Managers Ltd

15.     Contact telephone number:

    0131 528 4136

 

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