Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 6121T
Edinburgh Dragon Trust plc
09 June 2009
 



APPENDIX 3


TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1.    Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

Edinburgh Dragon Trust plc


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


An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: Disposal


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:

ASSET VALUE INVESTORS LTD

AVI Value Fund    843,025

British Empire    1,970,038

CF AVI Global Fund    371,938

Segregated Accounts    675,727


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

State Street Nominees

Chase Nominees

BoNY Nominees


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

5 June 2009


6.     Date on which issuer notified:

8 June 2009


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

3%


8.     Notified details:


A:     Voting rights attached to shares


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

8,860,728

8,554,607


Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 


Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE

Number of 
shares 

Number of 
voting rights

% of 
voting rights


GB002945029
Ordinary Shares

Direct

3,860,728

Direct
3,729,742

Indirect 
0

Direct
1.61%

Indirect
0%


B:     Qualifying Financial Instruments


Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 


Type of financial instrument

Expiration 
Date 

Exercise/
Conversion 
Period

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


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


-

-

-

-

-

Nominal

Delta


-

-



Total (A+B)

Number of voting rights

3,729,742

% of voting rights

1.61%



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


StateStreet Nominees acts as custodian for the AVI Value Fund LLC

JPMorgan Chase Nominees acts as custodian for British Empire Securities

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


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


15.     Contact telephone number:

0131 528 4136



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