Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 9212B

Edinburgh Dragon Trust plc

09 April 2013

 



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)

         Investec Wealth & Investment 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)

8 April 2013

6.      Date on which issuer notified:

9 April 2013

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

From 9% to 8%

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
Ordinary Shares GB002945029	17,713,151	17,713,151

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)
Ordinary Shares GB002945029	Direct n/a	Direct n/a	Indirect (xi) 17,524,601	Direct n/a	Indirect 8.92%

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 17,524,601

% of voting rights 8.92%

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

Client holdings registered in the name of Nominee companies 100% owned by Investec Wealth & Investment Limited.

Proxy Voting:

10.    Name of the proxy holder:

n/a

11.    Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

12.    Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13.    Additional information:

14.    Contact name:

Valerie MacKenzie

15.    Contact telephone number:

0131 528 4136

 

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