Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 8117M

Aurora Investment Trust PLC

22 August 2011

 



Aurora Investment Trust plc has received the following notification of interest in its shares

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: ii			Aurora Investment Trust plc
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights				X
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii		Brewin Dolphin Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		18th August 2011
6. Date on which issuer notified:		19th August 2011
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		5%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE

Situation previous to the triggering transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of Shares

Number of Voting Rights

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

% of  voting rights x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

GB0000633262

635,345

635,345

N/A

N/A

575,202

N/A

4.9792%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date xiii

Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

% of voting rights

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 xvii

Exercise/ Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

575,202

4.9792%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Indirect - Brewin Nominees Limited - 38,580 0.3340% Indirect - Giltspur Nominees Limited - 328,940 2.8474% Indirect - BDS Nominees Limited - 171,400 1.4837% Indirect - Brewin Nominees Limited A/c Charity - 25,000 0.2164% Indirect - Brewin Nominees Limited A/c Offbond - 11,282 0.0977%
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
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:	Figures based on shares in issue of 11,552,250 The indirect voting rights under (9) relate to shares held in client portfolios, managed by those firms, under discretionary investment management agreements.
14. Contact name:	Gill Keppie
15. Contact telephone number:	0191 279 7605

Enquiries:

Name of person making this announcement on behalf of Aurora Investments Trust plc

John Luetchford

Cavendish Administration Limited

Tel: [phone]

22^nd August 2011

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