Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 4171Z

F&C U.S. Smaller Companies PLC

13 January 2011

 



TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

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

F&C US Smaller Companies 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:	F&C Asset Management plc
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	See box 9 below
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	11 January 2011
6. Date on which issuer notified:	12 January 2011
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	21%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
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
			Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
ISIN GB0003463402 ord GBP 0.25	4,368,169	4,368,169	4,218,169	-	4,218,169	-	20.37%

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
-

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+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
4,218,169	20.37%

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

F&C Asset Management plc:- Client No. of voting rights % of total voting rights Registration name Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust 4,218,169 20.37% Chase Nominees Limited

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of proxy holder:	F&C Asset Management plc
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:	Debbie Fish
15. Contact telephone name:	020 7628 8000

For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website.

Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer

Annex: Notification of major interests in shares

A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
Full name (including legal form of legal entities)	F&C US Smaller Companies PLC
Contact address (registered office for legal entities)	F&C Management Limited, Secretary, Exchange House, Primrose Street, London EC2A 2NY
Phone number & email	Telephone: [phone] [e-mail]
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable
Full name	Mike Bassi, F&C Asset Management plc
Contact address	80 George Street, Edinburgh EH2 3BU
Phone number & email	0131 718 1093 [e-mail]
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)

C: Additional information

 

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