Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 8239O

F&C U.S. Smaller Companies PLC

16 October 2012

 



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
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):	Increase in the issuer's total voting rights leading to a lower threshold being crossed	X

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:	15 October 2012
6. Date on which issuer notified:	16 October 2012
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	18%

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	3,833,911	3,833,911	3,833,911	-	3,833,911	-	17.67%

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
3,833,911	17.67%

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 3,833.911 17.67% 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:	Natalia de Sousa
15. Contact telephone name:	020 7011 5010

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

 

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