Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 9422W

City of London Investment Group PLC

05 August 2009

 

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii			CITY OF LONDON INVESTMENT GROUP 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				Y
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii		HARGREAVE HALE LIMITED
4. Full name of shareholder(s)   (if different from 3.):iv		DISCRETIONARY CLIENTS
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		01 JULY 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:		04 AUGUST 2009
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

Indirect

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

GB00B104RS51

1,290,750

1,290,750

1,290,750

1,290,750

4.9584%

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

1,290,750

4.9584%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
850,000 of these shares are for unit trusts operated by Marlborough Fund Managers Ltd for who Hargreave Hale Ltd manages the portfolio of investments on a discretionary basis.  The remaining balance is held on behalf of other discretionary clients.
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:	The event changing the breakdown of voting rights is the new TVR issue figure, issued by the company on the 1st July 2009, of 26,031,603 shares.  (The holding was previously calculated on a TVR of 25,535,500 which gave a % holding of 5.0547%)
14. Contact name:	David Clueit
15. Contact telephone number:	01253 754739

 

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