Holding in Company

RNS Number : 5068Q

Liontrust Asset Management PLC

14 April 2009

 



TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

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

Liontrust Asset Management plc

2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights	X
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):______________

3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:	Aviva plc & its subsidiaries
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):	Registered Holder: BNY Norwich Union Nominees Limited 175,351* Chase GA Group Nominees Limited 536,523* Chase Nominees Limited 55,524* CUIM Nominee Limited 105,932* Vidacos Nominees Limited 22,419* * denotes direct interest   Chase Nominees Limited 97,481 Vidacos Nominees Limited 1,095,839
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	08 April 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:	09 April 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	3% to <3% Change at Direct Interest level

8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares If possible use 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		Percentage of voting rights
				Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
Ordinary Shares GB0007388407	2,570,726	2,570,726	895,749	895,749	1,193,320	2.66%	3.55%

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ conversion period/date	No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted)	Percentage of voting rights
N/A

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
2,089,069	6.21%

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

See Section 4

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of proxy holder:	See Section 4
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 are based on a total number of voting rights of 33,665,008.
14 Contact name:	Diane Thirkettle
15. Contact telephone number:	01603 687803

 

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