Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 2129L

Mercantile Investment Trust(The)PLC

06 January 2009

 



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:	The Mercantile Investment Trust plc
2. Reason for the notification     (please tick the appropriate box or boxes)
Other (please specify): Initial Disclosure
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:	RATHBONE BROTHERS PLC
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	RATHBONE BROTHERS PLC Rathbone Investment Management Ltd
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	2nd January 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:	5th January 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	5%
8. Notified details:	N/A

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 viii	Number of shares	Number of voting rights ix		% of voting rights
			Direct	Direct  x	Indirect xi	Direct	Indirect
Ord 25p GB0005794036	5,103,940	5,103,940	N/A	N/A	5,124,181	N/A	5.00%

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction xii
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date xiii	Exercise/ Conversion Period/ Date xiv	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
5,124,181	5.00%

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

RATHBONE BROTHERS PLC* Rathbone Investment Management Ltd  5.00% *Rathbone Brothers Plc is the holding company of the following.

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:	N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:	N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:	N/A

13. Additional information:	N/A
14. Contact name:	COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7399 0000

 

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