Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 0824P

Merchants Trust PLC

18 March 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:	Merchants Trust Plc
2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights		Yes
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 the notification obligation:	AXA S.A., 25 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris and its group of Companies
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	16 March 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:	17 March 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	4%

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	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
ORD GBP 0.25	4,386,782	4,386,782	4,010,806	4,010,806	114,264	3.90	0.11

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

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
4,125,070	4.01

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

NAME OF COMPANY NO. OF SHARES % ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL AXA (Direct) 220,668 0.21463 AXA FRAMLINGTON (Indirect) 14,264 0.01387 AXA IM UK (Direct) 3,557,255 3.45991 AXA IM UK (Indirect) 100,000 0.09726 AXA WINTERTHUR (Direct) 27,099 0.026357443 SUN LIFE INTERNATIONAL (IOM) Ltd (Direct) 205,784 0.20 TOTAL DIRECT TOTAL INDIRECT 4,010,806 114,264 3.90105 0.11114 TOTAL 4,125,070 4.01219

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:
14. Contact name:	Kirsten Salt
15. Contact telephone number:	0207 065 1513

 

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