Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 9284L

Monks Investment Trust PLC

20 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:	Monks Investment Trust
2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
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): Disclosure of holdings following the acquisition, by Lloyds Banking Group plc, of HBOS plc. This notification supersedes any notification previously issued by Lloyds TSB Group plc and or HBOS plc.		*
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:	Lloyds Banking Group plc
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	See section 9
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	16 January 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:	20 January 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Direct/Indirect 5%

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 viii	Number of shares	Number of voting rights ix		% of voting rights
				Direct	Direct  x	Indirect xi	Direct	Indirect
Ord 5p Shares GB0030517261		N/A	N/A	653,708	653,708	13,135,322	0.248%	4.982%

B: Financial Instruments (e.g. options or warrants)
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

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
13,789,030	5.230%

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

2,747,312 Shares (1.042%) are held by State Street Nominees Ltd. Shares are under the control of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Scottish Widows Group Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Bank plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds Banking Group plc (Indirect Interests). 9,812,439 shares (3.722%) are under the control of Insight Investment Management (Global) Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Insight Investment Management Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of HBOS Insurance & Investment Group Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of HBOS plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds Banking Group plc (Indirect Interests).

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:	Notification using the total voting rights figure of 263,644,859
14. Contact name:	Lynn Mathewson
15. Contact telephone number:	0131 275 3185

 

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