Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 8934D

North American Income Trust (The)

02 April 2014

 



TR-1i: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARESⁱ

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

The North American Income Trust plc

2.         Reason for the notification (please state Yes/No):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: No

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: No

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments: No

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: No

Other: Yes. Disclosure of revised position following the sale of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership Limited to Aberdeen Asset Management PLC on 31 March 2014.

3.         Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: ⁱⁱⁱ

Lloyds Banking Group plc

4.         Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): ^iv

See Section 9

5.         Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or  reached: ^v

31 March 2014

6.         Date on which issuer notified:

2 April 2014

7.         Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: ^{vi, vii}

Indirect holdings decreased to below 1%

8.         Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares ^{viii, ix}

Situation previous to the Triggering transaction
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Number of shares	Number of voting rights
Ordinary 25p GB0000293620	1,925,380	1,925,380

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (vii)

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of voting rightsx
		Direct	Indirect xii	Direct	Indirect
Ordinary 25p GB0000293620		N/A/ - below reportable threshold

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

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

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 N/A/ - below reportable threshold

% of voting rights N/A/ - below reportable threshold

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

N/A/ - below reportable threshold

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 33,338,582

14.       Contact name:

Valerie Mackenzie, Aberdeen Asset Managers Ltd

15.       Contact telephone number:

            0131 528 4136

 

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