Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 6815X

North Atlantic Smlr Co Inv Tst PLC

19 August 2009

 



TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

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

North Atlantic Smaller Companies Investment Trust plc

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights		X
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):

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:	13 August 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:	17 August 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Reduction to below Direct/Indirect 20%

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	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
Ord 5p Shares	3,111,212	3,111,212	1	1	1,426,201	N/A	9.621%
GB0006439003

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/  Conversion  Period	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights
Convertible Debenture GB0006439110	31/05/13	30/04/05 - 30/04/13	1,485,000	10.017%

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise  price	Expiration  date	Exercise/ Conversion  period	Number of voting  rights instrument  refers to	% of voting rights
					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
2,911,202	19.638%

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

Equities 1,422,023 shares (9.593%) 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). Warrants 1,485,000 (10.017%) 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 14,824,227
14. Contact name:	Kenny Melville
15. Contact telephone number:	0131 243 8671

 

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