Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 3531Q

Scottish Oriental Smlr Co Tst PLC

29 August 2014

 

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:

Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies 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:	F&C Management Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	See box 9 below
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	27th August 2014
6. Date on which issuer notified:	28th August 2014
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	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	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of  voting rights
			Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB0007836132	1,570,588	1,570,588	1,647,364		1,647,364		5.21%

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
-

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
1,647,364	5.21%

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

F&C Asset Management plc:- Client No. of voting rights % of total voting rights Registration name F&C Global Smaller Companies 1,639,487 5.18% JP Morgan Chase Remaining client holds <3%

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

13. Additional information:	Calculations based on Total Voting Rights of 31,643,650 as of 31st July 2014
14 Contact name:	Steven Davidson
15. Contact telephone name:	0131 538 6603

For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FCA website.

 

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