Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 5712I

F&C Global Smaller Companies PLC

15 March 2010

 



TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii			F&C Global Smaller Companies 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: iii		Prudential plc group of companies
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv		See attached schedule
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		11 March 2010
6. Date on which issuer notified:		12 March 2010
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		See item 13

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

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 x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

GB0000175058

2,945,105

2,945,105

2,795,105

2,795,105

6.88%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date xiii

Exercise/ Conversion Period 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

Percentage of voting rights

2,795,105

6.88%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Prudential plc (parent Company):                                                               2,795,105 = 6.88% -           Nortrust Nominee Ltd A/C MHF01 - 9,978 -           PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC - 2,755,127 -           PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC - 30,000 M&G Group Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential plc):              2,795,105 = 6.88% -           Nortrust Nominee Ltd A/C MHF01 - 9,978 -           PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM (UK) PAC AC - 2,755,127 -           PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM (UK) PPL AC - 30,000 M&G Investment Management Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Limited):                                               2,785,127 = 6.86% -           PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC - 2,755,127 -           PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC - 30,000 M&G Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Group Limited):             2,795,105 = 6.88% -           Nortrust Nominee Ltd A/C MHF01 - 9,978 -           PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC - 2,755,127 -           PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC - 30,000 The Prudential Assurance Company Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential plc):                                                2,785,127 = 6.86% -           PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC - 2,755,127 -           PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC - 30,000
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:	The notifiable position has not crossed a disclosable threshold. The notifiable position of 6.88% is an exempt holding under section 5.1.2 of the FSA's DTR Handbook. The trigger for this notification is the movement from 7.23% to 6.86% in the non-exempt holding, which makes up part of the 6.88% notifiable interest.
14. Contact name:	Debbie Fish
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7628 8000

 

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