Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 1044V

Witan Investment Trust PLC

22 May 2008

 



TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:		Witan Investment Trust plc
2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
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):______________			x
3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:	AXA S.A, 25 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris and its group of companies
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	20/05/2008
6. Date on which issuer notified:	21/05/2008
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	16%

8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares If possible use 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		Percentage of voting rights
				Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
0974406	35,178,475	35,178,475	34,942,475	34,942,475	236,000	16.00		0.11

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ conversion period/date	No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted)	Percentage of voting rights

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights		Percentage of voting rights
35,178,475		16.11%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Name of the company/fund	Number of Shares		% of issued share capital
AXA Sun Life plc (fmly Axa Equity & Law Life Assurance Society plc) Direct	87,912		0.04026
Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd A/c X Direct	26,000,354		11.90842
PPP Healthcare Group plc Direct	13,275		0.00608
Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd  Direct	75,000		0.03435
Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd A/c Direct	6,345,000		2.90607
Sun Life Assurance Society Plc Direct	45,000		0.02061
AXA Insurance UK Direct	87,000		0.03985
AXA UK Group Pension Scheme Indirect	15,000		0.00687
Sun Life International (IOM) Ltd Direct	1,300,000		0.59541
Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd Direct	22,400		0.01026
Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd Direct	38,350		0.01756
Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd LTAV UK Equity Direct	85,000		0.03893
Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd FTSE All Share Tracker  Direct	37,262		0.01707
Sun Life Pensions Management LTAV UK Equity Direct	315,000		0.14427
Sun Life Pensions Management FTSE All Share Tracker  Direct	204,237		0.09354
Framlington onshore private clients Indirect	11,000		0.00504
AXA Winterthur Direct	57,917		0.02653
AXA Sun Life With Profits Passive Direct	144,053		0.06598
AXA Sun Life With Profits Passive Direct	84,715		0.03880
Axa UK Distribution OEIC Indirect	210,000		0.09618
Total Direct	34,942,475		16.00400
Total Indirect	236,000		0.10809
TOTAL	35,178,475		16.11209

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:
14 Contact name:	Terry Marsh
15. Contact telephone name:	020 7003 2637

Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer

Annex: Notification of major interests in shares

A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
Full name  (including legal form of legal entities)
Contact address  (registered office for legal entities)
Phone number & email
Other useful information  (at least legal representative for legal persons)

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable
Full name
Contact address
Phone number & email
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)

C: Additional information

 

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