Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 6841G

Witan Investment Trust PLC

23 November 2015

 

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			Witan Investment Trust plc
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
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):	Please refer to section 13. Additional information			x
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii		AXA Investment Managers S.A.
4. Full name of shareholder(s)    (if different from 3.):iv
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		20 November 2015
6. Date on which issuer notified:		23 November 2015
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		17.00%, 16.00%, 15.00%, 14.00%, 13.00%, 12.00%, 11.00%, 10.00%, 5.00%

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

Ordinary Shares GB0009744060

33,874,740

8,468,685

0

0

418,750

0.00%

0.84%

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

418,7501

0.84%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the 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:	Thresholds crossed downward following the transfer of Friends Life funds to Aviva Investors Global Services Limited by AXA Investment Managers on 20 November 2015. ¹Total number of voting rights calculated according to the ratio of one vote for every £1 in nominal value (ie four shares are required per vote) as disclosed by the issuer. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in Witan Investment Trust PLC is 49,802,750.
14. Contact name:	Eleanor Cranmer Frostrow Capital LLP
15. Contact telephone number:	020 3008 4613

 

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