Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 2616A

British Assets Trust PLC

28 March 2012

 



TR-1:               notification of major interests in shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:					British Assets 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 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):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:					AXA Investment Managers SA
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):					08/02/2012
6. Date on which issuer notified:					10/02/2012 +12/03/12
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:					14%
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[i]
	Number of Shares	Number of Voting Rightsi	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of voting rights
			Direct	Direct  x	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB0001297562	43,177,177	43,177,177	0	0	40,362,177	0	13.86

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument		Expiration date		Exercise/ Conversion  Period/ Date			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						% of voting rights
40,362,177						13.86%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

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:	Following the disaggregation exemption notified to the FSA under the Disclosure and Transparency Rules on 17th October 2011, AXA SA and its subsidiary notifying Group entities, acting independently from their parent and from each other, no longer have any reportable holdings in British Assets Trust PLC on a Group aggregated basis. However, AXA Investment Managers SA has a holding of 13.86% and 40,362,177 shares on a Group disaggregated basis as an independent Group subsidiary.
14. Contact name:	Steven Ross
15. Contact telephone number:	0207 628 8000

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