Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 0591U

Standard Life UK Small.Co's Tst PLC

07 October 2010

 



TR-1i: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1.         Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached (ii):

Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust PLC

2.         Reason for the notification (please state Yes/No):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: No

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: No

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments: No

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: No

Other: Update to Total Voting Rights figure triggered this notification

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 no. 9

5.         Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or  reached (v):

6 October 2010

6.         Date on which issuer notified:

7 October 2010

7.         Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached (vi, vii):

17% - 16%

8.         Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Situation previous to the Triggering transaction (viii, ix)
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Number of shares	Number of voting rights)
Ordinary GBP0.25 GB0002959582	Number of shares 10,694,287	Number of voting Rights (x) 10,694,287

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (vii)

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of voting rights (x)
Ordinary GBP0.25 GB0002959582	10,694,287	Direct (xi) 10,694,287	Indirect (xii) -	Direct 16.78%	Indirect -

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument	Expiration Date (xiii)	Exercise/Conversion Period/ Date (xiv)	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights
n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (xv, xvi)

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)
n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights 10,694,287

% of voting rights 16.78%

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

Prudential plc (parent Company)

M&G Group Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential plc)

M&G Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Group Limited)

M&G Investment Management Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Limited)

The Prudential Assurance Company Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential plc)

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:

Calculations based on a Total Voting Rights figure of 63,722,556.

14.    Contact name:

Stuart Reid, Aberdeen Asset Management PLC, Secretaries

15.    Contact telephone number:

0131 528 4000

 

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