Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 4304I

Standard Life UK Small.Co's Tst PLC

14 June 2011

 



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: Yes

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: No

3.         Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation (iii):

Henderson Global Investors

4.         Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) (iv):

n/a

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

31 March 2011

6.         Date on which issuer notified:

8 June 2011

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

6%

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 2,500,000	Number of voting Rights (x) 2,500,000

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	-	Direct (xi) -	Indirect (xii) 2,500,000	Direct -	Indirect 3.87%

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)
					Nominal	Delta
Convertible Loan Stock 3.5% 31/03/18	n/a	n/a	n/a	1,800,000	2.79%

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights 4,300,000

% of voting rights 6.66%

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

n/a

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:

n/a

14.    Contact name:

Stuart Reid, Aberdeen Asset Management PLC, Secretaries

15.    Contact telephone number:

0131 528 4000

 

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