Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 8052U

Edinburgh Dragon Trust plc

03 January 2013

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES (i)

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

Edinburgh Dragon 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: n/a

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments: n/a

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: n/a

Other (please specify): n/a

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

Lazard Asset Management LLC

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

Bank of New York, Inc - Dir Personal

Bank of New York, Inc - Global Custody

CIBC - Mellon Canadian office

Comerica Bank

Mellon Trust

Morgan Stanley Prime Brokerage

Northern Trust Co

State Street Bank - Custodian

State Street Bank - Master Trust

State Street - Custody Master Trust

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

2 January 2013

6. Date on which issuer notified:

3 January 2013

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

Increase from 10% to 11%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares (viii, ix)

Situation previous to the Triggering transaction

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Number of shares	Number of voting rights
GB002945029	21,215,360	21,215,360

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)

GB002945029

Direct

n/a

Direct
n/a

Indirect (xi)
21,605,360

Direct
n/a

Indirect
11.003%

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 (xv, xvi)

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 (xix, xx)
-	-	-	-	-	Nominal	Delta
					-	-