Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 7242U

City of London Investment Trust PLC

29 June 2009

Form TR-1 with annex. FSA Version 2.1 updated April 2007

For filings with the FSA include the annex

For filings with issuer exclude the annex

TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

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

The City of London

Investment Trust plc

2. Reason for notification (yes/no)

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

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 notification obligation:

AXA S.A, 25 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris and its group of companies

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

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

21/06/2009

6. Date on which issuer notified:

22/06/2009

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

8: Notified Details

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares

If possible use 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

Percentage of voting rights

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

0199049

6,523,419

6,241,053

228,100

2.99

0.11

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ conversion period/date	No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted)	Percentage of voting rights

Total (A+B)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

6,469,153

3.10%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Name of Company	Number of shares		% of issued share capital
Axa	418,681.00		0.20079
Axa IM UK	5,798,015.00		2.78056
Axa IM UK	228,100.00		0.10939
Sun Life International (IOM) Ltd	24,357.00		0.01168

Total Direct	6,241,053		2.993.303
Total Indirect	228,100		0.10939
Total	6,469,153		3.10242
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of 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:
14 Contact name:		Kyere Tabrini
15. Contact telephone name:		020 7003 1510

For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website.

A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
Full name (including legal form of legal entities)	AXA S.A and its group of companies
Contact address (registered office for legal entities)	25 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris
Phone number & email
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable
Full name	Kyere Tabiri
Contact address	7 Newgate street, London EC1AV 7NX
Phone number & email	020 7003 1510
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)