Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 0267T

Witan Investment Trust PLC

21 September 2010

 



TR-1	Notification of a Major Interest in Shares
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached		WITAN INVESTMENT TRUST PLC
2. Reason for Notification
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the aquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached.
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other: Following the sale of part of the AXA Life Insurance business to Resolution PLC, changes have been made to the direct and indirect holdings							X
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the 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 the transaction and date in which threshold is      crossed or reached				15/09/2010
6. Date on which issuer notified				21/09/2010
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:				3%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class or Type of shares	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		% of voting rights
			Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
	35,790,812	35,790,812	1,342,598	1,342,598	34,382,614	0.68	17.46
974406
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after triggering transaction
Type of Financial Instrument	Expiration date	Exercise / conversion period	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 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
35,725,212			18.14%
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 Tabiri
15. Contact telephone number		020 7003 1510

 

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