Holding(s) in Company

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

 

 

1.   Identity of the issuer or the underlying       Invesco Perpetual UK       
issuer of existing shares       to which voting     Smaller Companies          
rights are attached (ii):                           Investment Trust plc       
                                                                               

 

2.   Reason for the notification                                    State Yes/ 
                                                                        No     
                                                                               
      An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                       Yes    
         
                                                                      
      An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may           
                                                                               
      result in the acquisiiton of shares already issued to which voting
      rights are attached             
                                                                                                                       
                                                                               
      An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                         
                                                                               
      Other (please specify): Change in issued share capital                   
                                                                               

 

3.   Full name of person(s) subject to the notification      1607 Capital Partners, 
     obligation (iii):                                       LCC                    
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
4.    Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from         BNY Mellon             
3.) (iv):                                                    3,934,451    
                                                                               
                                                             Northern Trust         
                                                             2,520,454         
                                                                               
                                                             Bank of New York       
                                                             29,000                
                                                                               
                                                             State Street           
                                                             1,043,357         
                                                                               
5.   Date of the transaction (and date on which the          5 January 2012         
threshold is crossed or reached if different) (v)                                                                  
                                                                               
                                                                                     
                                                                               
                                                                               
6.   Date on which issuer notified:                          12 January 2012         
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
7.   Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:            14%                    
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
8.   Notified details:                                                         
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                              
 

A:  Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type   Situation previous to the       Resulting situation after the     
of shares if   triggering transaction        triggering transaction (vii)      
possible                (vi)                                                   
using the                                                                      
ISIN CODE                                                                      
                                                                               
             Number of   Number of Voting    Number    Number of voting     % of voting  
              Shares      Rights (viii)        of           rights          rights     
                                             shares                                 
                                                        (ix)                      
                                                                               
                                             Direct    Direct   Indirect    Direct   Indirect
                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                               
Ord 20p shares                                                                   
GB00B1FL3C76 
                                                                                 
           7,257,262      7,257,262                            7,527,262               14.09%  
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                             

B:  Qualifying Financial Instruments

 

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii)

 

Type of     Expiration   Exercise/    Number of voting rights that may   % of  
financial      date      Conversion   be acquired if the instrument is  voting 
instrument    (xiii)    Period/Date          exercised/converted        rights 
                           (xiv)                                               
                                                                               
None                                                                           
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               

Total (A+B)                               
                                          
Number of voting rights % of voting rights
                                          
                                          
                                          
Same as A                                 
                                          


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

 

Proxy Voting:

 

10.  Name of the 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:                                  Kelly Nice               
                                                                  
15. Contact telephone number:                      0207 065 4000