Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 1273M

Aberdeen Smaller Co's High Inc Tst

20 August 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)

Aberdeen Smaller Companies High Income 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 instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments: No

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: No

Other (please specify): No

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

Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited (and/or acting for its affiliates) as discretionary investment manager on behalf of multiple portfolios

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

Shires Income PLC

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

19 August 2013

6.      Date on which issuer notified:

20 August 2013

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

17%

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
GB0008063728	3,800,000	3,800,000

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)
GB0008063728	Direct 3,725,000	Direct	Indirect (xi) 3,725,000	Direct	Indirect 16.85%

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

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

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights 3,725,000

% of voting rights 16.85%

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

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:

Valerie MacKenzie, Aberdeen Asset Management Ltd

15.    Contact telephone number:

0131 528 4136

 

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