Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 4830P

Standard Life UK Small.Co's Tst PLC

25 March 2009

 



APPENDIX 3

TR-1i: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

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

Standard Life UK Smaller Companies 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 event changing the breakdown of voting rights: No

Other: No

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

Brewin Dolphin Limited

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

n/a

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

19 March 2009

6.     Date on which issuer notified:

20 March 2009

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

5%

8.     Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Situation previous to the Triggering transaction (vi)
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Number of shares	Number of voting rights (viii)
Ordinary GBP0.25  GB0002959582	Number of shares Below 5%	Number of voting Rights (viii) Below 5%

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (vii)

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Number of shares	Number of voting rights (ix)		% of voting rights
Ordinary GBP0.25 GB0002959582	n/a	Direct (x) n/a	Indirect (xi) 1,675,340	Direct n/a	Indirect 5.0459%

B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii)

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

Total (A+B)

Number of voting rights 1,675,340

% of voting rights 5.0459%

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

Indirect - Brewin Nominees Limited                        227,805      0.6862%

Indirect - Giltspur Nominees Limited                       909,760      2.7401%

Indirect - Four Yards Nominees Limited                 112,000      0.3373%

Indirect - BDS Nominees Limited                            253,475      0.7634%

Indirect - Brewin Nominees Limited a/c Charity       36,000      0.1084%

Indirect - Brewin Nominees Limited a/c Offbond   136,300      0.4105%

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:

Figures based on shares in issue of 33,202,130.

The indirect voting rights under (9) relate to shares held in client portfolios, managed by those firms, under discretionary investment management agreements.

14.     Contact name:

Stuart Reid, Aberdeen Asset Management PLC, Secretaries

15.     Contact telephone number:

0131 528 4000

 

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