Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 5922N

Standard Life UK Small.Co's Tst PLC

14 June 2010

 



TR-1i: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARESⁱ

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 qualifying 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: 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

9 June 2010

6.         Date on which issuer notified:

14 June 2010

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

5%

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
Ordinary GBP 0.25 GB0002959582	1,930,225	1,930,225

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 rightsx
		Direct	Indirect xi	Direct	Indirect
GB0002959582	n/a	n/a	3,378,723	n/a	5.3492%

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 xvii	Exercise/Conversion Period xviii	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights xix, xx
					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights 3,378,723

% of voting rights 5.3492%

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                                       607,538          0.9619%

Indirect - Giltspur Nominees Limited                                   1,771,706          2.8050%

Indirect - Four Yards Nominees Limited                                 112,000          0.1773%

Indirect - Brewin Nominees (Channel Islands) Limited               29,610         0.0469%

Indirect - BDS Nominees Limited                                          415,671          0.6580%

Indirect - Brewin Nominees Limited a/c Charity                      179,375          0.2840%

Indirect - Brewin Nominees Limited a/c Offbond                      262,823          0.4161%

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 voting rights in issue of 63,163,381.  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 Managers Ltd

15.       Contact telephone number:

            0131 528 4000

 

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