Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 3122P

Edinburgh Dragon Trust plc

23 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):

Edinburgh Dragon 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: n/a

 

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: n/a

 

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

Lazard Asset Management LLC

 

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

Bank One

Mellon Trust

Northern Trust Co

PFPC Trust Co

State Street Bank – Custody Master Trust

 

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

20 March 2009

 

6.         Date on which issuer notified:

23 March 2009

 

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

9%

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)
GB0002945029	N/A	20,673,757

 

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
GB0002945029	N/A	Direct (x) N/A	Indirect (xi) 20,948,757	Direct N/A	Indirect 9.071%

 

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 20,948,757

% of voting rights 9.071%

 

 

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

Lazard Asset Management controls all the voting rights for this issuer.

 

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 Managers Ltd

 

15.    Contact telephone number:

0131 528 4136

 

 

 

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