Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 2932T

Edinburgh Dragon Trust plc

11 December 2012

 



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)

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 acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments: n/a

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

Other (please specify): n/a

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

City of London Investment Management Company 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)

7 December 2012

6.      Date on which issuer notified:

11 December 2012

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

Below 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
GB002945029	10,148,601	10,148,601

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)
GB002945029	Direct 9,438,601	Direct n/a	Indirect (xi) 9,438,601	Direct n/a	Indirect 4.81%

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
n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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 9,438,601

% of voting rights 4.81%

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

All Voting Rights on all Shares are controlled by City of London Investment Management Limited

Proxy Voting:

10.    Name of the proxy holder:

City of London Investment Management Company Limited

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:

RNS Number : 3376L

Edinburgh Dragon Trust plc

03 September 2012

In accordance with the Financial Services Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules, the total number of ordinary shares of 20p of the Company in issue at 31 August 2012 is 196,350,842. One ordinary share carries the right to one vote at a general meeting and therefore the total voting rights are 196,360,259.

14.    Contact name:

Valerie MacKenzie

15.    Contact telephone number:

0131 528 4136

 

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