Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 8490S

F&C Private Equity Trust PLC

05 December 2012

 



TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

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

F&C Private Equity Trust plc

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights		X
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:	F&C Asset Management plc
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	See box 9 below
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	4th December 2012
6. Date on which issuer notified:	5th December 2012
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	19%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of Shares	Number of Voting Rights	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of  voting rights
			Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
ISIN GB0030738271 B Ordinary shs	13,848,755	13,848,755	13,348,755	-	13,348,755	-	18.47%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion Period	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
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
-					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
13,348,755	18.47%

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

F&C Asset Management plc:- Client No. of voting rights % of total voting rights Registration name Friends Provident Main Fund 10,826,081 14.98% HSBC GS Nominees Limited No other client holds over 3%

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of proxy holder:	F&C Asset Management plc
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:	Calculation based on total voting rights of 72,282,273
14 Contact name:	Steven Ross
15. Contact telephone name:	0207 628 8000

For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website.

 

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