Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 4791U

Mercantile Investment Trust(The)PLC

14 May 2008

 



TR-1: Notification of a Major Interest in Shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:						The Mercantile Investment Trust plc
2. Reason for notification
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights									X
3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:				AXA S.A, 25 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris and its group of companies
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):				07/05/2008
6. Date on which issuer notified:				08/05/2008
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:				11%
8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares	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
	10,672,668	10,672,668	11,443,526		11,443,526		20,000	10.99		0.02
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B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ conversion period/date		No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted)	% of voting rights
Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights			% of voting rights
11,463,526			11.01%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
(See attached pdf link below) http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/4791U_-2008-5-14.pdf

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of proxy holder:
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:
14 Contact name:	Terry Marsh
15. Contact telephone name:	020 7003 2637

 

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