Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 6622K
Mercantile Investment Trust(The)PLC
22 April 2010
 



 




TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi



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

 

   Mercantile Investment Trust

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights


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

X

Other (please specify):



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

16th April 2010

6. Date on which issuer notified:

19th April 2010

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

5%



 

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

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 x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

 

Ordinary Shares

GB00B0BZVZ57

Below 5%

 

 

Below 5%

 

 



4,984,883

 

 


 

5.0074%

 

 

 



B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Expiration
date
xiii

Exercise/
Conversion Period
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

Percentage of voting rights

4,984,883

5.0074%



 

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

Indirect - Brewin Nominees Limited - 603,679                                  0.6060%

Indirect - Giltspur Nominees Limited - 2,658,325                              2.6703%

Indirect - BDS Nominees Limited - 1,130,699                                   1.1358%

Indirect - Brewin Nominees Limited A/c Charity - 331,670                0.3332%

Indirect - Brewin Nominees Limited A/c Offbond - 209,340               0.2103%

Indirect - Brewin Nominees (Channel Islands) Limited - 51,170        0.0514%

 


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 shares in issue of 99,550,719. 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:

 

N/A  

15. Contact telephone number:

 

N/A  



 



 

 


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