Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 1688D

Edinburgh US Tracker Trust plc

10 September 2008

 



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 US Tracker 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: No

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: No

Other: No

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

    HBOS plc

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

    See Section 9

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

    9 September 2008

6.     Date on which issuer notified:

    10 September 2008

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

    Reduction to below 5%

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)
ISIN GB000293620  Ord GBP0.25	1,905,226	1,905,226

  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
25p Ordinary	76,779	Direct (x) 79,779	Indirect (xi) 1,774,888	Direct 0.204%	Indirect 4.720%

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 1,851,467

% of voting rights 4.924%

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

Insight Investment Management (Global) Limited* ('IIMGL') - (Indirect) - 1,799,138 (4.785%)

(*wholly owned subsidiary of HBOS plc)

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:

    Notification using the total voting rights figure of 37,599,379.  

14.     Contact name:

    Valerie MacKenzie, Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited

15.     Contact telephone number:

    0131 528 4000

 

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