Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 0298C

Edinburgh US Tracker Trust plc

05 November 2009

 



TR-1i: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARESi

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 qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: No

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments: No

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: No

Other: Yes - Disclosure of holdings follows the sale of Insight Investment Management Limited on 2 November 2009. This notification supersedes any notifications previously issued by Lloyds Banking Group plc.

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

Lloyds Banking Group 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

02/11/2009

6.     Date on which issuer notified:

04/11/2009

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

n/a - Direct/Indirect holdings remain above 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
Ord GBP 0.25 GB0000293620	528,665	528,665

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 rightsx
		Direct	Indirect xi	Direct	Indirect
Ord GBP 0.25	60,678	60,678	2,086,000	0.164%	5.629%

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

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 2,146,678

% of voting rights 5.793%

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

1,878,161 shares (5.068%) are under the control of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Scottish Widows Group Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Bank plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds Banking Group plc (Indirect Interests).

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 37,056,979

14.     Contact name:

Valerie Mackenzie, Aberdeen Asset Managers Ltd

15.     Contact telephone number:

           0131 528 4136

 

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