Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 3351E

RIT Capital Partners PLC

17 December 2009

 



TR-1:   notification of major interests in shares 

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:					RIT Capital Partners 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 financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):___________________________________________
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:					Saffery Champness ("SC")
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):					Saffery Champness Trust Corporation ("SCTC") Rysaffe Trustee Company (C.I.) Limited  ("RTC")
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):					16 December 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:					16 December 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:					Not Applicable
8. Notified details:					Voting rights as at 16 December 2009
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 viii	Number of shares	Number of voting rights ix			% of voting rights
				Direct	Direct  x		Indirect xi	Direct	Indirect
Ordinary		11964,484	11964,484	10,947,966			10947,966		7%

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

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights		% of voting rights
10,947,966		7%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable xv:
SCTC is the controlled undertaking of Saffery Champness Holdings Limited ("SCH") and holds 10,946,541 voting rights. This is a direct holding of 7%. SCH is the controlled undertaking of SC. RTC is the controlled undertaking of SCH and holds less than 3% of voting rights directly. This notification is alos intended to cover the notification obligations of SCTC and SCH.

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:	N/A
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:	Holding relates to shares held as trustee. Other trustees will notify separately if necessary.
14. Contact name:	Helen Green
15. Contact telephone number:	01481 721374

  Annex Notification Of Major Interests In Shares xvi

A: Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
Full name (including legal form for legal entities)	Saffery Champness
Contact address (registered office for legal entities)	PO Box 141 La Tonnelle House Les Banques St Sampson Guernsey GY1 3HS
Phone number	Please see below
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)	Helen Green

B:     Identity of the notifier, if applicable xvii
Full name	Helen Green
Contact address	Saffery Champness PO Box 141 La Tonnelle House Les Banques St Sampson Guernsey GY1 3HS
Phone number	01481 721374
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)	Director of SCTC

C:    Additional information

Notes 

 

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