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ABERFORTH SMALLER COMPANIES TRUST PLC - Holding(s) in CompanyABERFORTH SMALLER COMPANIES TRUST PLC - Holding(s) in Company
PR Newswire
London, December 6
| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES | ||||
| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof existing shares to which voting rights areattached: | Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust plc | |||
| 2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): | ||||
| 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. | ||||
| An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments | ||||
| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights | ||||
| Other (please specify): | ||||
| 3. Full name of person(s) subject to thenotification obligation: | Legal & General Group Plc (L&G) | |||
| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): | Legal & General Assurance Society Limited (LGAS & LGPL)Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC) | |||
| 5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached: | 01 December 2016 | |||
| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 05 December 2016 | |||
| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached: | L&G (Above 3%) | |||
| 8. Notified details: | ||||||||||||||||||
| A: Voting rights attached to shares | ||||||||||||||||||
| Class/type ofsharesif possible usingthe ISIN CODE | Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||||||||||||
| NumberofShares | NumberofVotingRights | Numberof shares | Number of votingrights | % of voting rights | ||||||||||||||
| Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | |||||||||||||||
| ORD GBP 0.01 | Below 3% | 2,971,535 | 2,971,535 | - | 3.15% | - | ||||||||||||
| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||||||||||||||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||||||||||||||
| Type of financialinstrument | Expirationdate | Exercise/Conversion Period | Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted. | % of votingrights | ||||||||||||||
| C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||||||||||||||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||||||||||||||
| Type of financialinstrument | Exercise price | Expiration date | Exercise/Conversion period | Number of voting rights instrument refers to | % of voting rights | |||||||||||||
| Nominal | Delta | |||||||||||||||||
| Total (A+B+C) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights | |||||||||||||||||
| 2,971,535 | 3.15% | |||||||||||||||||
| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Proxy Voting: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10. Name of the proxy holder: | N/A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will ceaseto hold: | N/A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to holdvoting rights: | N/A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 13. Additional information: | Notification using the total voting rights figure of 94,403,292 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14. Contact name: | David Holland, Aberforth Partners LLP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15. Contact telephone number: | 0131 220 0733 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||