25 Jul 2014 11:40

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TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES |
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1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: |
F&C Private Equity Trust plc |
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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 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): |
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3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: Â | Bank of Montreal (previously disclosed as F&C Asset Management plc) |
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): Â | Â See box 9 below |
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: Â | Â 23 July 2014 |
6. Date on which issuer notified: Â | Â 25 July 2014 |
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: Â | Â 15% 14% 13% 12% 11% 10% 5% |
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8. Notified details: | |||||||
A: Voting rights attached to shares  | |||||||
Class/type ofshares if 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 | Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | |||
ISIN GB0030738271 Ordinary shs  | 11,051,081 | 11,051,081 | 2,779,650 | - | 2,779,650 | - | 3.85% |
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B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction  | ||||
Type of financialinstrument | Expirationdate | Exercise/ConversionPeriod | Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted. Â | % of votingrights |
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C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction  | ||||||
Type of financialinstrument | Exerciseprice | Expirationdate | Exercise/Conversionperiod | Number of votingrights instrumentrefers to | % of voting rights  | |
 - | Nominal | Delta  | ||||
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Total (A+B+C) Â | |
Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights |
2,779,650 Â | 3.85% Â |
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9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: | ||||||||||||||||
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Proxy Voting: Â | |
10. Name of proxy holder: Â | F&C Management Limited (Part of BMO Financial Group) |
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: Â | |
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: Â |
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13. Additional information: Â | Calculation based on total voting rights of 72,282,273 |
14 Contact name: Â | Steven Ross |
15. Contact telephone name: Â | 020 7628 8000 |
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For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FCA website.