Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 9449M

Standard Life Euro Pri Eqty Tst PLC

02 June 2010

 

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

Standard Life European Private Equity 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: No

 

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

Quilter & Co Ltd

 

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

 

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

10 May 2010

 

6. Date on which issuer notified:

11 May 2010 (notification received on 2 June due to delay in post)

 

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

Below 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
	8,059,904	8,059,904

 

 

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
		n/a	8,029,904		4.98%

 

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	n/a	n/a	n/a	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
n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	Nominal n/a	Delta n/a

 

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights 8,029,904

% of voting rights 4.98%

 

 

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

 

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:

n/a

 

14. Contact name:

Valerie Mackenzie, Aberdeen Asset Managers Ltd

 

15. Contact telephone number:

0131 528 4136

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