19th Jun 2012 15:45
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
The North American Income 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
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
18 June 2012
6. Date on which issuer notified:
19 June 2012
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii
Indirect holdings increased to above 6%
8. Notified details:
n/a
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 |
Ordinary 25p SharesGB0000293620 |
1,887,978 |
1,887,978 |
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 | ||
Ordinary 25p SharesGB0000293620 | n/a | n/a | 2,130,211 | n/a | 6.797% |
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 rights2,130,211 | % of voting rights6.767% |
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable (xv):
1,962,557 shares (6.235%) are under the control of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership Group 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.
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 31,478,582
14. Contact name:
Valerie Mackenzie, Aberdeen Asset Managers Ltd
15. Contact telephone number:
0131 528 4136
Related Shares:
LloydsNorth American