11th Aug 2005 12:40
Scottish Oriental Smlr Co Tst PLC11 August 2005 Notification of acquisition of Major Interests in Shares 1 Name of company: The Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies Trust PLC ("Company") 2 Name of shareholder having a major interest: The Company has been notified that Lloyds TSB Group Plc ("LTSB") is interestedin those shares held by those parties named under question 4 below. 3 Please state whether the notification indicates that it is in respect of theholding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficialinterest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18: The Company has been notified that LTSB's interest in the Company's shares isthrough those parties named under question 4 below. 4 Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them: Scottish Widows Investment Partnership - 3,350,000 shares (13.143%)Lloyds TSB Private Banking - 3,537 shares (0.014%) 5 Number of shares/amount of stock acquired: N/A 6 Percentage of issued class: N/A 7 Number of shares/amount of stock disposed: N/A 8 Percentage of issued class: N/A 9 Class of security: Ordinary shares of 25p each in the capital of the Company 10 Date of transaction: N/A 11 Date company informed: 11 August 2005 12 Total holding following this notification: LTSB is now interested by virtue of those holdings set out under question 4 above in a total of 3,353,537 shares. 13 Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification: 13.157% 14 Contact name for queries: Adrian Smith of First State Investment Management (UK) Limited 15 Contact telephone number: 0131 473 2286 16 Name of company official responsible for making notification: Adrian Smith 17 Date of notification: 11 August 2005 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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