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Scottish Investment Trust PLC03 January 2008 TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to whichvoting rights are attached: The Scottish Investment trust PLC 2. Reason for the notification (please place an X inside the appropriate bracket/s): An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: ( ) An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in theacquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: ( ) An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: ( X ) Other (please specify) : ( ) ................. 3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation: Lloyds TSB Group Plc 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3) : Perry Nominees Ltd Boltro Nominees Ltd Lloyds Bank (PEP) Nominees Ltd State Street Nominees Ltd 5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached ifdifferent): 2 January 2008 6. Date on which issuer notified: 3 January 2008 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: Reached 3% 8. Notified Details: A: Voting rights attached to shares Class/type of shares if possible Situation previous to the triggering transactionuse ISIN CODE Number of shares Number of voting rights Ord stock units of 25p 3,981,364 995,341 GB0007826091 Resulting situation after the triggering transactionClass/type of shares if Number of shares Number of voting rights % of voting rightspossible use ISIN CODE Direct Indirect Direct Indirect Ord stock units of 25p 3,981,364 995,341 3.002 GB0007826091 B: Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Type of Expiration date Exercise/conversion No. of voting rights that % of voting rightsfinancial period/date may be acquired (if theinstrument instrument exercised/ converted) Total (A+B)Number of voting rights % of voting rights 995,341 3.002 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable : 201,573 Ord stock units of 25p are held by Perry Nominees Ltd, a wholly ownedsubsidiary of Lloyds TSB Bank Plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB GroupPlc. 6,163 Ord stock units of 25p are held by Boltro Nominees Ltd, a wholly ownedsubsidiary of Lloyds TSB Bank Plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB GroupPlc. 67,834 ord stock units of 25p are held by Lloyds Bank (PEP) Nominees Ltd, awholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Bank Plc, a wholly owned subsidiary ofLloyds TSB Group Plc. 3,705,794 ord stock units of 25p are held by State Street Nominees Ltd. Thestock units are under the control of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership Ltd,a wholly owned subsidiary of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership Group Ltd, awholly owned subsidiary of Scottish Widows Group Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiaryof Lloyds TSB Bank Plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Group Plc. Proxy Voting: 10. Name of proxy holder: ................. 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: ................. 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: ................. 13. Additional information: ................. 14. Contact name: Steven Hay Company Secretary 15. Contact telephone number: 0131 225 7781 Annex: Notification of major interests in shares A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notificationobligation Full name (including legal form of legal entities): The Scottish Investment Trust PLC Contact address (registered office for legal entities): 6 Albyn Place, Edinburgh, EH2 4NL Phone number & email: 0131 225 7781 Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons): Based on total voting rights of 33,160,778 B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable Full name: Lloyds TSB Central Disclosure Unit Contact address: 2nd Floor, 31/33 Perrymount Road, Haywards Heath, West Sussex, RH16 3SP Phone number & email: +44 (0) 1444 418127 [email protected] Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legalentity subject to the notification obligation): ................. C: Additional information : ................. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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