21st Mar 2006 17:03
Merrill Lynch Br. SmallerCo Tst PLC21 March 2006 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) Name of company: Merrill Lynch British Smaller Companies Trust plc 2) Name of shareholder having a major interest: Prudential plc and certain of its subsidiary companies 3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect ofholding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of anon-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is aholding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18: In respect of 2 above 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, thenumber of shares held by each of them: Registered Holder HoldingPrudential plc PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC 2,754,755 PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PHL AC 185,169 PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC 80,000 The Prudential Assurance PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC 2,754,755Company Limited PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC 80,000 5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired: not known 6) Percentage of issued class: not known 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed since last notification: not known 8) Percentage of issued class: not known 9) Class of security: Ordinary shares of 25p each 10) Date of transaction: not known 11) Date company informed: 20 March 2006 12) Total holding following this notification: 3,019,924 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification: 5.97% 14) Any additional information: N/A 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries: Miss C Driscoll - 020 7743 2427 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible formaking this notification: Miss C DriscollFor Merrill Lynch Investment Managers Group Services LimitedSecretary 17) Date of notification: 21 March 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust PLCPrudential