ABERFORTH SMALLER COMPANIES TRUST PLC - Holding(s) in Company

PR Newswire
London, December 6

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:			Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust plc
2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
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.
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:		Legal & General Group Plc (L&G)
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):		Legal & General Assurance Society Limited (LGAS & LGPL) Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC)
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:		01 December 2016
6. Date on which issuer notified:		05 December 2016
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:		L&G (Above 3%)

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE

Situation previous to the triggering transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of Shares

Number of Voting Rights

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

% of voting rights

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

ORD GBP 0.01

Below 3%

2,971,535

2,971,535

-

3.15%

-

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date

Exercise/ Conversion Period

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

% of voting rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date

Exercise/ Conversion period

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

2,971,535

3.15%

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

Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect) (Group) (Below 5% = Total Position)
Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect) (Below 5% = Total Position)
Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM) (Below 5% = Total Position) Legal & General (Unit Trust Managers) Limited (Below 5% = UTM)
Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (2,971,535, 3.15% = LGAS, LGPL & PMC)
Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD) (PMC)	Legal & General Insurance Holdings Limited (Direct) (LGIH) (LGAS & LGPL)
Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC) (PMC)	Legal & General Assurance Society Limited (LGAS & LGPL) (LGAS & LGPL)
	Legal & General Pensions Limited (Direct) (LGPL)

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 94,403,292

14. Contact name:

David Holland, Aberforth Partners LLP

15. Contact telephone number:

0131 220 0733