PR Newswire
London, December 4
| 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: | The European Investment Trust plc | |||
| 2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): | ||||
| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | x | |||
| 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: | Investec Wealth & Investment Limited | |||
| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): | N/A | |||
| 5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: | 3rd December 2015 | |||
| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 4th December 2015 | |||
| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: | From 16% to 15% | |||
| 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 | Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | |||||||||||
| Ordinary Shares GB0003295010 | 6,738,692 | 6,738,692 | 6,725,692 | 6,725,692 | 15.99% | ||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||
| 6,725,692 | 15.99% | ||||||||||||||
| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: | |
| Discretionary client holdings registered in the name of Nominee companies 100% owned by Investec Wealth & Investment Limited. | |
| 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: | N/A |
| 14. Contact name: | Phil Beardwell Chartered FCSI Senior Compliance Manager |
| 15. Contact telephone number: | 020 7597 1356 |
