KEYSTONE INVESTMENT TRUST PLC - Holding(s) in Company

PR Newswire
London, January 7

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii

Keystone 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: iii

RATHBONE BROTHERS PLC

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv

RATHBONE BROTHERS PLC Rathbone Investment Management Ltd

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v

5th January 2016

6. Date on which issuer notified:

7th January 2016

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii

Under 5%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

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 x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

50p Ord Shares

746,300

746,300

675,813

N/A

337,907

N/A

4.999%

GB0004912068

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date xiii

Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv

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 xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/ Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

675,813

4.999%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
RATHBONE BROTHERS PLC* Rathbone Investment Management Ltd 4.99906% * Rathbone Brothers Plc is the holding company of the above
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the 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:	Total voting rights used as a denominator: 6,759,399
14. Contact name:	Nira Mistry
15. Contact telephone number:	020 3753 0691