ENG Elec.& Gen.It

TIDMENG

RNS Number : 7999K

Electric & General Inv Tst PLC

21 July 2011

TR-1(i): NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

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

ELECTRIC & GENERAL INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

2. Reason for the notification (please place an X inside the appropriate bracket/s):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: ( X )

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: ()

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: ()

Other (please specify): ()

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation (iii):

Weiss Asset Management LP

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

Brookdale International Partners LP, Brookdale Global Opportunity Fund

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

19 July 2011

6. Date on which issuer notified:

20 July 2011

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

>13%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

 
 Class/type of shares if 
 possible using the ISIN      Situation previous to the Triggering transaction 
 CODE                                               (vi) 
                                                    Number of voting Rights 
                              Number of shares      (viii) 
      Ordinary Shares 
        GB0003090197                59,550                    59,550 
 

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (vii)

 
Class/type of 
 shares if possible 
 using the ISIN       Number of  Number of voting    % of voting 
 CODE                  shares     rights              rights (x) 
                                 Direct   Indirect 
                                  (xi)     (xii)     Direct  Indirect 
  Ordinary Shares 
    GB0003090197       59,550    59,550      N/A      0.1%     N/A 
 

B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii)

 
 Type of       Expiration     Exercise/Conversion   Number of      % of voting 
  financial     Date (xiii)    Period (xiv)         voting          rights 
  instrument                                        rights that 
                                                    may be 
                                                    acquired if 
                                                    the 
                                                    instrument 
                                                    is 
                                                    exercised/ 
                                                    converted. 
     N/A           N/A                N/A               N/A            N/A 
 

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

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

 
                                                       Number of 
                                         Exercise/     voting 
 Type of                   Expiration     Conversion   rights       % of voting 
 financial     Exercise    date           period       instrument    rights (xix, 
 instrument     price      (xvii)         (xviii)      refers to     xx) 
                                                                    Nominal   Delta 
     CFD          N/A          N/A           N/A       8,760,851     13.4%      1 
 

Total (A+B+C)

 
 Number of voting rights   % of voting rights 
  8,820,401                 13.5% 
 

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

Brookdale International Partners, L.P: 6,174.282 (9.45%)

Brookdale Global Opportunity Fund: 2,646,119 (4.05%)

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:

Georgiy Nikitin

15. Contact telephone number:

+1-617-778-7725

Date: 21 JULY 2011

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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