RNS Number:2797S
New Star RBC Hedge250 IDX (1X GBP)
14 April 2008



TR-1(i): Notification of major interests in shares


1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying     NEW STAR RBC HEDGE 250 INDEX  
issuer of existing shares to which voting        Exchange Traded Securities   
rights are attached(ii)(ii):                                                  

2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or            
boxes)                                                                        

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                   

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      Royal Bank of Canada            
notification obligation(iii):                                            

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different  RBC Dain Rauscher Inc.          
from 3.)(iv):                                 Royal Bank of Canada Europe     
                                              Limited                         
                                              Royal Bank of Canada (Asia)     
                                              Limited                         
                                              Royal Bank of Canada            
                                              (Suisse)                        
                                              RBC Dominion Securities Inc.    
                                              RBC Trustees (Guernsey)         
                                              Limited                         
                                              Royal Bank of Canada Trust      
                                              Company (Jersey) Limited        
                                              Royal Bank of Canada            
                                              Investment Management          
                                              (Guernsey) Limited               
                                              Royal Bank of Canada           
                                              (Channel Islands) Limited        
                                              Royal Bank of Canada            
                                              Investment Management (U.K.)    
                                              Limited                         

5. Date of the transaction (and date on which         April 8th, 2008         
the threshold is crossed or reached if                                        
different)(v):                                                             

6. Date on which issuer notified:                     April 8th, 2008         

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or                      19%               
reached:                                                                      

8. Notified details:                                                          
                                                                              
A: Voting rights attached to shares                                                      
Class/type   Situation previous to  Resulting situation after the triggering transaction(vii) 
of shares    the Triggering (vi)                                                   
             transaction                                                         
if possible  Number of   Number of  Number of   Number of voting     % of voting rights  
using the    Shares      Voting     shares      rights ix                                
ISIN CODE                Rights     Direct      Direct x  Indirect   Direct     Indirect 
                         viii                             xi                             
Euro 1x        
GG00B1FBH479                                                                      

Sterling 1x                                                                              
GG00B1FBH693                                                                             
                                                                                         
                                                                                         
USD 1x       251,272,844 46,149,156 223,401,366     0     43,744,055     0%      19.58%                                 
GG00B1FBH701 = total                                                                   
                share                                                                    
               capital                                                                            
                                                                                         
                                                                                         
Euro 3x                                                                                  
GG00B1FBH925                                                                             
                                                                                         
                                                                                         
Sterling 3x                                                                              
GG00B1FBHF85                                                                             
                                                                                         
                                                                                         
USD 3x                                                                                   
GG00B1FBHG92 
                                                                            
B: Financial Instruments                                                                 
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction xii                                 
Type of financial  Expiration    Exercise/ Conversion   Number of voting      % of voting
instrument         date xiii     Period/ Date xiv       rights that may be    rights     
                                                        acquired if the                  
                                                        instrument is                    
                                                        exercised/ converted.            
       n/a                                                                               
                                                                                         
Total (A+B)                                                                   
Number of voting rights                % of voting rights                     

43,744,055                                 19.58%                 

 
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the    
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable xv:                     
                                                                                  
The following entities are 100% owned by Royal Bank of Canada, the                
ultimate parent company of RBC Financial Group.                                   
                     Entity                       Reportable     %                 
                                                   Holdings                        
Royal Bank of Canada (Asia) Limited                2,712,239  1.21%               
Royal Bank of Canada (Suisse)                     24,869,779 11.13%               
RBC Trustees (Guernsey) Limited                      270,274  0.12%               
Royal Bank of Canada Trust Company (Jersey)        4,985,071  2.23%               
Limited                                                                           
Royal Bank of Canada Investment Management         4,881,692  2.19%               
(Guernsey) Limited                                                                 
Royal Bank of Canada Investment Management (U.K.)  6,025,000  2.70%               
Limited                                                                         

TOTAL Reportable Holdings for RBC                 43,744,055 19.58%               

TOTAL Share Capital                              223,401,366                      
                                                                                  
                                                                                  
Proxy Voting:                                                                     

10. Name of the proxy holder:                    n/a                              

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will    n/a                              
cease to hold:                                                                    

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to     n/a                              
hold voting rights:                                                               

13. Additional information:      Although there are different share               
                                 denominations, for the purpose of this           
                                 filing the NEW STAR RBC HEDGE 250 INDEX          
                                 Exchange Traded Securities should be viewed      
                                 as one share class, hence the need to only       
                                 complete one form for disclosure.                

14. Contact name:                Laura Boshell, RBC: laura.boshell@rbc.com        

15. Contact telephone number:    Laura Boshell: +44 (0)20-7002-2429               
                                                                                  
                                                                                  

Annex Notification Of Major Interests In Shares xvi
A: Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation

Full name (including legal form for legal   Royal Bank of Canada                
entities)                                                                       

Contact address (registered office for      1 Place Ville Marie                 
legal entities)                             Montreal Quebec                     
                                            H3C 3A9                             
                                            Canada                              

Phone number                                Corporate Headquarters: +00 1(416)  
                                            974-5151                            

Other useful information (at least legal    Alternate address: 200 Bay St.      
representative for legal persons)           Toronto Ontario                     
                                            Canada                              
                                            M5J 2J5                             


B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable xvii                                 

Full name                                   Royal Bank of Canada Investment     
                                            Management (UK) Ltd.                

Contact address                             71 Queen Victoria Street, London,   
                                                                                
                                            EC4V 4DE, England                   
Phone number                                +00 44 (0)207 489-1188              

Other useful information (e.g. functional                                       
relationship with the person or legal                                           
entity subject to the notification                                              
obligation)                                                                     


C: Additional information                                                       
                                                                                

 

Notes

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(i)   This form is to be sent to the issuer or underlying issuer and
to be filed with the competent authority.


(ii)  Either the full name of the legal entity or another method
for identifying the issuer or underlying issuer, provided it is reliable and
accurate.


(iii) This should be the full name of (a) the shareholder; (b) the
person acquiring, disposing of or exercising voting rights in the cases provided
for in DTR5.2.1 (b) to (h);  (c) all the parties to the agreement referred to in
DTR5.2.1 (a), or (d) the direct or indirect holder of financial instruments
entitled to acquire shares already issued to which voting rights are attached,
as appropriate.

In relation to the transactions referred to in points DTR5.2.1 (b) to (h), the
following list is provided as indication of the persons who should be mentioned:

-     in the circumstances foreseen in  DTR5.2.1 (b), the person that
acquires the voting rights and is entitled to exercise them under the agreement
and the natural person or legal entity who is transferring temporarily for
consideration the voting rights;

-     in the circumstances foreseen in DTR 5.2.1 (c), the person
holding the collateral, provided the person or entity controls the voting rights
and declares its intention of exercising them, and person lodging the collateral
under these conditions;

-     in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1(d), the person who has
a life interest in shares if that person is entitled to exercise the voting
rights attached to the shares and the person who is disposing of the voting
rights when the life interest is created;

-     in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (e), the parent
undertaking and, provided it has a notification duty at an individual level
under DTR 5.1, under DTR5.2.1 (a) to (d) or under a combination of any of those
situations, the controlled undertaking;

-     in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (f), the deposit taker
of the shares, if he can exercise the voting rights attached to the shares
deposited with him at his discretion, and the depositor of the shares allowing
the deposit taker to exercise the voting rights at his discretion;

-     in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (g), the person  that
controls the voting rights;

-     in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (h), the proxy holder,
if he can exercise the voting rights at his discretion, and the shareholder who
has given his proxy to the proxy holder allowing the latter to exercise the
voting rights at his discretion.


(iv)  Applicable in the cases provided for in DTR 5.2.1 (b) to (h).
This should be the full name of the shareholder or holder of financial
instruments who is the counterparty to the natural person or legal entity
referred to in DTR5.2.


(v)   The date of the transaction should normally be, in the case of
an on exchange transaction, the date on which the matching of orders occurs; in
the case of an off exchange transaction, date of the entering into an agreement.


The date on which threshold is crossed should normally be the date on which the
acquisition, disposal or possibility to exercise voting rights takes effect (see
DTR 5.1.1R (3)). For passive crossings, the date when the corporate event took
effect.(DEL: :DEL)

These dates will usually be the same unless the transaction is subject to a
condition beyond the control of the parties.


(vi)  Please refer to the situation disclosed in the previous
notification, In case the situation previous to the triggering transaction was
below 3%, please state 'below 3%'.

vii If the holding has fallen below the minimum threshold , the notifying party
should not be obliged to disclose the extent of the holding, only that the new
holding is less than 3%.


For the case provided for in DTR5.2.1(a), there should be no disclosure of
individual holdings per party to the agreement unless a party individually
crosses or reaches an Article 9 threshold. This applies upon entering into,
introducing changes to or terminating an agreement.

viii  Direct and indirect

ix    In case of combined holdings of shares with voting rights
attached 'direct holding' and voting rights 'indirect holdings', please split
the voting rights number and percentage into the direct and indirect columns-if
there is no combined holdings, please leave the relevant box blank.

X     Voting rights attached to shares in respect of which the
notifying party is a direct shareholder  (DTR 5.1)

xi    Voting rights held by the notifying party as an indirect
shareholder (DTR 5.2.1)

xii   If the holding has fallen below the minimum threshold, the
notifying party should not be obliged to disclose the extent of the holding,
only that the new holding is below 3%.

xiii  date of maturity / expiration of the finical instrument i.e.
the date when the right to acquire shares ends.

xiv   If the financial instrument has such a period-please
specify the period- for example once every three months starting from the (date)

xv    The notification should include the name(s) of the controlled
undertakings through which the voting rights are held. The notification should
also include the amount of voting rights and the percentage held by each
controlled undertaking, insofar as individually the controlled undertaking holds
3% or more, and insofar as the notification by the parent undertaking is
intended to cover the notification obligations of the controlled undertaking.

xvi   This annex is only to be filed with the competent authority.

xvii  Whenever another person makes the notification on behalf of the
shareholder or the natural person/legal entity  referred to in DTR5.2 and
DTR5.3.










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