RAT Rathbones Group Plc

TIDMSDU TIDMRAT

RNS Number : 5392W

Schroder UK Growth Fund PLC

19 August 2015

For filings with the FSA include the annex

For filings with issuer exclude the annex

TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

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

Schroder UK Growth Fund 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 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 notification obligation:

RATHBONE BROTHERS PLC

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

RATHBONE BROTHERS PLC

Rathbone Investment Management Ltd

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

14th August 2015

6. Date on which issuer notified:

18th August 2015

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

5%

8. Notified Details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

 
 Class/type of shares if possible use ISIN CODE   Situation previous to the triggering transaction 
 25p Ordinary Shares                              Number of shares       Number of voting rights 
 
  GB0007913485 
                                                   15,734,273             15,734,273 
 
 
 
 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
 
 
  Number of shares   Number of voting rights         % of voting rights 
  Direct             Direct          Indirect        Direct      Indirect 
 
   N/A                N/A                             N/A         4.95% 
                                      7,958,326 
 
 
 

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

 
 Type of financial      Expiration       Exercise/conversion         No. of voting              % of voting 
  instrument             date             period                      rights that may            rights 
                                                                      be acquired if 
                                                                      the instrument 
                                                                      exercised/ converted 
 
 C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying 
  Financial Instruments 
 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
 Type of          Exercise       Expiration      Exercise/     Number of voting         % of voting rights 
  financial        price          date            Conversion    rights instrument 
  instrument                                      period        refers to 
                                                                                        Nominal     Delta 
 
 

Total (A+B+C)

 
 Number of voting rights   % of voting rights 
 7,958,326                 4.95% 
 

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

RATHBONE BROTHERS PLC*

   Rathbone Investment Management Ltd                                                     4.95% 

* Rathbone Brothers Plc is the holding company of the following.

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of 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:

Total shares in Issue used as denominator is 160,652,184

14. Contact name:

John Spedding

15. Contact telephone number:

020 7658 3206

Date: 19 August 2015

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