TIDMMRC TIDMRAT

RNS Number : 5588D

Mercantile Investment Trust(The)PLC

07 July 2016

 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i) 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying                                    The Mercantile Investment Trust 
  issuer                                                                                      plc 
  of existing shares to which voting rights 
  are 
  attached: (ii) 
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 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): 
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 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                P 
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 An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments 
  which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to 
  which voting rights are attached 
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 An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic 
  effect to qualifying financial instruments 
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 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights 
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 Other (please 
  specify): 
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 3. Full name of person(s) subject                                                   RATHBONE BROTHERS PLC 
  to the 
  notification obligation: (iii) 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s)                                                    RATHBONE BROTHERS PLC 
  (if different from 3.):(iv)                                              Rathbone Investment Management Limited 
                                                                        Rathbone Investment Management International 
                                                                                          Limited 
                                                                             Rathbone Unit Trust Management Ltd 
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 5. Date of the transaction and date                                                    05/07/2016 
  on 
  which the threshold is crossed 
  or 
  reached: (v) 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified:                                                      07/07/2016 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed                                                       >10% 
  or 
  reached: (vi, vii) 
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 8. Notified details: 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares (viii, ix) 
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 Class/type     Situation previous                  Resulting situation after the triggering 
 of              to the triggering                   transaction 
 shares          transaction 
 
 if possible 
 using 
 the ISIN 
 CODE 
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                Number            Number            Number          Number of voting        % of voting rights 
                 of                of                of shares       rights                  (x) 
                 Shares            Voting 
                                   Rights 
-------------  ----------------  ----------------  --------------  ----------------------  --------------------------- 
                                                    Direct          Direct     Indirect     Direct        Indirect 
                                                                    (xi)        (xii) 
-------------      ------------    ------------    --------------  ---------  -----------  ------------  ------------- 
 25p Ordinary 
                                                                              ----------- 
 GB0005794036      9,410,714         9,410,714        9,416,994       N/A      9,416,994        N/A         10.004% 
-------------  ----------------  ----------------  --------------  ---------  -----------  ------------  ------------- 
 
 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of            Expiration      Exercise/                         Number of voting          % of voting 
 financial           date (xiii)     Conversion                        rights that may           rights 
 instrument                          Period (xiv)                      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 (xv, xvi) 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of          Exercise        Expiration      Exercise/         Number of voting          % of voting rights 
 financial         price          date (xvii)     Conversion         rights instrument         (xix, xx) 
 instrument                                       period             refers to 
                                                  (xviii) 
---------------  --------------  --------------  ----------------  ------------------------  ------------------------- 
                                                                                              Nominal       Delta 
-------------                                                                                ------------  ----------- 
 N/A              N/A             N/A             N/A               N/A 
---------------  --------------  --------------  ----------------  ------------------------  ------------  ----------- 
 
 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights                              Percentage of voting rights 
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                     9,416,994                                                    10.004% 
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 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or 
  the 
  financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: (xxi) 
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   RATHBONE BROTHERS PLC* 
   Rathbone Investment Management Ltd 9.866% 
   Rathbone Investment Management International Limited 0.053% 
   Rathbone Unit Trust Management Ltd 0.086% 
 
   * Rathbone Brothers Plc is the holding company of the following. 
 
 Proxy Voting: 
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 10. Name of the proxy holder: 
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 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will 
  cease 
  to hold: 
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 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to 
  hold 
  voting rights: 
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                                                                           Total shares in Issue used as denominator 
  13. Additional information:                                                                 is 
 
                                                                                          94,124,218 
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 14. Contact name:                                                           Simon Walker - COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT 
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 15. Contact telephone number:                                                           0151 243 7639 
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