Holding(s) in Company

 
TIDMSR. 
 
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES 
 
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer          SR Europe Investment Trust 
of existing shares to which voting rights are                                      plc 
attached: 
 
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): 
 
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                        Yes 
 
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): 
 
                                                             The Royal Bank of Scotland 
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the                     Group plc 
notification obligation: 
 
 
4. Full name of shareholder(s)                               The Royal Bank of Scotland 
 (if different from 3.):                                     plc 
 
5. Date of the transaction and date on 
which the threshold is crossed or                            09/02/2012 
reached: 
 
6. Date on which issuer notified:                            10/02/2012 
 
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or                       4% 
reached: 
 
 
8. Notified details: 
 
A: Voting rights attached to shares 
 
Class/type   Situation previous             Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
of           to the triggering 
shares       transaction 
 
 
if possible  Number          Number         Number           Number of voting       % of  voting rights x 
using        of              of             of shares        rights 
the ISIN     Shares          Voting 
CODE                         Rights 
                                            Direct           Direct   Indirect      Direct    Indirect 
 
Ord GBP 0.10 
 
 
               0                0         1,315,000        1,315,000                4.73% 
GB0030668940 
 
 
 
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
 
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
 
Type of financial  Expiration      Exercise/                   Number of voting              % of voting 
instrument         date xiii       Conversion Period xiv       rights that may be            rights 
                                                               acquired if the 
                                                               instrument is 
                                                               exercised/ converted. 
 
 
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial 
Instruments 
 
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
 
Type of       Exercise price Expiration    Exercise/         Number of voting rights   % of voting rights 
financial                    date          Conversion period instrument refers to 
instrument 
 
 
                                                                                       Nominal Delta 
 
 
Total (A+B+C) 
 
Number of voting rights                            Percentage of voting rights 
 
1,315,000                                          4.73% 
 
 
 
 
 
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the 
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: 
 
The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (4.73%) 
 
The Royal Bank of Scotland plc (4.73%) 
 
 
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: 
 
 
 
                              This Notification is based upon the Voting Rights figure 
13. Additional information:   of 27,788,592 obtained from FT Interactive Data. 
 
14. Contact name:             Richard Hopkins 
 
15. Contact telephone number: 0207 672 0354 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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