Holding(s) in Company

 

TIDMSTS TIDM41PZ 
 
RNS Number : 9048S 
Securities Trust of Scotland PLC 
17 September 2010 
 

 
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| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES                                   | 
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the           |  Securities Trust of Scotland Plc   | 
| underlying issuer                          |                                     | 
| of existing shares to which voting rights  |                                     | 
| are                                        |                                     | 
| attached:                                  |                                     | 
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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                             |  Yes   | 
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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   |                           Deutsche Bank AG | 
| to the                              |                                            | 
| notification obligation:            |                                            | 
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s)      |                                            | 
|  (if different from 3.):            |                                            | 
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| 5. Date of the transaction and date |                                 15/09/2010 | 
| on                                  |                                            | 
| which the threshold is crossed or   |                                            | 
| reached:                            |                                            | 
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified:   |                                 16/09/2010 | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed |               Crossed 5% Aggregate Holding | 
| or                                  |                                            | 
| reached:                            |                                            | 
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| 8. Notified details:                                                                                                                                           | 
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| A: Voting rights attached to shares                                                                                                                            | 
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| Class/type of  | Situation previous                              | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                        | 
| shares         | to the triggering                               |                                                                                             | 
| if possible    | transaction                                     |                                                                                             | 
| using          |                                                 |                                                                                             | 
| the ISIN CODE  |                                                 |                                                                                             | 
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|                | Number                  | Number                | Number    | Number of                  | % of  voting rights                                | 
|                | of                      | of                    | of        | voting                     |                                                    | 
|                | Shares                  | Voting                | shares    | rights                     |                                                    | 
|                |                         | Rights                |           |                            |                                                    | 
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|                |                         |                       |           | Direct         | Indirect  | Direct                              | Indirect     | 
|                |                         |                       |           |                |           |                                     |              | 
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| GB00B09G3N23   | Below 5%                | Below 5%              | 5,041,692 | 123,208        | 4,918,484 | 0.122%                              | 4.881%       | 
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| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                                                                                            | 
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                                                                           | 
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| Type of financial      | Expiration                      | Exercise/                     | Number of voting                                | % of voting       | 
| instrument             | date                            | Conversion Period             | rights that may                                 | rights            | 
|                        |                                 |                               | be                                              |                   | 
|                        |                                 |                               | acquired if the                                 |                   | 
|                        |                                 |                               | instrument is                                   |                   | 
|                        |                                 |                               | exercised/                                      |                   | 
|                        |                                 |                               | converted.                                      |                   | 
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| C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                                      | 
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                                                                           | 
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| Type of      | Exercise price | Expiration date               | Exercise/    | Number of voting                           | % of voting rights                 | 
| financial    |                |                               | Conversion   | rights instrument                          |                                    | 
| instrument   |                |                               | period       | refers to                                  |                                    | 
|              |                |                               |              |                                            |                                    | 
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|              |                |                               |              |                                            | Nominal                | Delta     | 
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| Total (A+B+C)                                                                                                                                                  | 
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| Number of voting rights                                                    | Percentage of voting rights                                                       | 
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| 5,041,6952                                                                 | 5.003%                                                                            | 
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| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or  | 
| the                                                                         | 
| financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:                  | 
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| 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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| 13. Additional information:          |                                          | 
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| 14. Contact name:                    |                Dirk Young                | 
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| 15. Contact telephone number:        |            [phone]              | 
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