Puma High Income VCT PLC : Holding(s) in Company

 
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|TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i)                             | 
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|1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying   |                               | 
|issuer                                        |   Puma High Income VCT 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                            |      | 
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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): Transfer into Nominees                         |  X   | 
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|3. Full name of person(s) subject to  | Investec Wealth & Investment Limited  | 
|the                                   |                                       | 
|notification obligation: (iii)        |                                       | 
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|4. Full name of shareholder(s)        |                  N/A                  | 
|(if different from 3.):(iv)           |                                       | 
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|5. Date of the transaction and date on|            1(st) May 2012             | 
|which the threshold is crossed or     |                                       | 
|reached: (v)                          |                                       | 
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|6. Date on which issuer notified:     |            2(nd) May 2012             | 
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|7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or|                  3%                   | 
|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 of|Situation previous    |Resulting situation after the triggering | 
|shares       |to the triggering     |transaction                              | 
|             |transaction           |                                         | 
|if possible  +----------+-----------+---------+---------------+---------------+ 
|using        |Number    |Number     |Number   |Number of      |% of  voting   | 
|the ISIN CODE|of        |of         |of shares|voting         |rights (x)     | 
|             |Shares    |Voting     |         |rights         |               | 
|             |          |Rights     +---------+------+--------+------+--------+ 
|             |          |           |Direct   |Direct|Indirect|Direct|Indirect| 
|             |          |           |         |(xi)  |(xii)   |      |        | 
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|Ordinary     |326,420   |326,420    |         |      |528,420 |      |3.87%   | 
|Shares       |          |           |         |      |        |      |        | 
|GB00B53Y1331 |          |           |         |      |        |      |        | 
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|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 Period  |rights that may |rights       | 
|instrument     |           |(xiv)              |be              |             | 
|               |           |                   |acquired if the |             | 
|               |           |                   |instrument is   |             | 
|               |           |                   |exercised/      |             | 
|               |           |                   |converted.      |             | 
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|               |           |                   |                |             | 
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|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   | 
|financial     |price    |date      |Conversion|rights          |rights (xix,  | 
|instrument    |         |(xvii)    |period    |instrument      |xx)           | 
|              |         |          |(xviii)   |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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|528,420                              |3.87%                                   | 
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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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|Client holdings registered in the name of Nominee companies 100% owned by     | 
|Investec Wealth & Investment Limited.                                         | 
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|Proxy Voting:                                                                 | 
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|10. Name of the proxy holder:                   |                             | 
|                                                |N/A                          | 
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|11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will   |                             | 
|cease                                           |N/A                          | 
|to hold:                                        |                             | 
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|12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to    |                             | 
|hold                                            |N/A                          | 
|voting rights:                                  |                             | 
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|13. Additional information:  |N/A                                             | 
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|14. Contact name:            |Phil Beardwell Chartered FCSI                   | 
|                             |Senior Compliance Manager                       | 
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|15. Contact telephone number:|                                                | 
|                             |020 7597 1356                                   | 
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