THE INVESTMENT COMPANY PLC - Holding(s) in Company

PR Newswire

London, June 3

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer
of existing shares to which voting rights are
attached:		 The Investment Company plc
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
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): Change in our Terms & Conditions restricting the exercise of Voting Rights to Discretionary client holdings X
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the
notification obligation:
Investec Wealth & Investment Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s)
 (if different from 3.):

N/A
5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or
reached:		 1st June 2015
6. Date on which issuer notified: 3rd June 2015
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached: 		3%

   

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of
shares

if possible using
the ISIN CODE		 Situation previous
to the triggering
transaction		 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number
of
Shares		 Number
of
Voting
Rights		 Number
of shares		 Number of voting
rights		 % of  voting rights
Direct Direct Indirect Direct Indirect

Ordinary Shares		 185,434 185,434 159,787 159,787 3.37%
GB0004658257
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial
instrument		 Expiration
date 		Exercise/
Conversion Period 		Number of voting
rights that may be
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/ converted.		 % of voting
rights
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial
instrument		 Exercise price Expiration date Exercise/
Conversion period 		Number of voting rights instrument refers to % of voting rights
Nominal Delta
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights
159,787 3.37%

   

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

Discretionary client holdings registered in the name of Nominee companies 100% owned by Investec Wealth & Investment Limited.
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the 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:
N/A
14. Contact name:
Phil Beardwell Chartered FCSI
Senior Compliance Manager
15. Contact telephone number:
020 7597 1356