RNS Number : 6457E

Maintel Holdings PLC

14 May 2013



TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESⁱ

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii				Maintel Holdings PLC
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					No
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments					No
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights					No
Other (please specify):					No
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii		ALLIANCE TRUST PLC
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv		ALLIANCE TRUST SUSTAINABLE FUTURE UK GROWTH FUND (A SUB-FUND OF THE ALLIANCE TRUST SUSTAINABLE FUTURE ICVC)
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		10 May 2013
6. Date on which issuer notified:		13 May 2013
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		3% of voting rights.

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
GB00B046YG73	nil	325,575	nil	nil	Less than 3%	nil	Less than 3%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Expiration
date ^xiii

Exercise/
Conversion Period ^xiv

Number of voting
rights that may be
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/ converted.

% of voting
rights

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments ^{xv, xvi}

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date ^xvii

Exercise/
Conversion period ^xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights ^{xix, xx}

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Nominal

Delta

N/A

N/A

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

Less than 3%

Less than 3%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Alliance Trust PLC is the parent of Alliance Trust Asset Management Limited who is the appointed Authorised Corporate Director for the Alliance Trust Sustainable Future ICVC. These holdings were held within one of the constituent funds of this ICVC umbrella as listed in 4 above.
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:
14. Contact name:	Mr Ian Anderson, Alliance Trust PLC
15. Contact telephone number:	01382 321238

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