Holding(s) in Company
15 December 2003 - 8:43PM
UK Regulatory
RNS Number:2443T
North Atlantic Smlr Co Inv Tst PLC
15 December 2003
SCHEDULE 10
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES
1) Name of company
NORTH ATLANTIC SMALLER COMPANIES INVESTMENT TRUST PLC
2) Name of shareholder having a major interest
HBOS plc
3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a
non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a
holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18
AS ABOVE
4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
number of shares held by each of them
MORGAN STANLEY QUILTER NOMINEES LTD - 15,474 SHARES
HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEES (UK) LTD - 634,000 SHARES
NORTRUST NOMINEES LIMITED - 1,553,000 SHARES
5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired
N/A
6) Percentage of issued class
N/A
7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed
NOT DISCLOSED
8) Percentage of issued class
NOT DISCLOSED
9) Class of security
ORDINARY SHARES OF 5p
10) Date of transaction
NOT DISCLOSED
11) Date company informed
15 DECEMBER 2003
12) Total holding following this notification
2,202,474 ORDINARY SHARES
13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
17.97%
14) Any additional information
15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries
BONITA DRYDEN - 020 7747 5681
16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification
Date of notification ..15 DECEMBER.2003
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