Holding(s) in Company
January 27 2004 - 5:31AM
UK Regulatory
RNS Number:6747U
3i Bioscience Investment Trust PLC
27 January 2004
SCHEDULE 10
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES
1. Name of company
3i Bioscience Investment Trust plc
2. Name of shareholder having a major interest
Deutsche Bank AG
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
Deutsche Bank AG and its subsidiary companies
4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them
Registered holder Number of shares
Deutsche Bank AG London 4,556,016
Deutsche Bank AG International 10,250
Total 4,566,266
5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired
not known
6. Percentage of issued class
not known
7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed
not known
8. Percentage of issued class
not known
9. Class of security
Ordinary shares of 25p each
10. Date of transaction
not known
11. Date company informed
27 January 2004
12. Total holding following this notification
4,566,266
13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
10.21%
14. Any additional information
1. Part of this holding may relate to hedging arrangements for Deutsche Bank AG customer transactions.
2. Companies within the Deutsche Bank AG group acting as Fund Managers hold some of the shares on behalf
of a number of clients whose portfolios are managed on a discretionary basis.
15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries
Pandora Sharp - 020 7975 3228
16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification
For and on behalf of 3i plc, Secretaries to 3i Bioscience Investment Trust plc
Date of notification
27 January 2004
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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