Holding(s) in Company
December 30 2003 - 6:34AM
UK Regulatory
RNS Number:7243T
North Atlantic Smlr Co Inv Tst PLC
30 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 a
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 - 1,158,000 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
30 DECEMBER 2003
12) Total holding following this notification
1,807,474 ORDINARY SHARES
13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
14.75%
14) Any additional information
15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries
RACHEL BUTLIN - 020 7747 5680
16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification
Rachel Butlin, Company Secretary
For and on behalf of J O Hambro Capital Management Limited
as Company Secretary of North Atlantic Smaller Companies
Investment Trust PLC
Date of notification ..30 DECEMBER.2003
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