BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust Plc - Holding(s) in Company
LEI: 549300MS535KC2WH4082
TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings
1. Issuer Details
ISIN
GB0006436108
Issuer
2. Reason for Notification
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation
City of registered office (if applicable)
Country of registered office (if applicable)
________________________________________________________________________ |Name |City of registered office|Country of registered| | | |office | |________________________|_________________________|_____________________| |Investec Wealth & | | | |Investment (Channel |St Peter Port |Guernsey | |Islands) | | | |________________________|_________________________|_____________________| |Investec Wealth & |London |United Kingdom | |Investment Limited | | | |________________________|_________________________|_____________________| |Rathbones Investment | | | |Management International|St Helier |Jersey | |Limited | | | |________________________|_________________________|_____________________|
4. Details of the shareholder
_________________________________________________________________________ |Name |City of registered office|Country of registered| | | |office | |_________________________|_________________________|_____________________| |Torch Nominees Limited |St Peter Port |Guernsey | |_________________________|_________________________|_____________________| |Hero Nominees Limited |St Peter Port |Guernsey | |_________________________|_________________________|_____________________| |Ferlim Nominees Limited |London |United Kingdom | |_________________________|_________________________|_____________________| |BNP Paribas Limited |London |United Kingdom | |_________________________|_________________________|_____________________| |Rathbone Nominees Limited|London |United Kingdom | |_________________________|_________________________|_____________________|
5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached
6. Date on which Issuer notified
7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation
_____________________________________________________________________________ | | |% of voting | | | | |% of voting |rights through |Total of both|Total number of| |. |rights attached|financial |in % (8.A + |voting rights | | |to shares |instruments |8.B) |held in issuer | | |(total of 8.A) |(total of 8.B 1| | | | | |+ 8.B 2) | | | |_______________|_______________|_______________|_____________|_______________| |Resulting | | | | | |situation on | | | | | |the date on |15.000000 |0.000000 |15.000000 |7073990 | |which threshold| | | | | |was crossed or | | | | | |reached | | | | | |_______________|_______________|_______________|_____________|_______________| |Position of | | | | | |previous |14.005400 |0.000000 |14.005400 | | |notification | | | | | |(if applicable)| | | | | |_______________|_______________|_______________|_____________|_______________|
8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reached
8A. Voting rights attached to shares
_____________________________________________________________________________ |Class/Type of |Number of direct|Number of |% of direct |% of indirect| |shares ISIN code|voting rights |indirect voting|voting rights|voting rights| |(if possible) |(DTR5.1) |rights |(DTR5.1) |(DTR5.2.1) | | | |(DTR5.2.1) | | | |________________|________________|_______________|_____________|_____________| |GB0006436108 | |7073990 | |15.000000 | |________________|________________|_______________|_____________|_____________| |Sub Total 8.A |7073990 |15.000000% | |________________|________________________________|___________________________|
8B1. Financial Instruments according to (DTR5.3.1R.(1) (a))
_____________________________________________________________________________ | | | |Number of voting | | |Type of |Expiration|Exercise/conversion|rights that may be |% of voting| |financial |date |period |acquired if the |rights | |instrument | | |instrument is | | | | | |exercised/converted| | |______________|__________|___________________|___________________|___________| |Sub Total 8.B1| | | | |______________|______________________________|___________________|___________|
8B2. Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to (DTR5.3.1R.(1) (b))
___________________________________________________________________________ |Type of |Expiration|Exercise/conversion|Physical or|Number of|% of voting| |financial |date |period |cash |voting |rights | |instrument| | |settlement |rights | | |__________|__________|___________________|___________|_________|___________| |Sub Total | | | | |8.B2 | | | | |__________|__________________________________________|_________|___________|
9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation
2. Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entities (please add additional rows as necessary)
___________________________________________________________________________ | | | |% of voting | | | | |% of voting |rights through |Total of both | |Ultimate |Name of |rights if it |financial |if it equals or| |controlling|controlled |equals or is |instruments if |is higher than | |person |undertaking |higher than the|it equals or is|the notifiable | | | |notifiable |higher than the|threshold | | | |threshold |notifiable | | | | | |threshold | | |___________|_______________|_______________|_______________|_______________| | |Rathbones | | | | |Rathbones |Investment |9.367800 | |9.367800% | |Group Plc |Management | | | | | |Limited | | | | |___________|_______________|_______________|_______________|_______________| | |Rathbones | | | | |Rathbones |Investment | | | | |Group Plc |Management |0.114600 | |0.114600% | | |International | | | | | |Limited | | | | |___________|_______________|_______________|_______________|_______________| |Rathbones |Investec Wealth| | | | |Group Plc |& Investment |5.468400 | |5.468400% | | |Limited | | | | |___________|_______________|_______________|_______________|_______________| | |Investec Wealth| | | | |Rathbones |& Investment |0.049300 | |0.049300% | |Group Plc |(Channel | | | | | |Islands) | | | | |___________|_______________|_______________|_______________|_______________|
10. In case of proxy voting
The number and % of voting rights held
The date until which the voting rights will be held
11. Additional Information
None
12. Date of Completion
13. Place Of Completion
Sarah Beynsberger
Contact name: for and on behalf of BlackRock Investment Management
(UK) Limited
Company Secretary
Contact Telephone Number: 0207 743 2639
Date: 11 April 2024
