ABERFORTH GEARED INCOME TRUST PLC
TR1 - NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES
1.Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of Aberforth Geared Income Trust
existing shares to which voting rights are attached: plc
2. Reason for the notification:
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights X
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments
which may result in the acquisition of shares
already issued to which voting rights are attached
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the Royal Bank of Canada
notification obligation
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from RBC Trustees (Guernsey) Limited
3.):
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the 17 March 2017
threshold is crossed or reached if different):
6. Date on which issuer notified: 22 March 2017
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 3%
8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of Situation previous to Resulting situation after the triggering
shares the Triggering transaction
if possible transaction
using the
ISIN CODE Number of Number of Number of Number of voting % of voting rights
Shares Voting Shares rights
Rights
Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
Ordinary 1p 3,756,703 3,756,703 2,551,352 - 2,551,352 - 2.33%
Shares
GB00B4TR3444
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting rights that % of voting rights
financial date Conversion may be acquired if the
instrument Period/ Date instrument is exercised/
converted.
- - - - -
C: Financial Instruments with a similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial
Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of Exercise Expiration date Number of voting rights % of voting rights
financial Price instrument refers to
instrument
- - - - -
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights % of voting rights
2,551,352 2.33%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable
RBC Trustees (Guernsey) Limited is a wholly owned indirect subsiduary of the
Royal Bank of Canada.
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder: -
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease -
to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold -
voting rights:
13. Additional information: Percentages based on total voting
rights of 109,500,000 Ordinary
Shares.
Note: RBC did not submit a filing to
the issuer when their holding was
above 3%.
14. Contact name: Gary Tait, Aberforth Partners LLP,
Secretaries
15. Contact telephone number 0131 220 0733
ABERFORTH GEARED INCOME TRUST : s) in Company
March 22, 2017 at 01:13 pm
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