Holding(s) in Company
SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) Name of company Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust plc 2) Name of shareholder having a major interest Legal & General Investment Management Limited 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 Notification is in respect of the interest of the person named in 2 above. 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd a/c 914945- 39,289 shares HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd a/c 775245- 350,000 shares HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd a/c 357206- 2,309,388 shares HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd a/c 866203- 139,000 shares HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd a/c 360509- 122,000 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 12,000 8) Percentage of issued class 0.01% 9) Class of security Ordinary Shares of 1p 10) Date of transaction 26 January 2004 11) Date company informed 27 January 2004 12) Total holding following this notification 2,959,677 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 2.99% 14) Any additional information N/A 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries David Holland - 0131 220 0733 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification David Holland for Aberforth Partners, Secretaries. Date of notification - 27 January 2004 ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2004/01/27/20040127BIT00770/wkr0001.doc http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2004/01/27/20040127BIT00770/wkr0002.pdf