TIDMAIF TIDMRAT
RNS Number : 5232Z
Acorn Income Fund Ld
23 September 2009
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| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES |
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the | Acorn Income Fund Limited |
| underlying issuer of existing shares to | |
| which voting rights are attached: | |
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| 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): |
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| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | X |
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| An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which | |
| may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which | |
| voting rights are attached | |
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| An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic | |
| effect to qualifying financial instruments | |
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| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights | |
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| Other (please | | |
| specify): | | |
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| 3. Full name of person(s) subject to | Rathbone Brothers PLC |
| the notification obligation: | |
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if | Rathbone Brothers PLC |
| different from 3.): | Rathbone Investment Management |
| | Ltd |
| | Rathbone Investment Management |
| | International Limited |
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| 5. Date of the transaction and date | 18 September 2009 |
| on which the threshold is crossed | |
| or reached: | |
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 23 September 2009 |
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed | 5% |
| or reached: | |
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| 8. Notified details: |
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| A: Voting rights attached to shares |
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| Class/type of | Situation previous | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
| shares | to the triggering | |
| if possible | transaction | |
| using | | |
| the ISIN CODE | | |
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| | Number | Number | Number | Number of voting | % of voting rights |
| | of | of | of | rights | |
| | Shares | Voting | shares | | |
| | | Rights | | | |
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| | | | Direct | Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect |
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| GB0004829437 | 422,900 | 422,900 | 468,100 | N/A | 468,100 | N/A | 5.24% |
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| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments |
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
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| Type of financial | Expiration | Exercise/ | Number of voting | % of voting |
| instrument | date | Conversion | rights that may be | rights |
| | | Period | acquired if the | |
| | | | instrument is | |
| | | | exercised/ | |
| | | | converted. | |
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| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
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| C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial |
| Instruments |
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
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| Type of | Exercise | Expiration | Exercise/ | Number of | % of voting |
| financial | | | Conversion | voting | rights |
| instrument | price | date | | rights | |
| | | | period | instrument | |
| | | | | refers to | |
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| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Nominal | Delta |
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| Total (A+B+C) |
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| Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights |
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| 468,100 | 5.24% |
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| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the |
| financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: |
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| Rathbone Brothers PLC* |
| Rathbone Investment Management Limited 5.18% |
| Rathbone Investment Management International Limited 0.06% |
| *Rathbone Brothers Plc is the holding company of the following |
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| Proxy Voting: |
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| 10. Name of the proxy holder: | N/A |
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| 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder | N/A |
| will cease to hold: | |
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| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease | N/A |
| to hold voting rights: | |
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| 13. Additional information: | Total shares in issue figure |
| | used is 8,939,790 |
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| 14. Contact name: | Anson Fund Managers Limited |
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| 15. Contact telephone number: | 01481 722 260 |
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