Angus & Ross PLC ("the Company")
Notifiable Interest
A form TR-1 containing the following information has been received by
the Company.
TR-1 notification of major interests in shares
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares
to which voting rights are attached:
Angus & Ross PLC
2. Reason for the notification
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:
RATHBONE BROTHERS PLC
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):
RATHBONE BROTHERS PLC
Rathbone Investment Management Ltd
Rathbone Unit Trust Management Ltd
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is
crossed or reached if different):
09 November 2007
6. Date on which issuer notified:
13 November 2007
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
5%
8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Class/type of shares|Situation previous to |Resulting situation after the triggering |
|if possible using |Triggering transaction|transaction |
|ISIN CODE | |Notification required under DTR transitional|
| | |provision 7 |
| |----------------------+--------------------------------------------|
| |Number of |Number of |Number |Number of voting |% of voting rights|
| |Shares |Voting |of |rights | |
| | |Rights |shares | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | |-------+-----------------+------------------|
| | | |Direct |Direct |Indirect |Direct |Indirect |
| | | | | | | | |
|--------------------+-----------+----------+-------+-------+---------+--------+---------|
|GB0009348862 |7,062,500 |7,062,500 |N/A |N/A |7,022,500|N/A |4.97% |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
B: Financial Instruments
+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
| |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Type of | Expiration | Exercise/ | Number of voting | % of |
| financial | date | Conversion | rights that may | voting |
| instrument | | Period/ | be acquired if | rights |
| | | Date | the instrument is | |
| | | | exercised/ | |
| | | | converted | |
| | | | | |
|------------+------------+------------+-------------------+--------|
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
Total (A+B)
+----------------------------------------------+
| Number of voting rights | % of voting rights |
| | |
|-------------------------+--------------------|
| 7,022,500 | 4.97% |
| | |
+----------------------------------------------+
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights
and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
RATHBONE BROTHERS PLC*
Rathbone Investment Management Ltd 0.02%
Rathbone Unit Trust Management Ltd 4.95%
*Rathbone Brothers Plc is holding the company of the following.
10. Name of the Proxy holder:
N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
N/A
13. Additional information:
N/A
14. Contact name:
N/A
15. Contact telephone number:
N/A
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