Edinburgh Dragon Trust plc

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TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES(i)

1.      Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:(ii)

Edinburgh Dragon Trust plc

2.      Reason for the notification(please state Yes/No):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: Yes

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: n/a

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments: n/a

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: n/a

Other (please specify): n/a

3.      Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:(iii)

Lazard Asset Management LLC

4.      Full name of shareholder(s)(if different from 3): (iv)

Bank of New York, Inc - Dir Personal

Bank of New York, Inc - Global Custody

CIBC - Mellon Canadian office

Comerica Bank

Mellon Trust

Morgan Stanley Prime Brokerage

Northern Trust Co

State Street Bank - Custodian

State Street Bank - Master Trust

State Street - Custody Master Trust

5.      Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:(v)

8 January 2013

6.      Date on which issuer notified:

9 January 2013

7.      Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:(vi, vii)

Decrease from 11% to 10%



8.      Notified details:

A:     Voting rights attached to shares(viii, ix)

Situation previous to the Triggering transaction

Class/type of sharesif possible using the ISIN CODE


Number of
shares


Number of
voting rights

GB002945029

21,608,005

21,608,005

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction(vii)

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE

Number of
shares

Number of
voting rights

% of
voting rights (x)

GB002945029

Direct

n/a

Direct
n/a

Indirect (xi)
 21,598,321

Direct
n/a

Indirect
10.999%

B:     Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration
Date (xiii)

Exercise/
Conversion
Period/ Date (xiv)

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

% of voting rights

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

C:     Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments(xv, xvi)

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Exercise
price

Expiration
date

Exercise/
Conversion
period

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of
voting rights
(xix, xx)

-

-

-

-

-

Nominal

Delta

-

-

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

21,598,321

% of voting rights

10.999%

9.      Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

Lazard Asset Management LLC controls all the voting rights held of this issuer.

Proxy Voting:

10.    Name of the proxy holder:

n/a

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:

14.    Contact name:

Valerie MacKenzie

15.    Contact telephone number:

0131 528 4136


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