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By PR Newswire

PR Newswire

London, March 22

TR1 - NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1.Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:					Aberforth Geared Income Trust 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 notification obligation					Royal Bank of Canada
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):					RBC Trustees (Guernsey) Limited
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):					17 March 2017
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 shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the Triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of Shares	Number of Voting Rights	Number of Shares	Number of voting rights			% of voting rights
				Direct		Indirect	Direct	Indirect
Ordinary 1p Shares GB00B4TR3444	3,756,703	3,756,703	2,551,352	-		2,551,352	-	2.33%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion Period/ Date		Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.		% of voting rights
-	-	-		-		-


C: Financial Instruments with a similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise Price	Expiration date		Number of voting rights instrument refers to		% of voting rights
-	-	-		-		-

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