Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 3244W
Aberdeen Asian Smaller Co's Inv Tst
24 January 2013
 



TR-1i: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARESi

 

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

Aberdeen Asian Smaller Companies Investment Trust PLC

 

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

 

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: Yes

 

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: No

 

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments: No

 

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: No

 

Other: No

 

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

Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited (and/or acting for its affiliates) as discretionary investment manager on behalf of multiple managed portfolios.

 

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

Aberdeen Asia Pacific Fund

 

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

22 January 2013

 

6.         Date on which issuer notified:

23 January 2013

 

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

13%

8.         Notified details:

 

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

 

Situation previous to the Triggering transaction

 

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

 

GB00001007674

 

4,439,920

 

4,439,920

 



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 rightsx



Direct

Indirect xi

Direct

Indirect

GB0000100767

4,389,920


4,389,920


12.08%

 

 

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








 

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 xvii

Exercise/Conversion Period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx






Nominal

Delta

Convertible Unsecured Loan Stock (CULS) GB00B7ZMLM88

830p

31/05/2019

Periods of 28 days ending on 30 November and 31 May in each year commencing November 2012 and ending May 2019

296,698

0.82%


 

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

4,686,618

% of voting rights

12.90%

 

 

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

n/a

 

Proxy Voting:

 

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:

Charles Mearns, Aberdeen Asset Managers Ltd

 

15.       Contact telephone number:

            0131 528 4132


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