Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 6839G

Aberdeen Japan Investment Trust PLC

31 May 2017

 

Aberdeen Japan Investment Trust PLC (the "Company")

Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 5493007LN438OBLNLM64

Information disclosed in accordance with DTR 5.1, 5.3 and 5.8

TR-1:  NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:			Aberdeen Japan Investment Trust PLC
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):	Fund repurchased shares			yes
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:		1607 Capital Partners, LLC
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):		Northern Trust              972,199 Bny Mellon              483,000 State Street              196,000
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:		May 25, 2017
6. Date on which issuer notified:		May 30, 2017
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:		11%

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 x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

GB0003920757

1,651,199

1,651,199

1,651,199

11.00%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date

Exercise/ Conversion Period

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

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

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

Same as A

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
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:
14. Contact name:	VALERIE MACKENZIE
15. Contact telephone number:	0131 528 4136

 

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