Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 5847A

Schroder AsiaPacific Fund PLC

20 February 2014

 



For filings with the FSA include the annex

For filings with issuer exclude the annex

TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

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

Schroder AsiaPacific Fund Plc

2. Reason for the notification

(please place an X inside the appropriate bracket/s):

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 acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: (  )

Other (please specify): (  )

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

Lazard Asset Management LLC

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

Bank of New York, Inc - Dir Personal

Bank of New York, Inc - Global Custody

JP Morgan Chase - SWIFT

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 transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):

19 February 2014

6. Date on which issuer notified:

20 February 2014

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

Increase from 7% to 8%

8. Notified Details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares if possible use ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the triggering transaction
Ordinary Shares GB0007918872	Number of shares 13,597,041	Number of voting rights 13,237,495

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

	Number of shares	Number of voting rights				% of voting rights
	Direct	Direct	Indirect 13,587,495			Direct	Indirect 8.019%

B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/conversion period	No. of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument 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	% of voting rights
13,587,495	8.019%

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 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:

John Spedding

Schroder Investment Management Limited

15. Contact telephone number:

020 7658 3206

    Date:  20 February 2014

 

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