Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 6966D

Henderson Asian Growth Trust plc

18 May 2012

 



TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii				Henderson Asia Growth Trust PLC
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights					X
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					X
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii		City of London Investment Management Company Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		16 May 2012
6. Date on which issuer notified:		18 May 2012
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		18 %

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

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

GB0008710799

27,642,216

27,642,216

28,142,216

28,142,216

18.03 %

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date xiii

Exercise/ Conversion Period 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

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

28,142,216

18.03 %

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
All Voting Rights on all Shares are controlled by City of London Investment Management Limited.
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:		City of London Investment Management Company Limited
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:	16 May 201 - 2HENDERSON ASIAN GROWTH TRUST PLC Notification is given that pursuant to the authority granted at an Annual General Meeting on 19 April 2012 to make market purchases of the Company's own ordinary shares of 5p each, a market purchase of 500,000 ordinary shares in the capital of the Company was made today at a price of 157p per share. Following this purchase and cancellation there are 156,047,348 ordinary shares in issue.
14. Contact name:	Jay McKenna or Chris Weaver
15. Contact telephone number:	[e-mail] - 001-610-380-0121 OR [e-mail] - 0207 860 8329

 

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