Notification of Major Interest in Shares

RNS Number : 3967E

Vietnam Enterprise Investments Ltd

18 July 2016

COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT

For Immediate Release 18 July 2016

Vietnam Enterprise Investments Limited

("VEIL" or the "Company")


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:		Vietnam Enterprise Investments Limited
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
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:	William H. Gates III Melinda French Gates
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	July 13, 2016
6. Date on which issuer notified:	July 15, 2016
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Above 11%

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

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

Ordinary Shares

21,549,173

25,049,173

11.34%

KYG9361H1092

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

25,049,173

11.34%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust - 11.34% voting rights

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:	None
14. Contact name:	Rumei Mistry or Jacki Badal, Compliance Attorneys
15. Contact telephone number:	1-425-889-7900