Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi                                         
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer                  Fidelity China      
of existing shares to which voting rights are                       Special Situations  
attached:ii                                                         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                                        
                                                                                        
Other (please specify):                                                                 
                                                                                        
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the                           FIL Limited          
notification obligation:iii                                                             
                                                                                        
4. Full name of shareholder(s)                                     See section 9        
 (if different from 3.):iv                                                              
                                                                                        
5. Date of the transaction and date on                                                  
which the threshold is crossed or                                  30th July  2014      
reached: v                                                                              
                                                                                        
6. Date on which issuer notified:                                  31st July  2014      
                                                                                        
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or                             42%                  
reached: vi, vii                                                                        
                                                                                        


 

8. Notified details:                                                                      
                                                                                          
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix                                              
                                                                                          
Class/type   Situation previous       Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
of           to the triggering                                                            
shares       transaction                                                                  
                                                                                          
             Number      Number       Number Number of voting       % of  voting rights x 
if possible  of          of           of     rights                                       
using        Shares      Voting       shares                                              
the ISIN                 Rights                                                           
CODE                                  Direct Direct xi  Indirect    Direct   Indirect     
                                                        xii                               
                                                                                          
GB00B62Z3C74                                                                              
             239,917,715 239,917,715         42,987,483 197,260,331 7.52     34.52        
                                                                                          
                                                                                          
                                                                                          
                                                                                          
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                       
                                                                                          
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                      
                                                                                          
Type of        Expiration    Exercise/                 Number of voting     % of voting   
financial      date xiii     Conversion Period xiv     rights that may be   rights        
instrument                                             acquired if the                    
                                                       instrument is                      
                                                       exercised/                         
                                                       converted.                         
                                                                                          
                                                                                          
                                                                                          
                                                                                          
                                                                                          
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial             
Instruments xv, xvi                                                                       
                                                                                          
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                      
                                                                                          
Type of       Exercise    Expiration Exercise/        Number of voting % of voting rights 
financial     price       date xvii  Conversion       rights           xix, xx            
instrument                           period xviii     instrument                          
                                                      refers to                           
                                                                                          
                                                                                          
                                                                                          
                                                                       Nominal Delta      
                                                                                          
                                                                                          
                                                                                          
                                                                                          
                                                                                          
Total (A+B+C)                                                                             
                                                                                          
Number of voting rights                   Percentage of voting rights                     
                                                                                          
240,247,814                               42.04%                                          
                                                                                          


 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the          
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi                          
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
Custodian                                        Total                                  
                                                                                        
BBHISL NOMINEES LIMITED                         42,987,483                              
                                                                                        
JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH                                                                  
                                                                                        
FIL NOMINEE (SHAREHOLDINGS) LTD GENPEP         147,952,925                              
                                                                                        
BNY MELLON NOMINEES LTD                         49,307,406                              
                                                                                        
Grand Total                                    240,247,814                              
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
Proxy Voting:                                                                           
                                                                                        
10. Name of the proxy holder:                              FIL Limited                  
                                                                                        
                                                           330,099                      
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will acquire:                                  
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
12. Date on which proxy holder will acquire voting rights: 30th July 2014               
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
13. Additional information:             FIL may exercise any voting rights attaching to 
                                        Fidelity ISA or Fidelity Share plan clients     
                                        beneficial shareholding unless the client has   
                                        elected to exercise such rights themselves.     
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                        FIL Limited is restricted to voting 29.9% of the
                                        issued share capital (formula as agreed with the
                                        Takeover Panel)                                 
                                                                                        
14. Contact name:                       Shelley Muller                                  
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
15. Contact telephone number:           [e-mail], 01737 837216          
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        

 

 

 

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable                                              
                                                                                        
Full name                                                                 Faith Pengelly
                                                                                        
                                                    For and on behalf of FIL Investments
                                                                           International
                                                                                        
Contact address                                   Kingswood Place, Millfield Lane, Lower
                                                    Kingswood, Tadworth, Surrey KT20 6RB
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
Phone number & email                                                                    
                                                                            01737 834156
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
Other useful information                                                                
                                                                                        
(e.g. functional relationship with the person or                Senior Company Secretary
legal entity subject to the notification                                                
obligation)