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                                   16 March 2015       
reached: v                                                                              
                                                                                        
6. Date on which issuer notified:                                   17 March 2015       
                                                                                        
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or                              40%                 
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                                                                          
                                                                                                  
                                                                                                  
if possible  Number      Number       Number      Number of voting         % of  voting rights    
using        of          of           of shares   rights                   x                      
the ISIN     Shares      Voting                                                                   
CODE                     Rights                                                                   
                                      Direct      Direct xi  Indirect xii  Direct    Indirect     
                                                                                                  
                                                                                                  
GB00B62Z3C74                                                                                      
             228,586,037 228,586,037  42,987,483  42,987,483 185,490,867   7.52      32.47        
                                                                                                  
                                                                                                  
                                                                                                  
                                                                                                  
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 rights     % of voting          
financial     price       date xvii  Conversion  instrument refers to        rights xix, xx       
instrument                           period                                                       
                                     xviii                                                        
                                                                                                  
                                                                             Nominal   Delta      
                                                                                                  
                                                                                                  
                                                                                                  
                                                                                                  
                                                                                                  
Total (A+B+C)                                                                                     
                                                                                                  
Number of voting rights                         Percentage of voting rights                       
                                                                                                  
228,478,350                                     39.99%                                            
                                                                                                  


 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the          
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi                          
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
Custodian                                          Total       Management Company       
                                                                                        
BBHISL NOMINEES LIMITED                           42,987,483 FIL                        
                                                                                        
FIL NOMINEE (SHAREHOLDINGS) LTD GENPEP           139,733,745 FIL                        
                                                                                        
BNY MELLON NOMINEES LTD                           45,757,122 FIL                        
                                                                                        
Grand Total                                      228,478,350                            
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
Proxy Voting:                                                                           
                                                                                        
10. Name of the proxy holder:                                FIL Limited                
                                                                                        
                                                             107,687                    
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:                            
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting     16 March 2015              
rights:                                                                                 
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
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:                         Matt Drury                                    
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
15. Contact telephone number:             [e-mail], 01737 8367929       
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        

 

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 6RP
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
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)