Holding(s) in Company

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                   Fidelity Japanese Values PLC   
attached:ii                                                                                    
                                                                                               
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):                      
                                                                                               
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                           Y        
                                                                                               
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                    1607 Capital Partners, LLC         
notification obligation:iii                                                                    
                                                                                               
                                                            Northern Trust            7,610,192
                                                                                               
4. Full name of shareholder(s)                              Bny Mellon                5,913,891
 (if different from 3.):iv                                                                     
                                                            State Street              2,451,094
                                                                                               
                                                                                               
                                                                                               
5. Date of the transaction and date on                                                         
which the threshold is crossed or                           21 October 2013                    
reached: v                                                                                     
                                                                                               
6. Date on which issuer notified:                           24 October 2013                    
                                                                                               
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or                      14%                                
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                             
                                                                                              
GB0003328555                                                                                  
             15,925,177      15,925,177                       15,975,177          14.02%      
                                                                                              
                                                                                              
                                                                                              
                                                                                              
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                           
                                                                                              
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                          
                                                                                              
Type of        Expiration        Exercise/          Number of voting             % of voting  
financial      price             Conversion Period  rights that may be           rights       
instrument                       xiv                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 price Expiration Exercise/  Number of voting rights   % of voting      
financial                    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                  
                                                                                              
                                                                                              

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the          
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi                          
                                                                                        
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:                                                             
                                                                                        
14. Contact name:                                                  Bryan Huntley        
                                                                                        
                                                                   804-525-1741         
15. Contact telephone number:                                                           
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable                                              
                                                                                        
Full name                                          David Fallon For and on behalf of FIL
                                                               Investments International
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
Contact address                                   Kingswood Place, Millfield Lane, Lower
                                                    Kingswood, Tadworth, Surrey KT20 6RB
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
Phone number & email                                                        01737 836883
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
Other useful information                                                                
                                                                                        
(e.g. functional relationship with the person or                                        
legal entity subject to the notification                                                
obligation)                                                                             
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
C: Additional information                                                               
                                                                                        
i This form is to be sent to the issuer or underlying issuer and to be filed
with the competent authority.

ii Either the full name of the legal entity or another method for identifying
the issuer or underlying issuer provided it is reliable and accurate.

iii This should be the full name of (a) the shareholder; (b) the person
acquiring, disposing of or exercising voting rights in the cases provided for
in DTR5.2.1 (b) to (h); (c) all the parties to the agreement referred to in
DTR5.2.1 (a), or (d) the direct or indirect holder of financial instruments
entitled to acquire shares already issued to which voting rights are attached,
or the direct or indirect holder of financial instruments having a similar
economic effect to qualifying financial instruments, as appropriate.

In relation to the transactions referred to in points DTR5.2.1 (b) to (h), the
following list is provided as indication of the persons who should be
mentioned:

- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (b), the person that acquires the
voting rights and is entitled to exercise them under the agreement and the
natural person or legal entity who is transferring temporarily for
consideration the voting rights;

- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR 5.2.1 (c), the person holding the
collateral, provided the person or entity controls the voting rights and
declares its intention of exercising them, and person lodging the collateral
under these conditions;

- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1(d), the person who has a life
interest in shares if that person is entitled to exercise the voting rights
attached to the shares and the person who is disposing of the voting rights
when the life interest is created;

- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (e), the parent undertaking and,
provided it has a notification duty at an individual level under DTR 5.1, under
DTR5.2.1 (a) to (d) or under a combination of any of those situations, the
controlled undertaking;

- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (f), the deposit taker of the
shares, if he can exercise the voting rights attached to the shares deposited
with him at his discretion, and the depositor of the shares allowing the
deposit taker to exercise the voting rights at his discretion;

- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (g), the person that controls the
voting rights;

- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (h), the proxy holder, if he can
exercise the voting rights at his discretion, and the shareholder who has given
his proxy to the proxy holder allowing the latter to exercise the voting rights
at his discretion.

iv Applicable in the cases provided for in DTR 5.2.1 (b) to (h). This should be
the full name of the shareholder or holder of financial instruments who is the
counterparty to the natural person or legal entity referred to in DTR5.2.

v The date of the transaction should normally be, in the case of an on exchange
transaction, the date on which the matching of orders occurs; in the case of an
off exchange transaction, the date of entering into an agreement.

The date on which a threshold is crossed should normally be the date on which
the acquisition, disposal or possibility to exercise voting rights takes effect
(see DTR 5.1.1R (3)). For passive crossings, the date when the corporate event
took effect.

 

In the case of financial instruments with a similar economic effect to
qualifying financial instruments, the date on which a threshold is reached or
crossed is the date of entering into the agreement. In the case of reaching or
crossing a threshold passively as a result of a change in a delta adjusted
holding or due to a change in the total voting rights of the issuer, the date
should be that when the delta adjustment occurs or the total voting rights
change rather than the date at which the agreement was entered into.

vi Please refer to the situation disclosed in the previous notification, In
case the situation prior to the triggering transaction was below 3%, please
state 'below 3%'.

vii If the holding has fallen below the minimum threshold, the notifying party
should not be obliged to disclose the extent of the holding, only that the new
holding is less than 3%.

viii Direct and Indirect

ix In case of combined holdings of shares with voting rights attached 'direct
holding' and voting rights 'indirect holdings', please split the voting rights
number and percentage into the direct and indirect columns-if there is no
combined holdings, please leave the relevant box blank.

x If the holding has fallen below the minimum threshold, the notifying party
should not be obliged to disclose the extent of the holding, only that the new
holding is below 3%.

xi Voting rights attached to shares in respect of which the notifying party is
a direct shareholder (DTR 5.1)

xii Voting rights held by the notifying party as an indirect shareholder (DTR
5.2.1)

xiii date of maturity / expiration of the financial instrument i.e. the date
when the right to acquire shares ends.

xiv If the financial instrument has such a period-please specify the period-
for example once every three months starting from the [date]

xv In case of notifying the aggregate of all voting rights deemed to be held as
a result of holdings of instruments having a similar economic effect to (but
not including) qualifying instruments on a nominal basis, please also provide
the exercise price and either expiration date, or conversion period. If
notifying on a nominal basis there is no requirement to then provide the
delta-adjusted figures as well.

xvi In case of notifying the aggregate of all voting rights deemed to be held
as a result of holdings of instruments having a similar economic effect to (but
not including) qualifying instruments on a delta-adjusted basis, please provide
the expiration date/conversion period as appropriate.

xvii expiration date of the financial instrument with a similar economic effect
to a qualifying financial instrument i.e. the date when the instrument is due
to be settled.

xviii If the financial instrument has a conversion/settlement period-please
specify the period- for example once every three months starting from the
[date]

xix Nominal and delta-adjusted basis (transitional period to run until 31
December 2009)

xx If the holding has fallen below the minimum threshold, the notifying party
should not be obliged to disclose the extent of the holding, only that the new
holding is below 3%.

xxi The notification should include the name(s) of the controlled undertakings
through which the voting rights are held. The notification should also include
the amount of voting rights and the percentage held, or deemed to be held, by
each controlled undertaking, insofar as individually the controlled undertaking
holds 3% or more, and insofar as the notification by the parent undertaking is
intended to cover the notification obligations of the controlled undertaking.

xxii This annex is only to be filed with the competent authority.