Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi                                         
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer                  Fidelity Japanese   
of existing shares to which voting rights are                       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                           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                                  27 March 2015        
reached: v                                                                              
                                                                                        
6. Date on which issuer notified:                                  31 March 2015        
                                                                                        
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or                             19%                  
reached: vi, vii                                                                        
                                                                                        


8. Notified details:                                                                    
                                                                                        
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix                                            
                                                                                        
Class/type   Situation previous      Resulting situation after the triggering           
of           to the triggering       transaction                                        
shares       transaction                                                                
                                                                                        
             Number     Number       Number      Number of voting     % of  voting      
if possible  of         of           of shares   rights               rights x          
using        Shares     Voting                                                          
the ISIN                Rights       Indirect    Direct xi Indirect   Direct Indirect   
CODE                                                       xii                          
                                                                                        
GB0003328555                                                                            
             20,646,877 20,646,877               6,184,920 12,379,175 5.42%  10.86%     
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
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                                         
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
Subscription                                                             Nominal Delta     
shares        86.50p               29 April 2016 1,956,624                              
                                                                              1.72%     
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
Total (A+B+C)                                                                           
                                                                                        
Number of voting rights                   Percentage of voting rights                   
                                                                                        
20,520,719                                18.00%                                        
                                                                                        


 

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                 6,966,616    FIL                                   
                                                                                        
JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH                    757,023    FISL                                  
                                                                                        
FIL NOMINEE (SHAREHOLDINGS) LTD GENPEP  5,986,494    FIL                                   
                                                                                        
BNY MELLON NOMINEES LTD                 6,180,586    FIL                                   
                                                                                        
Grand Total                            20,520,719                                       
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
Proxy Voting:                                                                           
                                                                                        
10. Name of the proxy holder:                                    FIL Limited            
                                                                                        
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:     2,064,581              
                                                                                        
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: 27 March 2015          
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
13. Additional information:                                                             
                                                  None                                  
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
14. Contact name:                                 Nevelina Rousseva-Gasnier             
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
15. Contact telephone number:                     [e-mail], 01737 837216
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        


 

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable                                              
                                                                                        
Full name                                           Christopher Pirnie For and on behalf
                                                        of FIL Investments International
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
Contact address                                   Kingswood Place, Millfield Lane, Lower
                                                    Kingswood, Tadworth, Surrey KT20 6RB
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
Phone number & email                                                                    
                                                                            01737 837929
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
Other useful information                                                                
                                                                                        
(e.g. functional relationship with the person or          Head of UK Company Secretariat
legal entity subject to the notification                                                
obligation)