Replacement - Holding(s) in C

RNS Number : 6847I

Aberdeen Asian Income Fund Limited

16 March 2010

 



AMENDMENT

Please note that the announcement released today at 14:30hrs (RNS No: 6698l) showed under no. 8A the class/type of shares as Zero Dividend Preference Shares GBP0.01 (GG00B0LNNV95).

The class/type of shares should read Ordinary NPV shares (GB00B0P6J834). Please see below the updated announcement.

TR-1i: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARESⁱ

1.         Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:ⁱⁱ

Aberdeen Asian Income Fund Ordinary NPV Shares

2.         Reason for the notification (please state Yes/No):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: Yes

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: No

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments: No

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: No

Other: No

3.         Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: ⁱⁱⁱ

The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc

4.         Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): ^iv

Adam & Co (Nominees) Ltd Designated A/C AIM
Adam & Co International Nominees Ltd

5.         Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or  reached: ^v

10 March 2010

6.         Date on which issuer notified:

16 March 2010

7.         Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: ^{vi, vii}

5%

8.         Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares ^{viii, ix}

Situation previous to the Triggering transaction
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Number of shares	Number of voting rights
Ordinary NPV shares GB00B0P6J834	Below 5%	Below 5%

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (vii)

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of voting rightsx
		Direct	Indirect xi	Direct	Indirect
Ordinary NPV shares GB00B0P6J834	n/a	n/a	5,558,275	n/a	5.01%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument	Expiration Date xiii	Exercise/Conversion Period/ Date xiv	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 ^{xv, xvi}

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument	Exercise price	Expiration Date xvii	Exercise/Conversion Period xviii	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights xix, xx
					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights 5,558,275

% of voting rights 5.01%

9.         Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable ^(xv):

The Royal Bank of Scotland Grop plc (5.01%)

The Royal Bank of Scotlad plc (5.01%)

Adam & Company Group plc (5.01%)

Adam & Company plc (5.00%)

Adam & Company Investment Management Limited (5.00%)

Proxy Voting:

10.       Name of the proxy holder:

n/a

11.       Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

n/a

12.       Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

n/a

13.       Additional information:

This notification is based upon the Voting Rights figure of 110,990,000 obtained from your Regulatory Announcement dated 26 February 2010.

14.       Contact name:

Charles Mearns, Aberdeen Asset Managers Ltd

15.       Contact telephone number:

            0131 528 4132

 

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