Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 0192W

Advance Developing Markets Fund Ltd

11 November 2010

Advance Developing Markets Fund Limited has received the following notification of interest in its shares

TR-1(i): NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ⁱⁱ		Advance Developing Markets Fund Ltd
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 notification obligation: ⁱⁱⁱ	Lazard Asset Management LLC
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):^iv	Bank of New York, Inc Goldman Sachs & Co Mellon Trust Morgan Guaranty - Personal Custody Morgan Stanley Prime Brokerage Northern Trust Co PFPC Trust Co State Street Bank & Trust Company State Street Bank - Custodian ETC State Street Bank - Master Tr State Street Bank - Custody Master Trust
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: ^v	8 November 2010
6. Date on which issuer notified:	10 November 2010
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: ^{vi, vii}	22%

8. Notified details:

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

Class/type of
shares

if possible using
the ISIN CODE

Situation previous
to the triggering
transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number
of
Shares

Number
of
Voting
Rights

Number
of shares

Number of voting
rights

% of voting rights ^x

Direct

Direct ^xi

Indirect ^xii

Direct

Indirect

GB0001674992

15,155,593

15,074,218

22.860%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Expiration
date ^xiii

Exercise/
Conversion Period ^xiv

Number of voting
rights that may be
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/ converted.

% of voting
rights

Subscription Shares

GG00B462HH36

2,726,715

22.385%

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

Percentage of voting rights

17,800,933

22.786%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: ^xxi
Lazard Asset Management LLC controls all the voting rights held of this issuer.

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:		N/A
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:	Percentage of voting rights for ordinary shares (A) is based on a denominator of 65,940,247 and subscription shares (B) is 12,180,757 as of 08/11/2010. Percentage of total voting rights (A+B) is based on a denominator of 78,121,004.
14. Contact name:	Legal & Compliance Department
15. Contact telephone number:	0207 448 2047