Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 1705J

Aberdeen Japan Investment Trust PLC

15 December 2015

 

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

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

Aberdeen Japan Investment Trust PLC

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

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: Yes

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: n/a

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments: n/a

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: n/a

Other (please specify): n/a

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

Brewin Dolphin Plc

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

n/a

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

14 December 2015

6.      Date on which issuer notified:

15 December 2015

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
GB0003920757 Ord GBP0.10	756,183	756,183

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 rights (x)
GB0003920757 Ord GBP0.10	Direct n/a	Direct n/a	Indirect (xi) 791,468	Direct n/a	Indirect 5.0025%

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
n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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	Exercise/ Conversion period	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights (xix, xx)
-	-	-	-	-	Nominal	Delta
					-	-

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights 791,468

% of voting rights 5.0025%

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

Indirect - Brewin Nominees Limited  A/c NOM	507,888	3.2101	%
Indirect - Brewin Nominees Limited A/c ISA	115,680	0.7312	%
Indirect - Brewin Nominees Limited  A/c GROSS	139,520	0.8818	%
Indirect - Brewin Nominees Limited A/c CHARITY	5,350	0.0338	%
Indirect - Brewin Nominees Limited A/c OFFBOND	23,030	0.1456	%
GRAND TOTAL	791,468	5.0025	%

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:

Figures based on shares in issue of 15,821,572.  The indirect voting rights under (9) relate to shares held in client portfolios, managed by those firms, under discretionary investment management agreements.

14.    Contact name:

Valerie MacKenzie

15.    Contact telephone number:

0131 528 4400

 

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