Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 4801V

New India Investment Trust PLC

10 July 2009

 

 

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

            New India 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 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

            Lazard Asset Management LLC

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

Bank One

JP Morgan Chase Prime

Goldman Sachs & Co

Mellon Trust

Northern Trust Co

PFPC Trust Co

State Street Bank-Custody Master Trust

 

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

            09/07/2009

 

6.         Date on which issuer notified:

            10/07/2009

 

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

            20%

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
GB0006048770		9,221,234

 

 

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
GB0006048770			9,343,834		20.177%

 

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 9,343,834

% of voting rights 20.177%

 

 

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

            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:

            N/A

 

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

            N/A

 

13.       Additional information:

            N/A

 

14.       Contact name:

            Judith Wynne, Aberdeen Asset Managers Ltd

 

15.       Contact telephone number:

            0131 528 4133

 

 

 

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