Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 3432W

Aberdeen New India Invest Trust PLC

08 February 2017

 

ABERDEEN NEW INDIA INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 549300D2AW66WYEVKF 

Information disclosed in accordance with DTR 5.1, 5.3 and 5.8

TR-1:  NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii		Aberdeen New India Investment Trust Plc
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. - Dir Personal Bank of New York, Inc. - Global Custody JP Morgan Chase - Swift Mellon Trust Northern Trust Co State Street Bank - Master Tr - ETC State Street Bank - Custody Master Trust
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v	07 February 2017
6. Date on which issuer notified:	08 February 2017
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii	Decrease from 20% to 19%

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

GB0006048770

12,043,674

11,536,982

19.531%

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

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

11,536,982

19.531%

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:
14. Contact name:	STUART REID, ABERDEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT PLC, SECRETARIES
15. Contact telephone number:	0131 528 4000

 

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