Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 8402X
Baillie Gifford Japan Trust PLC
21 February 2012
 

 




TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi



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

 

   Baillie Gifford Japan 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:

1607 Capital Partners, LLC

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

Bny Mellon  3,124,961

Northern Trust  2,302,486

Bank of New York  9,915

State Street  863,159

 

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

15 February 2012

6. Date on which issuer notified:

17 February 2012

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached:

10%



 

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

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

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

 

Ordinary Shares

GB000485838

 

 

6,100,521

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,100,521

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,300,521

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.17%

 

 

 

 



B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Expiration
date

Exercise/
Conversion Period

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

% of voting
rights

none






C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

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

 

none




 

 

Nominal

Delta




Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

6,300,521

10.17%



 

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



Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

 

 

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:

 

Based on 61,935,000 shares in issue (total voting rights)

14. Contact name:

 

Karen Bailey

15. Contact telephone number:

 

0131 275 3197

 

 


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