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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