Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 7936A
Baillie Gifford Japan Trust PLC
25 March 2013
 

 




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


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

X

Other (please specify):



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

Lazard Asset Management LLC

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

Bank of New York, Inc - Dir Personal

CIBC-Mellon Canadian office

Mellon Trust

Morgan Guaranty - Personal Custody

Northern Trust Co.

State Street bank & Trust Company

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:

22 March 2013

6. Date on which issuer notified:

25 March 2013

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

9%



 

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

GB0000485838

 

 

5,624,781

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,624,781

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,624,781

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8.966%

 

 

 

 



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







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

5,624,781

8.966%



 

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

Lazard Asset Management LLC controls all the voting rights held of this issuer.


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 62,735,000 shares in issue (total voting rights)

14. Contact name:

 

Karen Bailey

15. Contact telephone number:

 

0131 275 3197

 

 


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