Holding(s) in Company- Replacement

RNS Number : 1145D

JPMorgan Asian Investment Tst PLC

10 May 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: ii			JPMorgan Asian Investment 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: iii	City of London Investment Management Company Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v	4 May, 2012
6. Date on which issuer notified:	9 May, 2012
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii	30 % - Due to Company buy back of shares in the open market.

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

GB0001320778

45,512,835

45,512,835

45,512,835

45,512,835

30.04 %

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

45,512,835

30.04 %

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
All Voting Rights on all Shares are controlled by City of London Investment Management Limited.
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:		City of London Investment Management Company Limited
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:	JPMorgan Asian Investment Trust plc has today purchased 500,000 ordinary shares for cancellation at 193.76 pence per share Following the transaction the remaining shares in issue total 151,482,517. 4th May 2012
14. Contact name:	Jay McKenna or Chris Weaver
15. Contact telephone number:	[e-mail] - 001-610-380-0121 OR [e-mail] - 0207 860 8329

 

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