Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 9694L

JPMorgan Asian Investment Tst PLC

14 May 2010

 



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					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):Conversion of the subscription shares					X
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	31 March, 2010
6. Date on which issuer notified:	6 April 2010
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii	22  %

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

35,102,017

35,102,017

N / A

39,757,923

22.18 %

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

GB00B3KHYY38 Subscription Shares

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

39,757,923

22.18 %

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:	Based on the shares in issue of 163,781,834 for  GB0001320778 pre conversion of the subscrition shares .  The company anounced the conversion of 15,527,328 shares of GB00B3KHYY38 on 31/03/2010 making the new shares outsanding of GB0001320778 to be 179,309,162.
14. Contact name:	Mark Jolly or Mike Sugrue
15. Contact telephone number:	[e-mail] - 0207 860 8349 OR [e-mail] - 0207 860 8340

 

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