Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 1416D

JPMorgan Asian Investment Tst PLC

17 March 2011

 



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
Other (please specify): Tender offer and late return of shares by Custodian					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	25 February, 2011
6. Date on which issuer notified:	16 March, 2011
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii	From 26  % to 25 %

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

46,571,149

46,571,149

N / A

43,279,815

25.73 %

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

43,279,815

25.73 %

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:	Resulting situation based on voting rights of 168,235,868as published by the fund on the London Stock Exchange web site following the tender. Situation previous to the triggering transaction represents the number of shares owned prior to the tender cut off of 2-21-2011. The delay in disclosing was due to the discrepancies in shares accepted for tender via 5 Custodians.
14. Contact name:	Jay McKenna or Mike Sugrue
15. Contact telephone number:	[e-mail] - 001-610-380-0121 OR [e-mail] - 0207 860 8340

 

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