Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 2748D

JPMorgan Asian Investment Tst PLC

14 May 2012

 



TR-1:NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES
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):	PROXY VOTING				X
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii		Hermes Equity Ownership Services Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv		Shares are held by the relevant custodian(s)
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		9 May 2012
6. Date on which issuer notified:		11 May 2012
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		0%

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

GB0001572964 0157296

5,307,157

5,307,157

56,177

0.03708%

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

56,177

0.03708%

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

BT Pension Scheme Trustees Limited, as trustee of the BT Pension Scheme ("BTPS") controls Britel Fund Trustees Limited, which is the parent undertaking of Hermes Fund Managers Limited ("HFML").  HFML is the parent undertaking of Hermes Equity Ownership Services Limited ("HEOS") (voting rights: 0.03708%)* * This notification is being made in respect of HEOS, which is an indirect holder of shares for the purpose of DTR 5.2.1(h) as a result of control of voting rights in relation to such shares.

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:		See Comment in Section 9.
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:		See Comment in Section 9.
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:		See Comment in Section 9.
13. Additional information:	THIS DISCLOSURE REPRESENTS A CESSATION OF VOTING CONTROL ONLY.
14. Contact name:	James Sherry ([e-mail])
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7702 6110

Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer
Annex: Notification of major interests in share
A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
Full name (including legal form of legal entities)	Hermes Equity Ownership Services Limited
Contact address (registered office for legal entities)	1 Portsoken Street, London E1 8HZ
Phone number & email	020 7702 0888
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)
B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable
Full name	Hermes Fund Managers Limited
Contact address	1 Portsoken Street, London E1 8HZ
Phone number & email	020 7702 6110
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)
C: Additional information
Please contact James Sherry on the above number for further information. Copy sent to Company Secretary JP Morgan Asian Inv fax [phone]
For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website.

 

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