Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 6929T

JPMorgan European Smaller Co.

17 December 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 European Smaller Companies 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):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii		Lazard Asset Management LLC
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv		Bank of New York, Inc. - Dir Personal CIBC-Mellon Canadian office Lazard Freres & Co Mellon Trust Morgan Guaranty - Personal Custody Northern Trust Co. State Street Bank & Trust Company State Street Bank - Custodian - ETC State Street Bank - London 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: v		14 December 2012
6. Date on which issuer notified:		17 December 2012
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		Increase from 13% to 14%

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

GB0003419693

5,017,599

5,009,429

5,206,730

14.531%

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

5,206,730

14.531%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Lazard Asset Management LLC controls all the voting rights held of this issuer.
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:		N/A
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:
14. Contact name:	Legal & Compliance Department
15. Contact telephone number:	0207 448 2165

 

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