Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 2914L

JPMorgan Japan Smaller Co Tst PLC

08 January 2016

 



 

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		JP Morgan Japan Smaller Co's Trust (JPS.LN)
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	LIM Asia Multi-Strategy Fund Inc. and LIM Japan Master Fund
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	5 January 2016
6. Date on which issuer notified:	8 January 2016
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii	4%

 

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
Ordinary shares JPS.LN	3,247,739	3,247,739			2,147,739		4.58%

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
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

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
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
2,147,739	4.58%

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

LIM Advisors Limited acts as investment manager for LIM Asia Multi-Strategy Fund Inc. and LIM Japan Fund (the "Funds").  The Funds collectively (currently) hold more than four percent of the shares of the listed company.  LIM Asia Multi-Strategy Fund Inc. individually holds 3.28% of the shares of the listed company. LIM Advisors Limited has indirect interest by virtue of its rights over the shares as investment manager of the Funds.

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:	LIM Advisors Limited
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:	N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:	N/A

13. Additional information:	N/A
14. Contact name:	Ben Mak
15. Contact telephone number:	[phone]

Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FCA not the issuer

A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
Full name (including legal form of legal entities)	LIM Advisors Limited
Contact address (registered office for legal entities)	19/F Ruttonjee House, 11 Duddell Street, Central, Hong Kong
Phone number & email	[phone]/[e-mail]
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable
Full name	Ben Mak
Contact address	c/o LIM Advisors Limited, 19/F Ruttonjee House, 11 Duddell Street, Central, Hong Kong
Phone number & email	[phone]/[e-mail]
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)	Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer

For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FCA website.

 

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