Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 4721J

Asian Total Return Invest Co PLC

16 July 2013

 

For filings with the FSA include the annex

For filings with issuer exclude the annex

TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

Asian Total Return Investment Company plc

2. Reason for the notification

(please place an X inside the appropriate bracket/s):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: (X)

An acquisition or disposal of 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 notification obligation:

Lazard Asset Management LLC

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):

Bank of New York, Inc - Global Custody

CIBC-Mellon Canadian office

Comerica Bank

Mellon Trust

Morgan Stanley Prime Brokerage

Northern Trust Co

State Street Bank - Custodian

State Street Bank - Master Trust

State Street - Custody Master Trust

5. Date of transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:

10 July 2013

6. Date on which issuer notified:

12 July 2013

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

Decrease from 10% to 9%

8. Notified Details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares if possible use ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the triggering transaction
Ordinary Shares	Number of shares	Number of voting rights
GB0008710799                   7,593,090                             7,595,090

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of voting rights
	Direct    N/3	Direct	Indirect         7,268,090	Direct	Indirect 9.778%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ conversion  period/date	No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/ converted)	% of voting rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise price	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion period	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights
					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B +C)

Number of voting rights 7,268,090	Percentage of voting rights 9.778%

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

Lazard Asset Management LLC controls all the voting rights held of this issuer.

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of 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:

Louise Richard

15. Contact telephone number:

020 7658 6501

     Date:  16 July 2013

 

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