Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 7028W

Asian Total Return Invest Co PLC

28 April 2016

 

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

JP Morgan Chase - SWIFT

Mellon Trust

Northern Trust Co

State Street Bank - Custodian

State Street - Custody Master Trust

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

 27 April 2016

6. Date on which issuer notified:

 28 April 2016

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

Decrease from 8% to 7%

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                    N/A                                       5,896,218

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of voting rights
	Direct              N/A	Direct  N/A	Indirect        5,596,218	Direct  N/A	Indirect 7.671%

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

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

Total (A+B +C)

Number of voting rights 5,596,218	Percentage of voting rights   7.671%

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:

N/A

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

       N/A

13. Additional information:

       N/A

14. Contact name:

Andrea Davidson

15. Contact telephone number:

020 7658 4430

     Date:  28 April 2016

 

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