Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 6247Y

SchroderJapan Growth Fund PLC

08 July 2008

 

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:

Schroder Japan Growth Fund 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 event changing the breakdown of voting rights: ( )

Other (please specify) : ( )

Decrease in the issued share capital.

3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:

1607 Capital Partners, LLC

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

Bank of New York

1,543,100

BNY Mellon

6,751,944

Citibank 

436,600

Northern Trust

1,512,452

State Street

1,887,749

JP Morgan

671,007

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

2 July 2008

6. Date on which issuer notified:

7 July 2008

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

10%

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 GB0008022849	Number of shares 12,052,852	Number of voting rights  12,802,852

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Class/type of shares if possible use ISIN CODE	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of voting rights
	12,802,852	Direct	Indirect 12,802,852	Direct	Indirect 10.24%

B: 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

Total (A+B)

Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
12,802,852	10.24%

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

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:

Louise Richard

15. Contact telephone number:

0207 658 3206

  Date: 8 July 2008

 

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