Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 7379J

SchroderJapan Growth Fund PLC

13 September 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:

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 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):

JP Morgan Chase - SWIFT

Northern Trust Co.

State Street - Custody Master Trust

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

09 September 2016

6. Date on which issuer notified:

13 September 2016

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

Decrease from 7% to 6%

8. Notified Details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares if possible use ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the triggering transaction
GB0008022849	Number of shares	Number of voting rights 8,775,064

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

	Number of shares	Number of voting rights				% of voting rights
	Direct	Direct	Indirect 8,675,064			Direct	Indirect 6.940%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/conversion period	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	% of voting rights
8,675,064	6.940%

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:

Ria Vavakis

15. Contact telephone number:

020 7658 2371

    Date:  13 September 2016

 

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