Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 9044T
Aberdeen Asian Smaller Co's Inv Tst
05 October 2010
 



TR-1i: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARESi

 

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

Aberdeen Asian Smaller Companies Investment Trust PLC

 

2.         Reason for the notification (please state Yes/No):

 

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: Yes

 

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: No

 

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments: No

 

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: No

 

Other: No

 

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

Prudential plc group of companies

 

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

 

Registered Holder                                                     Holding

Prudential plc                                                                2,807,962

M&G Group Limited                                                    2,807,962

M&G Investment Management Limited                     2,794,628

M&G Limited                                                                2,807,962

The Prudential Assurance Company Limited           2,794,628

 

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

04/10/2010

 

6.         Date on which issuer notified:

05/10/2010

 

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

See item 13

8.         Notified details:

n/a

 

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

 

Situation previous to the Triggering transaction

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

 

GB0000100767

 

2,830,562

 

2,830,562

 

 

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (vii)

 

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

% of voting rightsx



Direct

Indirect xi

Direct

Indirect

GB0006048770

2,807,962

2,807,962


9.01%


 

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

 

Type of financial instrument

Expiration Date xiii


Exercise/Conversion Period/ Date xiv


Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

% of voting rights








 

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








Nominal

Delta

 

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

2,807,962

% of voting rights

9.01%

 

 

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

Prudential plc (parent Company)

M&G Group Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential plc)

M&G Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Group Limited)

M&G Investment Management Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Limited)

The Prudential Assurance Company Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential plc)

 

Proxy Voting:

 

10.       Name of the 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:

The notifiable position has not crossed a disclosable threshold. The notifiable position of 9.01% is an exempt holding under section 5.1.2 of the FSA's DTR Handbook.

 

The trigger for this notification is the movement from 9.04% to 8.97% in the non-exempt holding, which makes up part of the 9.01% notifiable interest.

14.       Contact name:

Charles Mearns, Aberdeen Asset Managers Ltd

 

15.       Contact telephone number:

            0131 528 4132


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