Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 2907U

Schroder AsiaPacific Fund PLC

24 December 2012

 



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 AsiaPacific 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) :(  )

As a result of the tender and return of un tendered shares today by our Custodian

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

City of London Investment Management Company Limited

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

-

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

20 December 2012

6. Date on which issuer notified:

24 December 2012

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

From 25% to 24%

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 GB0007918872	Number of shares 35,481,021	Number of voting rights 35,481,021

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of voting rights
	Direct    N/A35,306,021	Direct	Indirect        35,306,021	Direct	Indirect  24.99%

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	Percentage of voting rights
35,306,021	24.99%

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

All Voting Rights on all Shares are controlled by City of London Investment Management Limited.

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of proxy holder:

  City of London Investment Management Company Limited

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:

30 November 2012

Voting Rights and Capital

In accordance with Disclosure and Transparency Rule 5.6.1, Schroder Asia Pacific Fund plc ("the Company") announces that its issued share capital consists of 141,257,189 ordinary shares of 10p each, with each share carrying the right to one vote, and 28,443,527 subscription shares of 1p each, which carry no voting rights. The Company does not hold any shares in treasury; the total number of voting rights in the Company is therefore 141,257,189.

14. Contact name:

John Spedding

15. Contact telephone number:

020 7658 3206

     Date:  24 December 2012

 

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