Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 7560N

SchroderJapan Growth Fund PLC

02 October 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 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: (  )

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

1607 Capital Partners, LLC

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

BNY Mellon                    9,774,061

Northern Trust                8,594,456

State Street                    3,260,247

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

24 September 2012

6. Date on which issuer notified:

27 September 2012

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

17%

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 20,878,764	Number of voting rights 20,878,764

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
	Direct	Direct	Indirect 21,628,764	Direct  17.30%	Indirect

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument None

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

Type of financial instrument None

Expiration date

Exercise/conversion period/date

No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/ converted) Nominal

% of voting rights Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
Same as A

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:

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:

14. Contact name:

John Spedding

15. Contact telephone number:

0207 658 3496

    Date:  2 October 2012

 

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