21st Jan 2014 14:36
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) :( )
3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:
Schroders plc
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3) :
-
5. Date of transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:
17/01/14
6. Date on which issuer notified:
20/01/14
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
Above 5%
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 9,046,017 | Number of voting rights8,483,667 |
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
|
Number of shares
|
Number of voting rights |
% of voting rights | ||
Direct
N/39,019,746 | DirectN/A | Indirect 8,483,022 | DirectN/A | Indirect5.004% | |
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 financialinstrument | 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 |
8,483,022 | 5.004% |
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Cazenove Capital Management Limited 1,153,539 0.680%
Schroder Investment Management Limited 3,200,000 1.887%
Schroder Investment Management Singapore Ltd 4,129,483 2.436%
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:
The shares referred to in section 9 are held in portfolios managed by those firms on a discretionary basis for clients under investment management agreements. This disclosure has been calculated based on issue share capital amount 169,540,716
14. Contact name:
John Spedding
15. Contact telephone number:
020 7658 3206
Date: 21 January 2014
Related Shares:
Schroder AsiaPacific FundSchroders