Holding(s) in Company - Replacement

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof existing shares to which voting rights areattached:

The World Trust Fund

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes)

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

X

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying 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 thenotification obligation:

City of London Investment Management Company Limited

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

5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached:

19-Oct-15

6. Date on which issuer notified:

23-Oct-15

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

Below 20%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type ofshares

if possible usingthe ISIN CODE

Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

NumberofShares

NumberofVotingRights

Numberof shares

Number of votingrights

% of voting rights

Direct

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

LU0483266259

10,207,326

10,207,326

10,007,326

10,007,326

19.7%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Expirationdate

Exercise/Conversion Period

Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted.

% of votingrights

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

10,007,326

19.7% of shares outstanding as prescribed by Luxembourg which includes treasury shares.

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

All voting rights on all shares are controlled by City of London Investment Management Company Limited.

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

City of London Investment Management Company Limited

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will ceaseto hold:

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to holdvoting rights:

13. Additional information:

The Company's issued ordinary share capital consists of 50,678,372 ordinary shares with voting rights (including 10,211,277 ordinary shares which are held in treasury). The Company has been advised that under the Luxembourg Transparency Law of 11 January 2008, shares held in treasury are required to be included in the denominator to be used by shareholders in their shareholding announcements.

14. Contact name:

Mark Dwyer or Chris Weaver

15. Contact telephone number:

[email protected] - 0207 860 8312 OR

[email protected] - 0207 860 8329