Aberdeen Asian Smaller Co's Inv Tst Holding(s) in Company (4155L)

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RNS Number : 4155L

Aberdeen Asian Smaller Co's Inv Tst

18 July 2017

Aberdeen Asian Smaller Companies Investment Trust PLC (the "Company")

Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 5493000FBZP1J92OQY70

Information disclosed in accordance with DTR 5.1, 5.3 and 5.8

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

 
 1a. Identity of the issuer                                Aberdeen Asian Smaller Companies 
  or the underlying issuer                                        Investment Trust Plc 
  of existing shares to which 
  voting rights are attached(ii) 
  : 
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 1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer 
  (please mark with an "X" if appropriate) 
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 Non-UK issuer 
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 2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate 
  box or boxes with an "X") 
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 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                                 x 
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 An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments 
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 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights 
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 Other (please specify)(iii) : 
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 3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation(iv) 
 Name                                              City of London Investment 
                                                    Management Company Limited 
 City and country of registered                    London, UK 
  office (if applicable) 
 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 
  3.)(v) 
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 Name 
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 City and country of registered 
  office (if applicable) 
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 5. Date on which the threshold                    14/07/2017 
  was crossed or reached(vi) 
  : 
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 6. Date on which issuer                           18/07/2017 
  notified (DD/MM/YYYY): 
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 7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification 
  obligation 
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                               % of voting           % of voting         Total of       Total number 
                              rights attached      rights through        both in %       of voting 
                                 to shares            financial         (8.A + 8.B)      rights of 
                                 (total of           instruments                         issuer(vii) 
                                   8. A)              (total of 
                                                     8.B 1 + 8.B 
                                                         2) 
-----------------------  -----------------------  ----------------  -----------------  ------------- 
 Resulting 
  situation 
  on the date 
  on which 
  threshold 
  was crossed 
  or reached                      4.99%                 0.0%              4.99%          34,868,725 
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 Position 
  of previous 
  notification 
  (if 
  applicable)                     5.00%                 0.0%              5.00% 
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 8. Notified details of the resulting situation on 
  the date on which the threshold was crossed or reached(viii) 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares 
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 Class/type              Number of voting rights(ix)          % of voting rights 
  of 
  shares 
  ISIN code 
  (if possible) 
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                               Direct           Indirect                  Direct                  Indirect 
                              (Art 9 of         (Art 10 of               (Art 9 of                 (Art 10 
                              Directive         Directive                Directive               of Directive 
                            2004/109/EC)       2004/109/EC)            2004/109/EC)              2004/109/EC) 
                              (DTR5.1)          (DTR5.2.1)               (DTR5.1)                 (DTR5.2.1) 
---------------------   -------------------  --------------  -------------------------------  ---------------- 
 GB0000100767                    0              1,742,537                  0.0%                     4.99% 
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 SUBTOTAL 8. 
  A                                  1,742,537                                     4.99% 
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 B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) 
  of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a)) 
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 Type of financial       Expiration           Exercise/       Number of voting                 % of voting 
  instrument              date(x)              Conversion      rights that                      rights 
                                               Period(xi)      may be acquired 
                                                               if the instrument 
                                                               is 
                                                               exercised/converted. 
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                                              SUBTOTAL 8. 
                                               B 1 
                                             --------------  -------------------------------  ---------------- 
 
 B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic 
  effect according to Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC 
  (DTR5.3.1.1 (b)) 
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 Type of                Expiration            Exercise/       Physical           Number        % of voting 
  financial              date(x)              Conversion      or cash             of voting     rights 
  instrument                                  Period          settlement(xii)     rights 
                                              (xi) 
---------------------  --------------------  --------------  -----------------  ------------  ---------------- 
 
 
 
                                                              SUBTOTAL 
                                                               8.B.2 
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 9. Information in relation to the person subject 
  to the notification obligation (please mark the 
  applicable box with an "X") 
 Person subject to the notification obligation is 
  not controlled by any natural person or legal entity 
  and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding 
  directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) 
  issuer(xiii) 
 Full chain of controlled undertakings through which                        x 
  the voting rights and/or the 
  financial instruments are effectively held starting 
  with the ultimate controlling natural person or 
  legal entity(xiv) (please add additional rows as 
  necessary) 
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      Name(xv)           % of voting           % of voting            Total of both 
                         rights if it         rights through           if it equals 
                         equals or is     financial instruments        or is higher 
                         higher than           if it equals         than the notifiable 
                        the notifiable         or is higher              threshold 
                          threshold        than the notifiable 
                                                threshold 
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 City of London 
  Investment 
  Management 
  Company Limited 
  is a wholly 
  owned subsidiary 
  of City of 
  London Investment 
  Group plc 
  and is the 
  only entity 
  subject to 
  the notification 
  obligations               4.99%                  0%                     4.99% 
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 10. In case of proxy voting, please identify: 
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 Name of the proxy holder                City of London Investment 
                                          Management Company 
                                          Limited 

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 The number and % of voting 
  rights held 
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 The date until which the 
  voting rights will be held 
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 11. Additional information(xvi) 
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 All voting rights on all shares are controlled by 
  City of London Investment Management Company Limited. 
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 Place of             London, UK 
  completion 
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 Date of completion   17/07/2017 
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