Alternative Invest. Strategies Ld Notification of Major Interest in Shares (7659D)

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RNS Number : 7659D

Alternative Invest. Strategies Ld

01 April 2014

   TR-1:               notification of major interests in shares 
 
 1. Identity of the issuer or the               Alternative Investment Strategies 
  underlying issuer of existing shares                         Ltd 
  to which voting rights are attached: 
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 2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate 
  box or boxes): 
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 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                   X 
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 An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments 
  which may result in the acquisition of shares already 
  issued to which voting rights are attached 
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 An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar 
  economic effect to qualifying financial instruments 
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 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights 
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 Other: Update to Total Voting Rights figure triggered 
  this notification 
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 3. Full name of person(s) subject                       Weiss Asset Management LP 
  to the notification obligation: 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s)                  Brookdale International Partners, 
  (if different from 3.):                       L.P., Brookdale Global Opportunity 
                                                                              Fund 
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 5. Date of the transaction and                                      25 March 2014 
  date on 
  which the threshold is crossed 
  or 
  reached: 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified: 
                                                                     28 March 2014 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are 
  crossed or 
  reached:                                                                  25.00% 
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 8. Notified details: 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares 
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 Class/type       Situation previous                   Resulting situation after the triggering 
  of               to the triggering                    transaction 
  shares           transaction 
 
  if possible 
  using 
  the ISIN CODE 
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                  Number          Number               Number        Number of voting          % of voting rights 
                   of              of                   of shares     rights 
                   Shares          Voting 
                                   Rights 
---------------  --------------  -------------------  ------------  ------------------------  ----------------------------- 
                                                       Direct        Direct         Indirect   Direct          Indirect 
---------------    ----  ------  ------  -----  ----  ------------  -------------  ---------  --------------  ------------- 
 Ordinary 
 (GG00BJ7BNL07)   1,935,965       1,935,965            2,050,965     2,050,965      n/a        25.50%          n/a 
                 --------------  -------------------  ------------  -------------  ---------  --------------  ------------- 
 
 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of financial        Expiration      Exercise/                        Number of voting              % of voting 
  instrument               date            Conversion Period                rights that may               rights 
                                                                            be 
                                                                            acquired if the 
                                                                            instrument is 
                                                                            exercised/ converted. 
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 C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial 
  Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of            Exercise      Expiration     Exercise/           Number of voting               % of voting 
 financial           price         date           Conversion          rights instrument              rights 
 instrument                                       period              refers to 
-----------------  ------------  -------------  ------------------  -----------------------------  ------------------------ 
                                                                                                    Nominal       Delta 
-----------------  ------------  -------------  ------------------  -----------------------------  ------------  ---------- 
 
 
 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights                                           Percentage of voting rights 
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 2,050,965                                                         25.50% 
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 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights 
  and/or the 
  financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: 
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   Brookdale International Partners, L.P: 1,394,656 shares (17.34 %) 
   Brookdale Global Opportunity Fund: 656,309 shares (8.16 %) 
 
 Proxy Voting: 
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 10. Name of the proxy holder: 
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 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder 
  will cease to hold: 
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 12. Date on which proxy holder will 
  cease to hold voting rights: 
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  13. Additional information: 
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   14. Contact name:                     Kleinwort Benson (Channel Islands) Fund 
                                                    Services Limited 
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 15. Contact telephone number:        [phone] 
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