Schroder Asian Total Retn InvCo PLC Holding(s) in Company (7413M)

TIDMATR

RNS Number : 7413M

Schroder Asian Total Retn InvCo PLC

17 October 2016

For filings with the FCA 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 Asian Total Return Investment Company 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:

Lazard Asset Management LLC

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

Bank of New York, Inc - Dir Personal

Bank of New York, Inc - Global Custody

JP Morgan Chase - SWIFT

Mellon Trust

Northern Trust Co

State Street - Custody Master Trust

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

13 October 2016

6. Date on which issuer notified:

14 October 2016

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

Decrease from 7% to 6%

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                                  Number of shares       Number of voting rights 
 GB0007918872 N/A 5,146,871 
 
 
 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
 
 
 
    Number of shares     Number of voting rights     % of voting rights 
  Direct               Direct          Indirect    Direct     Indirect 
   N/3N/A               N/A             5,096,871   N/A        6.987% 
 
 

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

 
 Type of       Expiration   Exercise/      No. of voting         % of voting 
  financial     date         conversion     rights that           rights 
  instrument                 period/date    may be acquired 
                                            (if the instrument 
                                            exercised/ 
                                            converted) 
 N/A           N/A          N/A            N/A                   N/A 
 
 
 C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect 
  to Qualifying Financial Instruments 
 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
 Type of       Exercise   Expiration   Exercise/     Number of        % of voting 
  financial     price      date         Conversion    voting rights    rights 
  instrument                            period        instrument 
                                                      refers to 
 N/A           N/A        N/A          N/A           N/A              Nominal   Delta 
 

Total (A+B +C)

 
 Number of voting rights   Percentage of voting rights 
 
  5,096,871 
 
                            6.987% 
 
 

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

Lazard Asset Management LLC controls all the voting rights held of this issuer.

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of proxy holder:

N/A

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

N/A

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

N/A

13. Additional information:

N/A

14. Contact name:

Ria Vavakis

15. Contact telephone number:

020 7658 2371

Date: 17 October 2016

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