JPMorgan Emerging Mkts Invest Trust Holding(s) in Company (9656F)

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RNS Number : 9656F

JPMorgan Emerging Mkts Invest Trust

23 May 2017

 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i) 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or                                     JP Morgan Emerging Markets 
  the underlying issuer                                            Investment Trust plc 
  of existing shares to which 
  voting rights are 
  attached: (ii) 
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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 
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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 (please                                                                     X 
  specify): 
  Transaction 
  in own shares 
  reducing the 
  shares in 
  issue 
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 3. Full name of person(s)                                    Lazard Asset Management LLC 
  subject to the 
  notification obligation: 
  (iii) 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s)                               Bank of New York, Inc - Global 
  (if different from 3.):(iv)                                  Custody 
                                                               Bank of New York, Inc. - Dir 
                                                               Personal 
                                                               JP Morgan Chase - SWIFT 
                                                               Mellon Trust 
                                                               Northern Trust Co 
                                                               State Street Bank - Custodian 
                                                               - ETC 
                                                               State Street Bank - Master 
                                                               Tr - ETC 
                                                               State Street Bank - Custody 
                                                               Master Trust 
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 5. Date of the transaction                                   22 May 2017 
  and date on 
  which the threshold is 
  crossed or 
  reached: (v) 
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 6. Date on which issuer                                      23 May 2017 
  notified: 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are                                  Increase from 22% to 23% 
  crossed or 
  reached: (vi, vii) 
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 8. Notified details: 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares (viii, ix) 
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 Class/type     Situation previous                   Resulting situation after the 
  of             to the triggering                    triggering transaction 
  shares         transaction 
 
  if possible 
  using 
  the ISIN 
  CODE 
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                Number            Number             Number          Number of                % of voting 
                of                 of                 of shares       voting                   rights (x) 
                Shares             Voting                             rights 
                                   Rights 
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                                                     Direct          Direct     Indirect      Direct        Indirect 
                                                                     (xi)        (xii) 
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 GB0003418950                     28,594,955                                    28,594,955                  23.006% 
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 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of            Expiration      Exercise/                          Number of voting           % of voting 
 financial           date            Conversion                         rights that                rights 
 instrument          (xiii)          Period (xiv)                       may be 
                                                                        acquired if 
                                                                        the 
                                                                        instrument 
                                                                        is 
                                                                        exercised/ 
                                                                        converted. 
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 C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect 
  to Qualifying Financial Instruments (xv, xvi) 
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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 (xix, 
 instrument                       (xvii)           period             refers to                  xx) 
                                                   (xviii) 
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                                                                                                Nominal       Delta 
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 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights                               Percentage of voting rights 
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 28,594,955                                            23.006% 
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 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the 
  voting rights and/or the 
  financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: 
  (xxi) 
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   Lazard Asset Management LLC controls all the voting 
   rights held of this issuer. 
 
 Proxy Voting: 
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 10. Name of the proxy holder:                            N/A 
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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:                                        Legal & Compliance Department 
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 15. Contact telephone number:                            0207 448 2085 
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