Lazard World Trust Fund Holding(s) in Company (4726Y)

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RNS Number : 4726Y

Lazard World Trust Fund

05 December 2017

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

 
 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant 
  issuer and to the FCA in Microsoft Word format if possible)(i) 
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 1a. Identity of the issuer                                     Lazard World Trust Fund 
  or the underlying issuer 
  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                                                                               x 
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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                     01/12/2017 
  was crossed or reached(vi) 
  : 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified                   05/12/2017 
  (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                      10.8%                  0.0%              10.8%        46,635,770 
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 Position 
  of previous 
  notification 
  (if 
  applicable)                      7.8%                  0.0%              7.8% 
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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 of 
                               Directive          Directive               Directive                Directive 
                             2004/109/EC)        2004/109/EC)            2004/109/EC)            2004/109/EC) 
                               (DTR5.1)           (DTR5.2.1)               (DTR5.1)               (DTR5.2.1) 
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 LU0483266259                     0               5,026,726                 0.0%                    10.8% 
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 SUBTOTAL 
  8. A                                5,026,726 
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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 
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 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) 
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                                                                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                    10.8%                  0%                     10.8% 
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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. The 
  Company's issued ordinary share capital consists of 
  46,635,770 ordinary shares with voting rights (including 
  10,252,277 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. 
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 Place of completion   London, UK 
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 Date of completion    05/12/2017 
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