Aberdeen Private Equity Fund Ltd Holding(s) in Company - Weiss Asset Management LP (8879H)

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RNS Number : 8879H

Aberdeen Private Equity Fund Ltd

15 March 2018

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                                    Aberdeen Private Equity Fund 
  or the underlying issuer                                                  Ltd 
  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                                               Weiss Asset Management LP 
 City and country of registered                     Wilmington, Delaware, USA 
  office (if applicable) 
 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)(v) 
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 Name                                               Brookdale International Partners, 
                                                     L.P., Brookdale Global Opportunity 
                                                     Fund 
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 City and country of registered                     Brookdale International Partners, 
  office (if applicable)                             L.P.: New York, NY, USA 
                                                     Brookdale Global Opportunity 
                                                     Fund: Grand Cayman, Cayman 
                                                     Islands 
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 5. Date on which the threshold                     Mar-05-2018 
  was crossed or reached(vi) 
  : 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified                   Mar-06-2018 
  (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) 
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 Resulting 
  situation 
  on the date 
  on which 
  threshold 
  was crossed 
  or reached             13.99 %                    0.12 %             14.11 %            109,131,199 
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 Position                N/A                        N/A                N/A 
  of previous 
  notification 
  (if 
  applicable) 
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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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 GG00B1XCHB94                                   15,264,661                                      13.99 % 
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 SUBTOTAL 
  8. A                                15,264,661                                   13.99 % 
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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 
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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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 CFD                    N/A                     N/A             Cash Settlement    135,000      0.12 % 
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                                                                SUBTOTAL 
                                                                 8.B.2             135,000      0.12 % 
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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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 Weiss Asset 
  Management LP 
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 Brookdale International 
  Partners, L.P.             9.25 %            Below 5.0%               9.32 % 
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 Weiss Asset 
  Management LP 
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 Brookdale Global            Below 5.0%        Below 5.0%               Below 5.0% 
  Opportunity 
  Fund 
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 10. In case of proxy voting, please identify: 
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 Name of the proxy holder 
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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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 Weiss Asset Management LP is the Investment Manager 
  to Brookdale Global Opportunity Fund and Brookdale International 
  Partners, L.P. 
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 Place of completion   Boston, USA 
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 Date of completion    Mar-06-2018 
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