Aberdeen Asian Income Fund Limited Holding(s) in Company (2094X)

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RNS Number : 2094X

Aberdeen Asian Income Fund Limited

26 August 2015

TR-1i: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES(i)

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: (ii)

Aberdeen Asian Income Fund

   2.         Reason for the notification (please state Yes/No): 

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: Yes

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: No

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments: No

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: No

Other: No

   3.         Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: (iii) 

Investec Wealth & Investment Limited

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

N/A

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

25(th) August 2015

   6.         Date on which issuer notified: 

26(th) August 2015

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

Below 5%

   8.         Notified details: 

A: Voting rights attached to shares (viii, ix)

 
                          Situation previous to the Triggering transaction 
 Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE    Number of shares   Number of voting rights 
 Ordinary Shares 
  GB00B0P6J834                                              9,740,338              9,740,338 
 

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (vii)

 
Class/type of         Number of   Number of voting      % of voting 
 shares if possible     shares          rights            rights(x) 
 using the ISIN 
 CODE 
                                  Direct    Indirect  Direct  Indirect 
                                              (xi) 
Ordinary NPV 
 GB00B0P6J834         9,751,838  9,751,838            5.00% 
 

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

 
 Type of       Expiration     Exercise/Conversion   Number of voting     % of voting 
  financial     Date (xiii)    Period/ Date          rights that          rights 
  instrument                   (xiv)                 may be acquired 
                                                     if the instrument 
                                                     is exercised/ 
                                                     converted. 
 
 

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments (xv, xvi)

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

 
 Type            Exercise   Expiration   Exercise/Conversion   Number of        % of voting 
  of financial    price      Date         Period (xviii)        voting rights    rights 
  instrument                 (xvii)                             instrument       (xix, 
                                                                refers to        xx) 
                                                                                Nominal   Delta 
 

Total (A+B+C)

 
 Number of voting rights   % of voting rights 
        9,751,838                5.00% 
 

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

Discretionary client holdings registered in the name of Nominee companies 100% owned by Investec Wealth & Investment Limited.

Proxy Voting:

   10.       Name of the 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: 

Charles Mearns, Aberdeen Private Wealth Management Limited

   15.       Contact telephone number: 

0131 528 4132

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