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RNS Number : 5540E 
Advance Developing Markets Fund Ltd 
22 December 2009 
 

Advance Developing Markets Fund Limited has received the following notification 
of interest in its shares 
 
 
TR-1(i): NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 
 
 
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which 
voting rights are attached (ii):Advance Developing Markets Fund Limited 
 
 
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: ( ) 
 
 
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 the notification obligation (iii): 
City of London Investment Management Company Limited 
 
 
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) (iv): 
 
 
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or 
reached) (v): 
17 December 2009 
 
 
6. Date on which issuer notified: 
21 December 2009 
 
 
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached (vi, vii): 
16% 
 
 
8. Notified details: 
 
 
 
 
A: Voting rights attached to shares (viii, ix) 
 
 
+--------------+------------+------------+ 
| Class/type   |        Situation        | 
| of shares    |    previous to the      | 
| if           |       Triggering        | 
| possible     |      transaction        | 
| using the    |                         | 
| ISIN CODE    |                         | 
+--------------+-------------------------+ 
|              | Number     | Number     | 
|              | of         | of         | 
|              | shares     | voting     | 
|              |            | Rights     | 
|              |            |            | 
+--------------+------------+------------+ 
| GG00B45L2K95 | 10,082,537 | 10,082,537 | 
+--------------+------------+------------+ 
|              |            |            | 
+--------------+------------+------------+ 
 
 
 
 
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
 
 
+---------------------+------------------+-----------+----------------+---------+----------+ 
| Class/type of       | Number of shares | Number of voting rights    | % of voting rights | 
| shares if possible  |                  |                            |                    | 
| using the ISIN CODE |                  |                            |                    | 
+---------------------+------------------+----------------------------+--------------------+ 
|                     | Direct           | Direct    | Indirect (xii) | Direct  | Indirect | 
|                     |                  | (xi)      |                |         |          | 
|                     |                  |           |                |         |          | 
+---------------------+------------------+-----------+----------------+---------+----------+ 
| GG00B45L2K95        | N/A              |           | 10,737,227     | 16.28%  |          | 
+---------------------+------------------+-----------+----------------+---------+----------+ 
 
 
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
 
 
+------------+-----------------+-----------------------------+---------------------+----------------+ 
| Type of    | Expiration Date | Exercise/Conversion Period/ | Number of voting    | % of voting    | 
| financial  | (xiii)          | Date (xiv)                  | rights that may be  | rights         | 
| instrument |                 |                             | 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 of    | Exercise | Expiration | Exercise/  | Number of voting     | % of voting          | 
| financial  | price    | date xvii  | Conversion | rights instrument    | rights xix, xx       | 
| instrument |          |            | period     | refers to            |                      | 
|            |          |            | xviii      |                      |                      | 
+------------+----------+------------+------------+----------------------+----------------------+ 
|            |          |            |            |                      | Nominal   | Delta    | 
+            +          +            +            +                      +-----------+----------+ 
|            |          |            |            |                      |           |          | 
+------------+----------+------------+------------+----------------------+-----------+----------+ 
|                                                                                               | 
+------------+----------+------------+------------+----------------------+-----------+----------+ 
 
 
 
 
Total (A+B+C) 
+------------+--------+ 
| Number     | % of   | 
| of         | voting | 
| voting     | rights | 
| rights     |        | 
|            |        | 
+------------+--------+ 
| 10,737,227 | 16.28% | 
+------------+--------+ 
 
 
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the 
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable (xxi): 
All voting rights on all Shares are controlled by City of London Investment 
Management Limited. 
 
 
Proxy Voting: 
 
 
10. Name of the proxy holder: 
City of London Investment Management Company Limited 
 
 
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: 
 
 
 
 
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: 
 
 
 
 
13. Additional information: 
 
 
14. Contact name: 
Jay McKenna or Mike Sugrue 
 
 
15. Contact telephone number: 
[e-mail] - 001-610-380-0121 OR 
[e-mail] - 0207 860 8340 
 
 
Enquiries: 
 
 
Name of person making this announcement on behalf of Advance Developing Markets 
Fund Limited. 
 
 
Mr Russell Scott 
 
 
Tel: [phone] 
 
 
 
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            The company news service from the London Stock Exchange 
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