PACL.L Regulatory News (PACL)

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof existing shares to which voting rights areattached: ii

Pacific Alliance China Land Ltd

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

X

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

X

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):

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

Weiss Asset Management LP

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

Brookdale International Partners, L.P., Brookdale Global Opportunity Fund

5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached: v

Feb-12-2016

6. Date on which issuer notified:

Feb-17-2016

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

n/a

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type ofshares

if possible usingthe ISIN CODE

Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

NumberofShares

NumberofVotingRights

Numberof shares

Number of votingrights

% of voting rights x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

KYG6846Y1035

3,753,063

3,753,063

4,753,063

4,753,063

n/a

4.57 %

n/a

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Expirationdate xiii

Exercise/Conversion Period xiv

Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted.

% of votingrights

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

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

CFD

n/a

n/a

n/a

5,750,000

Nominal

Delta

5.53

n/a

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

10,503,063

10.11 %

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi

Brookdale International Partners, L.P.: 7,466,085 voting rights/financial instruments (7.18 %)

Brookdale Global Opportunity Fund: 3,036,978 voting rights/financial instruments (2.92 %)

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will ceaseto hold:

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to holdvoting rights:

13. Additional information:

Please note: This notification is being furnished to the issuer pursuant to Article 24.1 of the issuer's Articles of Association dated 29 October 2007. It is provided on a TR-1 form for convenience purposes only and is not being filed with the FCA. 

14. Contact name:

Michael Szkodzinski

15. Contact telephone number:

+1-617-778-7758