21 Apr 2017 11:30
For filings with the FCA include the annex
For filings with issuer exclude the annex
TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:
Schroder Asian Total Return Investment Company plc
2. Reason for the notification
(please place an X inside the appropriate bracket/s):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: ( X )
An acquisition or disposal of 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 notification obligation:
Lazard Asset Management LLC
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):
Bank of New York, Inc - Dir Personal
Bank of New York, Inc - Global Custody
JP Morgan Chase - SWIFT
Northern Trust Co
5. Date of transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:
19 April 2017
6. Date on which issuer notified:
20 April 2017
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
Decrease from 5% to 0%
8. Notified Details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares if possible use ISIN CODE | Situation previous to the triggering transaction | |
Ordinary Shares
| Number of shares | Number of voting rights |
GB0007918872 N/A 4,079,424 | ||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
|
Number of shares
|
Number of voting rights |
% of voting rights | ||
Direct N/
| Direct | Indirect0 | Direct | Indirect 0% | |
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument | Expiration date | Exercise/ conversion period/date | No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/ converted) | % of voting rights |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||
Type of financialinstrument | Exercise price | Expiration date | Exercise/Conversion period | Number of voting rights instrument refers to
| % of voting rights | |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Nominal | Delta |
Total (A+B +C)
Number of voting rights
0 | Percentage of voting rights 0% |
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Lazard Asset Management LLC controls all the voting rights held of this issuer.
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of 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:
Andrea Davidson
15. Contact telephone number:
020 7658 4430
Date: 21 April 2017
Schroder Asian (ATR)