Africa Opportunity Fund Limited Holding(s) in Company (5660H)
March 16 2015 - 11:59AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMAOF
RNS Number : 5660H
Africa Opportunity Fund Limited
16 March 2015
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i)
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1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying Africa Opportunity Fund Ltd
issuer
of existing shares to which voting rights
are
attached: (ii)
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2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
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An acquisition or disposal of voting rights X
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An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments
which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to
which voting rights are attached
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An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic
effect to qualifying financial instruments
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An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
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Other (please
specify):
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3. Full name of person(s) subject Lazard Asset Management LLC
to the
notification obligation: (iii)
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4. Full name of shareholder(s) Bank of New York, Inc - Global Custody
(if different from 3.):(iv) JP Morgan Chase - SWIFT
Mellon Trust
Morgan Stanley Prime Brokerage
Northern Trust Co
State Street Bank-Custodian-ETC
State Street Bank-Master Tr-ETC
State Street Bank-Custody Master Trust
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5. Date of the transaction and date 13 March 2015
on
which the threshold is crossed
or
reached: (v)
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6. Date on which issuer notified: 16 March 2015
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7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed Increase from 16% to 17%
or
reached: (vi, vii)
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8. Notified details:
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A: Voting rights attached to shares (viii, ix)
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Class/type Situation previous Resulting situation after the triggering
of to the triggering transaction
shares transaction
if possible
using
the ISIN
CODE
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Number Number Number Number of voting % of voting rights
of of of rights (x)
Shares Voting shares
Rights
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Direct Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
(xi) (xii)
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KYG012921048 7,145,945 7,569,945 17.757%
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B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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Type of financial Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting % of voting
instrument date (xiii) Conversion Period rights that may rights
(xiv) be
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/ converted.
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C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial
Instruments (xv, xvi)
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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Type of Exercise Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting % of voting rights
financial price date (xvii) Conversion rights instrument (xix, xx)
instrument period refers to
(xviii)
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Nominal Delta
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Total (A+B+C)
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Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights
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7,569,945 17.757%
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9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or
the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: (xxi)
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Lazard Asset Management LLC controls all the voting rights held of this
issuer.
Proxy Voting:
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10. Name of the proxy holder: N/A
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11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will
cease
to hold:
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12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to
hold
voting rights:
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13. Additional information:
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14. Contact name: Legal & Compliance Department
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15. Contact telephone number: 0207 448 2119
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