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RNS Number : 2093X

Aberdeen New Thai Inv Trust PLC

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 New Thai Investment Trust PLC

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

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: No

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: Aberdeen New Thai Investment Trust PLC bought back 20,000 Ordinary shares for cancellation

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

Lazard Asset Management LLC

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

Bank of New York, Inc - Global Custody

JP Morgan Chase - Swift

Mellon Trust

Northern Trust Co

State Street Bank - Custodian - ETC

State Street Bank - Master Tr - ETC

State Street Bank - Custody Master Trust

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

24 August 2015

   6.         Date on which issuer notified:

26 August 2015

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

Increase from 21% to 22%

   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 
 
   GB0000059971                                                                      4,427,234

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) 
GB0000059971                                4,427,234          22.020%

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 
 
        4,427,234                22.020%

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

Lazard Asset Management LLC controls all the voting rights held of this issuer.

Proxy Voting:

   10.       Name of the proxy holder:

N/A

   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:

Stuart Reid, Aberdeen Asset Management PLC, Secretaries

   15.       Contact telephone number:

0131 528 4000

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