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RNS Number : 2743O

Aberdeen New Thai Inv Trust PLC

17 August 2017

ABERDEEN NEW THAI INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 213800LUTHTZ8LS5UK85

Information disclosed in accordance with DTR 5.1, 5.3 and 5.8

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

 
 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant 
  issuer and to the FCA in Microsoft Word format if possible)(i) 
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 1a. Identity of the issuer                                   Aberdeen New Thai Investment 
  or the underlying issuer                                              Trust PLC 
  of existing shares to which 
  voting rights are attached(ii) 
  : 
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 1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer 
  (please mark with an "X" if appropriate) 
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 Non-UK issuer 
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 2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate 
  box or boxes with an "X") 
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 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights 
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 An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments 
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 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights 
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 Other (please specify)(iii) :                                                                X 
 
  Completion of the court-sanctioned scheme of arrangement 
  and all-share merger under Part 26 of the Companies 
  Act 2006 of Aberdeen Asset Management PLC and Standard 
  Life plc which became effective on 14 August 2017. 
  As a consequence various investment management companies 
  having delegated voting rights across a number of 
  client portfolios have become affiliated entities 
  (per FCA Glossary definition) and threshold limits 
  have been triggered. 
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 3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation(iv) 
 Name                                              Aggregate of Standard Life 
                                                    Aberdeen plc affiliated investment 
                                                    management entities with 
                                                    delegated voting rights on 
                                                    behalf of multiple managed 
                                                    portfolios 
 City and country of registered                    Edinburgh, Scotland 
  office (if applicable) 
 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)(v) 
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 Name 
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 City and country of registered 
  office (if applicable) 
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 5. Date on which the threshold                    14/08/2017 
  was crossed or reached(vi) 
  : 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified                  16/08/2017 
  (DD/MM/YYYY): 
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 7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification 
  obligation 
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                               % of voting           % of voting          Total of       Total number 
                             rights attached        rights through        both in %       of voting 
                                to shares             financial          (8.A + 8.B)      rights of 
                                (total of            instruments                          issuer(vii) 
                                  8. A)               (total of 
                                                     8.B 1 + 8.B 
                                                          2) 
----------------------  ------------------------  -----------------  -----------------  ------------- 
 Resulting 
  situation 
  on the date 
  on which 
  threshold 
  was crossed 
  or reached             17.04                     N/A                17.04              18,110,032 
----------------------  ------------------------  -----------------  -----------------  ------------- 
 Position                N/A                       N/A                N/A 
  of previous 
  notification 
  (if 
  applicable) 
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 8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the 
  date on which the threshold was crossed or reached(viii) 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares 
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 Class/type              Number of voting rights(ix)            % of voting rights 
  of 
  shares 
  ISIN code 
  (if possible) 
---------------------- 
                                Direct            Indirect                 Direct                  Indirect 
                               (Art 9 of          (Art 10 of              (Art 9 of               (Art 10 of 
                               Directive          Directive               Directive                Directive 
                             2004/109/EC)        2004/109/EC)            2004/109/EC)            2004/109/EC) 
                               (DTR5.1)           (DTR5.2.1)               (DTR5.1)               (DTR5.2.1) 
---------------------   ---------------------  --------------  ------------------------------  --------------- 
 GB0000059971            N/A                    3,086,885       N/A                             17.04 
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 SUBTOTAL 
  8. A                                3,086,885                                     17.04 
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 B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) 
  of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a)) 
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 Type of financial       Expiration             Exercise/       Number of voting                % of voting 
  instrument              date(x)                Conversion      rights that                     rights 
                                                 Period(xi)      may be acquired 
                                                                 if the instrument 
                                                                 is 
                                                                 exercised/converted. 
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                                                SUBTOTAL 8. 
                                                 B 1 
                                               --------------  ------------------------------  --------------- 
 
 B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect 
  according to Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC 
  (DTR5.3.1.1 (b)) 
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 Type of                Expiration              Exercise/       Physical           Number       % of voting 
  financial              date(x)                Conversion      or cash             of voting    rights 
  instrument                                    Period          settlement(xii)     rights 
                                                (xi) 
---------------------  ----------------------  --------------  -----------------  -----------  --------------- 
 
 
 
                                                                SUBTOTAL 
                                                                 8.B.2 
                                                               -----------------  -----------  --------------- 
 
 
 
 
 9. Information in relation to the person subject to 
  the notification obligation (please mark the 
  applicable box with an "X") 
 Person subject to the notification obligation is 
  not controlled by any natural person or legal entity 
  and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding 
  directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) 
  issuer(xiii) 
 Full chain of controlled undertakings through which                          X 
  the voting rights and/or the 
  financial instruments are effectively held starting 
  with the ultimate controlling natural person or 
  legal entity(xiv) (please add additional rows as 
  necessary) 
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          Name(xv)            % of voting        % of voting            Total of both 
                                 rights         rights through           if it equals 
                                 if it       financial instruments       or is higher 
                                 equals          if it equals         than the notifiable 
                                 or is           or is higher              threshold 
                                 higher       than the notifiable 
                                than the           threshold 
                               notifiable 
                               threshold 
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 Aberdeen Asset Management 
  Asia Limited                17.03         0                        17.03 
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 Aberdeen Private 
  Wealth Management 
  Limited                     0.01          0                        0.01 
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 10. In case of proxy voting, please identify: 
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 Name of the proxy holder                   N/A 
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 The number and % of voting                 N/A 
  rights held 
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 The date until which the                   N/A 
  voting rights will be held 
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 11. Additional information(xvi) 
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   As a result of the completion of the court-sanctioned 
   scheme of arrangement and all-share merger under Part 
   26 of the Companies Act 2006 of Aberdeen Asset Management 
   PLC and Standard Life plc which became effective on 
   14 August 2017, this notification details the assets 
   under management of the new Combined Group ('Standard 
   Life Aberdeen plc') as of the dates noted above. 
 
   In reference to section 9, the shares detailed are managed 
   by the named discretionary investment management entity 
   within multiple portfolios on behalf of underlying clients, 
   based on investment management agreements whereby the 
   client has delegated the exercise of the voting power 
   to the referenced investment manager. 
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 Place of completion   Aberdeen, United Kingdom 
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 Date of completion    16/08/2017 
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