TIDMADN
RNS Number : 1836A
Aberdeen Asset Management PLC
02 October 2009
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| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES |
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the | Aberdeen Asset Management PLC |
| underlying issuer of existing shares to | |
| which voting rights are attached: | |
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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 to the | Morgan Stanley (Institutional |
| notification obligation: | Securities Group and Global |
| | Wealth Management) |
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if | |
| different from 3.): | |
| | |
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| 5. Date of the transaction and date on | 01 October 2009 |
| which the threshold is crossed or reached: | |
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 02 October 2009 |
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or | 4% |
| reached: | |
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| 8. Notified details: |
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| A: Voting rights attached to shares |
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| Class/type of | Situation previous | Resulting situation after the triggering |
| shares | to the triggering | transaction |
| if possible | transaction | |
| using | | |
| the ISIN CODE | | |
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| | Number | Number | Number | Number of voting | % of voting |
| | of | of | of shares | rights | rights |
| | Shares | Voting | | | |
| | | Rights | | | |
+ + + +---------------+------------------------+---------------------+
| | | | Direct | Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect |
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| GB0000031285 | 48,034,308 | 48,034,308 | 33,840,968 | 33,840,968 | | 3.37% | |
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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 | Conversion | rights that may | rights |
| | | Period | be | |
| | | | acquired if the | |
| | | | instrument is | |
| | | | exercised/ | |
| | | | converted. | |
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| C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial |
| Instruments |
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
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| Type of | Exercise | Expiration | Exercise/ | Number of | % of voting |
| financial | | | Conversion | voting | rights |
| instrument | price | date | | rights | |
| | | | period | instrument | |
| | | | | refers to | |
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| | | | | | Nominal | Delta |
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+ + + + + +-----------------+---------+
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| Total (A+B+C) |
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