TIDMADN
RNS Number : 3222B
Aberdeen Asset Management PLC
23 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 | Credit Suisse Group AG |
| notification obligation: | |
| | |
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if | Credit Suisse |
| different from 3.): | Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) |
| | Ltd Clariden Leu AG |
| | |
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| 5. Date of the transaction and date on | 21 October 2009 |
| which the threshold is crossed or | |
| reached: | |
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 23 October 2009 |
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or | 24% |
| 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 rights |
| | of | of | of shares | rights | |
| | Shares | Voting | | | |
| | | Rights | | | |
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| | | | Direct | Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect |
+---------------+---------------+-------------+---------------+------------+-------------+-----------+----------+
| GB0000031285 | 240,197,954 | 240,197,954 | N/A | N/A | 249,994,168 | | 24.92% |
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| | | | | | | | |
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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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| N/A | | | | |
+------------------------+------------+----------------+------------------+----------------+
+--------------------+----------+------------+------------+----------------+--------------------+---------+
| 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 financial | Exercise | Expiration | Exercise/ | Number of | % of voting |
| instrument | | | Conversion | voting | rights |
| | price | date | | rights | |
| | | | period | instrument | |
| | | | | refers to | |
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| N/A | | | | | 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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| 249,994,168 | 24.92% |
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| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or |
| the |
| financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: |
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| 1. Credit Suisse Group AG |
| 2. Credit Suisse |
| 2.1 Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Ltd |
| 3. Clariden Leu AG |
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| 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 | N/A |
| will cease to hold: | |
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| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease | N/A |
| to hold voting rights: | |
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| 13. Additional information: | N/A |
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| 14. Contact name: | Scott E Massie |
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| 15. Contact telephone number: | 01224 631999 |
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