TIDMPJF 
 
RNS Number : 4034C 
Prospect Japan Fund Ld 
12 November 2009 
 
 
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| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES                                       | 
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer           |  The Prospect Japan   | 
| of existing shares to which voting rights are                |     Fund Limited      | 
| 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                                |  yes    | 
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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)        |            1607 Capital Partners, LLC             | 
| subject to the                   |                                                   | 
| notification obligation:         |                                                   | 
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s)   | BNY Mellon        4,035,000                       | 
|  (if different from 3.):         | Northern          885,000                         | 
|                                  | Trust                                             | 
|                                  | State Street      525,000                         | 
|                                  | Bank of New       50,000                          | 
|                                  | York                                              | 
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| 5. Date of the transaction and   |                 November 5, 2009                  | 
| date on                          |                                                   | 
| which the threshold is crossed   |                                                   | 
| or                               |                                                   | 
| reached:                         |                                                   | 
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| 6. Date on which issuer          |                November 11, 2009                  | 
| notified:                        |                                                   | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are      |                        5%                         | 
| crossed or                       |                                                   | 
| 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 rights                | 
|                | of                   | of                  | of                | of                   | x                                 | 
|                | Shares               | Voting              | shares            | voting               |                                   | 
|                |                      | Rights              |                   | rights               |                                   | 
+                +                      +                     +-------------------+----------------------+-----------------------------------+ 
|                |                      |                     | Direct            | Direct xi | Indirect | Direct                | Indirect  | 
|                |                      |                     |                   |           | xii      |                       |           | 
+----------------+----------------------+---------------------+-------------------+-----------+----------+-----------------------+-----------+ 
|  GB00B011QL44  |                      |                     |    5,495,000      |           |          |        5.47%          |           | 
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|                |                      |                     |                   |           |          |                       |           | 
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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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| 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 voting         | % of voting                   | 
| instrument                | price     | date             | Conversion           | rights                   | rights                        | 
|                           |           |                  | period               | instrument               |                               | 
|                           |           |                  |                      | refers to                |                               | 
|                           |           |                  |                      |                          |                               | 
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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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| Same as A                                                                    |                                                             | 
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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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|                                                                                  | 
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|                                                                                  | 
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| Proxy Voting:                                                                    | 
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| 10. Name of the proxy holder:                  |                                 | 
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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:                          |                                     | 
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| 15. Contact telephone number:              |                                     | 
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| Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer                           | 
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| Annex: Notification of major interests in share                                          | 
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| A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation        | 
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| Full name                                  | 1607 Capital Partners, LLC                  | 
| (including legal form of legal entities)   |                                             | 
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| Contact address                            | 4991 Lake Brook Dr., Suite 125              | 
| (registered office for legal entities)     | Glen Allen, VA, USA 23060                   | 
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| Phone number & email                       | 804-525-1750                                | 
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| Other useful information                   |                                             | 
| (at least legal representative for legal   |                                             | 
| persons)                                   |                                             | 
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| B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable                                               | 
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| Full name                                  | Shannon S. Fake                             | 
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| Contact address                            | Same as above                               | 
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| Phone number & email                       | Same as above                               | 
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| Other useful information                   |                                             | 
| (e.g. functional relationship with the     |                                             | 
| person or legal entity subject to the      |                                             | 
| notification obligation)                   |                                             | 
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| C: Additional information                                                                | 
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| For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website.                       | 
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