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RNS Number : 2927E

Prospect Japan Fund Ld

08 May 2013

For filings with issuer exclude the annex

R-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

 
 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying 
  issuer of existing shares to which voting 
  rights are attached: ii                                                           The Prospect Japan Fund Limited 
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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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                                                                                Permal Investment Services Limited and 
   3. Full name of person(s) subject                                                Permal Asset Management LLC Permal 
   to the notification obligation: iii                                                                      Investment 
                                                                                                         Holdings N.V. 
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    4. Full name of shareholder(s)                                        BNY Mellon (FBO Permal Investment Holdings 
    (if different from 3.):iv                                             NV, Permal 
                                                                          Japan Holdings NV, Japan Omnibus Ltd.) 
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 5. Date of the transaction and date 
  on which the threshold is crossed                                                                        May 2, 2013 
  or reached: v 
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   6. Date on which issuer notified:                                                                       May 7, 2013 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed 
  or reached: vi, vii                                                                                              20% 
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 8. Notified details: 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix 
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 Class/type of         Situation previous            Resulting situation after the triggering 
  shares                to the triggering             transaction 
                        transaction 
  if possible using 
  the ISIN CODE 
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                       Number of      Number of      Number of   Number of voting         % of voting rights 
                        Shares         Voting         shares      rights                   x 
                                       Rights 
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                                                                      xi            xii 
                                                       Direct     Direct       Indirect     Direct     Indirect 
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   GB00B011QL44          19,207,907     19,207,907                           18,957,907                19.91% 
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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 rights 
  instrument          date xiii    Conversion Period    rights that may 
                                   xiv                  be 
                                                        acquired if the 
                                                        instrument is 
                                                        exercised/ converted. 
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   N/A 
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 C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial 
  Instruments 
  xv, xvi 
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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 rights 
  instrument          price      date xvii    Conversion      rights instrument    xix, 
                                              period xviii    refers to            xx 
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                                                                                    Nominal      Delta 
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 N/A 
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   Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights   Percentage of voting rights 
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   18,957,907                19.91% 
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9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi

1. Japan Omnibus Ltd (9,474,335 shares and voting rights of 9.95%). Permal Japan Holdings N.V is the sole beneficial owner of Japan Omnibus Ltd.

2. Permal Investment Holdings N.V (9,483,572 shares and voting rights of 9.96% - down from 12.90% at time of last filing.)

This notification is also being made in respect of Permal InvestmentManagement Services Limited (PIMS)and Permal Asset Management LLC (PAM), which are both indirect holders of the shares for the purpose of DTR 5.2.1(h). Please see Section 13 for further information.

 
 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 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:        PIMS holds the voting rights under proxy 
                                      contained in investment management agreements 
                                      with Permal Japan Holdings N.V (PJH) 
                                      and Permal Investment Holdings N.V (PIH) 
                                      and sub-delegates investment management 
                                      to PAM, which also holds the voting 
                                      rights under proxy as a result. 
 
                                      All voting rights held on behalf of 
                                      PJH and PIH are aggregated for the purposes 
                                      of DTR 5.2.1(e). 
 
                                      The change in percentage voting rights 
                                      is due to PIH selling 250,000, which 
                                      caused PIH's ownership to decrease to 
                                      9.96%. As a result, collectively, PIMS 
                                      and PAM's total percentage voting rights 
                                      decreased from 
                                      20.17% to 19.91%. 
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   14. Contact name:                                                                    Michael McDonough 
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                                                                                          + 44 (0) 20 7389 1336 
   15. Contact telephone number: 
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