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RNS Number : 6443F

Prospect Japan Fund Ld

28 April 2014

 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying                 The Prospect Japan Fund Limited 
  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):                                                                    x 
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 3. Full name of person(s) subject                      Permal Investment Holdings N.V. 
  to the 
  notification obligation: 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s)                    BNY Mellon (FBO Permal Investment Holdings 
  (if different from 3.):                                             N.V.) 
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 5. Date of the transaction and date                              9 April 2014 
  on 
  which the threshold is crossed 
  or 
  reached: 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified:                               14 April 2014 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed 
  or 
  reached:                                                            10% 
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 8. Notified details: 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares 
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 Class/type     Situation previous                      Resulting situation after the triggering 
 of              to the triggering                       transaction 
 shares          transaction 
 
 if possible 
 using 
 the ISIN 
 CODE 
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                Number           Number                 Number     Number of voting          % of voting rights 
                 of               of                    of          rights                    (x) 
                 Shares           Voting                shares 
                                  Rights 
-------------  ---------------  ---------------------  ---------  ------------------------  --------------------------- 
                                                        Direct     Direct         Indirect   Direct       Indirect 
                                                                    (xi)           (xii) 
-------------    -----  ------  -------  ------  ----  ---------  -------------  ---------  -----------  -------------- 
 GB00B011QL44     9,446,072           9,446,072                     9,396,072                  9.97% 
-------------  ---------------  ---------------------  ---------  -------------  ---------  -----------  -------------- 
 
 
 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 Period              rights that may           rights 
                                                                          be 
                                                                          acquired if the 
                                                                          instrument is 
                                                                          exercised/ converted. 
----------------------  ---------------  -----------------------------  ------------------------  --------------------- 
          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          Exercise       Expiration       Exercise/        Number of voting            % of voting rights 
 financial         price          date             Conversion       rights instrument 
 instrument                                        period           refers to 
---------------  -------------  ---------------  ---------------  --------------------------  ------------------------- 
      n/a                                                                                      Nominal       Delta 
---------------  -------------  ---------------  ---------------  --------------------------  ------------  ----------- 
 
 
 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights                                         Percentage of voting rights 
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 9,396,072                                                       9.97% 
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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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   Permal Investment Holdings NV (9,446,072 shares and voting rights of 
   9.97% - down from 10.02% at the time of the last filing). 
 
 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                         n/a 
  cease 
  to hold: 
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 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to                          n/a 
  hold 
  voting rights: 
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                                           The change in percentage voting rights 
  13. Additional information:               is due to Permal Investment Holdings 
                                            NV (PIH) selling 50,000 shares, which 
                                            caused PIH's ownership to decrease 
                                            from 10.02% (representing a holding 
                                            of 9,446,072 shares) to 9.97% (representing 
                                            a holding of 9,396,072 shares). 
 
                                            In addition, Japan Omnibus Ltd, of 
                                            which Permal Japan Holdings NV (PJH) 
                                            is the sole beneficial owner, sold 
                                            50,000 shares on 9 April 2014 causing 
                                            PJH's ownership to decrease from 6.63% 
                                            (representing a holding of 6,196,835 
                                            shares). This sale did not trigger 
                                            a filing. 
 
                                            Permal Investment Management Services 
                                            Limited (PIMS) holds the voting rights 
                                            under proxy contained in the investment 
                                            management agreements with PIH and 
                                            PJH, and sub delegates investment 
                                            management to Permal Asset Management 
                                            LLC (PAM), which also holds the voting 
                                            rights under proxy as a result. 
 
                                            As a result, collectively, PIMS and 
                                            PAM's total percentage voting rights 
                                            decreased from 16.65% (representing 
                                            a holding of 15,692,907 shares) to 
                                            16.54% (representing a holding of 
                                            15,592,907 shares). 
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 14. Contact name:                         Karen Hager 
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 15. Contact telephone number:             +1 (212) 418 6624 
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