Fidelity Japanese Values Plc - Holding(s) in Company

PR Newswire

London, June 6

For filings with the FCA include the annex
For filings with issuer exclude the annex

TR-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		Fidelity Japanese Values PLC
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights			X
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: ⁱⁱⁱ	Lazard Asset Management LLC
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):^iv	J.P.Morgan Chase - SWIFT Mellon Trust Northern Trust Co State Street Bank – Master Tr - ETC State Street Bank – Custody Master Trust
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: ^v	5 June 2017
6. Date on which issuer notified:	6 June 2017
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: ^{vi, vii}	decreased from 23% to 22%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares ^{viii, ix}

Class/type of
shares

if possible using
the ISIN CODE

Situation previous
to the triggering
transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number
of
Shares

Number
of
Voting
Rights

Number
of shares

Number of voting
rights

% of voting rights ^x

Direct

Direct ^xi

Indirect ^xii

Direct

Indirect

GB0003328555

31,227,908

31,135,591

22.960%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Expiration
date ^xiii

Exercise/
Conversion Period ^xiv

Number of voting
rights that may be
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/ converted.

% of voting
rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments ^{xv, xvi}

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date ^xvii

Exercise/
Conversion period ^xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights ^{xix, xx}

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

31,135,591

22.960%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: ^xxi
Lazard Asset Management LLC controls all the voting rights held of this issuer.

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:		N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:
14. Contact name:	Legal & Compliance Department
15. Contact telephone number:	0207 448 2085

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable
	Bonita Guntrip For and on behalf of FIL Investments International
	Kingswood Fields, Millfield Lane, Lower Kingswood, Tadworth, Surrey KT20 6RB
	01737 837320 bonitaguntrip@fil.com

C: Additional information
None