WEISS KOREA OPPORTUNITY FUND - Holding(s) in Company

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For filings with the FCA include the annexFor filings with issuer exclude the annexTR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer               Weiss Korea Opportunityof existing shares to which voting rights are                                   Fund Ltdattached:ii2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):An acquisition or disposal of voting rightsAn acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which mayresult in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rightsare attachedAn acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect toqualifying financial instrumentsAn event changing the breakdown of voting rights                                YesOther (please specify):3. Full name of person(s) subject to the                           Ruffer Group (for itsnotification obligation:iii                                       discretionary clients)4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed or                                         9 January 2015reached: v6. Date on which issuer notified:                                        12 January 20157. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or                                        10% to 11%reached: vi, vii8. Notified details:A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ixClass/type   Situation previous             Resulting situation after the triggering transactionof           to the triggeringshares       transaction             Number            Number       Number     Number of voting      % of  voting rights xif possible  of                of           of shares  rightsusing        Shares            Votingthe ISIN                       Rights       Direct     Direct xi    Indirect Direct    IndirectCODE                                                                xii             11,500,000        11,500,000   11,500,000 11,500,000   -        11%       -GG00B933LL68B: Qualifying Financial InstrumentsResulting situation after the triggering transactionType of        Expiration       Exercise/               Number of voting              % of votingfinancial      date xiii        Conversion Period xiv   rights that may be            rightsinstrument                                              acquired if the                                                        instrument is                                                        exercised/ converted.C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying FinancialInstruments xv, xviResulting situation after the triggering transactionType of       Exercise price   Expiration  Exercise/   Number of voting rights % of voting rightsfinancial                      date xvii   Conversion  instrument refers to    xix, xxinstrument                                 period                                           xviii                                                                               Nominal   DeltaTotal (A+B+C)Number of voting rights                            Percentage of voting rights11,500,000                                         11%9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxiN/AProxy Voting:10. Name of the proxy holder:                                                        N/A11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will ceaseto hold:12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to holdvoting rights:                              Ruffer Group controls the voting rights over 11,500,00013. Additional information:   shares (now 11% of the voting rights) of Weiss Korea                              Opportunity Fund Ltd which are held by Ruffer Group's                              discretionary clients.                              This change from 10% to 11% is due to a change in the                              issued share capital of Weiss Korea Opportunity Fund Ltd                              (decreased to 104,100,000 shares) on 9 January. The number                              of shares held by Ruffer remains the same.14. Contact name:                                                         Louise Stanway15. Contact telephone number:                                              020 7963 8146