Aberdeen New Thai Investment Trust PLC : Holding(s) in Company

Aberdeen New Thai Inv Trust PLC

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TR-1i: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARESi

1.         Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:ii

Aberdeen New Thai Investment Trust PLC

2.         Reason for the notification(please state Yes/No):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: Yes

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: No

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments: No

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: No

Other: No

3.         Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:iii

Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited (and/or acting for its affiliates) as discretionary investment manager on behalf of multiple managed portfolios

4.         Full name of shareholder(s)(if different from 3.):iv

Aberdeen Asia Pacific Fund

Aberdeen Asia Pacific and Japan Fund

5.         Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or  reached:v

22 January 2013

6.         Date on which issuer notified:

23 January 2013

7.         Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:vi, vii

19%

8.         Notified details:

n/a

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Situation previous to the Triggering transaction
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Number of shares	Number of voting rights
GB0000059971	3,751,200	3,751,200

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (vii)

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of voting rightsx
		Direct	Indirect xi	Direct	Indirect
GB0000059971	3,651,200	n/a	3,651,200		18.86%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument	Expiration Date xiii	Exercise/Conversion Period/ Date 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 3,651,200

% of voting rights 18.86%

9.         Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable (xv):

n/a

Proxy Voting:

10.       Name of the proxy holder:

n/a

11.       Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

n/a

12.       Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

n/a

13.       Additional information:

n/a

14.       Contact name:

Stuart Reid, Aberdeen Asset Management PLC, Secretaries

15.       Contact telephone number:

            0131 528 4000

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