1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:
MP Evans Group 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:
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.):
Aberdeen Global - Asian Smaller Companies Fund
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:
11/01/2013
6. Date on which issuer notified:
14/01/2013
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
15%
8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
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
Direct
Direct
Indirect
Direct
Indirect
GB0007538100
8,176,770
8,176,770
8,251,770
8,251,770
15.04%
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial
instrument
Expiration
date
Exercise/
Conversion
Period
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
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial
instrument
Exercise
price
Expiration
date
Exercise/
Conversion
period
Number of voting
rights instrument
refers to
% of voting rights
Nominal
Delta
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights
Percentage of voting rights
8,251,770
15.04%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
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:
Robert Haggerty
15. Contact telephone number:
01224 404110
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M.P. Evans Group PLC is a United Kingdom-based company, which is a producer of sustainable Indonesian palm oil. The Company's segments are distinguished by location and product: Indonesian oil-palm plantation products in Indonesia and Malaysian property development. The Company's plantations are spread across five Indonesian provinces: North Sumatra, South Sumatra, Aceh, Bangka-Belitung, and East Kalimantan. It owns approximately 51,300 hectares of sustainable oil palm in Indonesia and manages 15,900 hectares on behalf of its scheme smallholders. It also owns six palm-oil mills. The Company's wholly owned subsidiaries include M.P. Evans & Co. Limited, Sungkai Holdings Limited, PT Prima Mitrajaya Mandiri, PT Gunung Pelawan Lestari, PT Bilah Plantindo, PT Evans Lestari, PT Simpang Kiri Plantation Indonesia, and others.