Baring Emerging Eur Holding(s) in Company

 
TIDMBEE 
 
TR-1 (i) NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 
 
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which 
voting rights are attached 
 
Baring Emerging Europe PLC 
 
2. Reason for the notification                                        State 
                                                                     Yes/No 
 
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                             X 
 
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may 
result in the 
acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are 
attached 
 
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights 
 
Other (please specify): 
 
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification    Lazard Asset 
obligation                                               Management LLC 
 
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)    Bank of New York, Inc 
                                                         - Global Custody 
 
                                                         CIBC-Mellon Canadian 
                                                         office 
 
                                                         Comerica Bank 
 
                                                         Mellon Trust 
 
                                                         Morgan Stanley Prime 
                                                         Brokerage 
 
                                                         Northern Trust Co 
 
                                                         State Street Bank - 
                                                         Custodian 
 
                                                         State Street Bank - 
                                                         Master Tr 
 
                                                         State Street Bank - 
                                                         Custody Master Trust 
 
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the        28 January 2013 
threshold is crossed 
or reached if different) 
 
6. Date on which issuer notified :                       29 January 2013 
 
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:          Increase from 6% to 8% 
 
8. Notified details: 
 
A: Voting rights attached to shares 
 
Class/type of      Situation        Resulting situation after the triggering 
    shares        previous to                     transaction 
 if possible    the triggering 
using the ISIN    transaction 
     CODE 
 
               Number   Number    Number    Number of voting    Percentage of 
                 of       of        of           rights            voting 
               Shares   Voting    shares                           rights 
                        Rights 
 
                                            Direct  Indirect   Direct  Indirect 
 
 GB0032273343          1,554,516                    1,906,511           8.457% 
 
 
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
 
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
 
   Type of     Expiration       Exercise/        Number of voting       % of 
  financial       date          Conversion      rights that may be     voting 
 instrument                       Period          acquired if the      rights 
                                                    instrument 
                                                   is exercised/ 
                                                     converted 
 
 
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial 
Instruments 
 
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
 
  Type of    Exercise Expiration Exercise /  Number of voting    % of voting 
 financial    price      date    Conversion  rights instrument      rights 
 instrument                        period        refers to 
 
                                                               Nominal   Delta 
 
 
Total (A+B+C) 
 
Number of voting rights                 % of voting rights 
 
1,906,511                               8.457% 
 
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the 
financial instruments are 
effectively held, if applicable: 
 
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    0207 448 2165 
number : 
 
 
 
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