FIDELITY JAPANESE VALUES PLC - Holding(s) in Company

PR Newswire
London, October 2

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					ü
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		FIL Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv		See section 9
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		30 September 2015
6. Date on which issuer notified:		2 October 2015
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		13%

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

13,661,144

13,661,144

1,645,775

1,645,775

12,013,598

1.44%

10.54%

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

Subscription shares

86.50p

29th April 2016

1,185,614

Nominal

Delta

1.03%

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

14,844,987

13.01%

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

Custodian	Total	Management Company
BBHISL NOMINEES LIMITED	2,129,894	FIL
JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH	732,011	FISL
FIL NOMINEE (SHAREHOLDINGS) LTD GENPEP	5,672,161	FIL
BNY MELLON NOMINEES LTD	6,310,922	FIL
Grand Total	14,844,987

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

FIL Limited

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will acquire:

57,753

12. Date on which proxy holder will acquire voting rights:

30 September 2015

13. Additional information:

FIL may exercise any voting rights attaching to Fidelity ISA or Fidelity Share plan clients beneficial shareholding unless the client has elected to exercise such rights themselves.

14. Contact name:

Sally-Ann Hatton

15. Contact telephone number:

[e-mail], 01737 837148

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable
Full name	Christopher Pirnie For and on behalf of FIL Investments International
Contact address	Kingswood Place, Millfield Lane, Lower Kingswood, Tadworth, Surrey KT20 6RB
Phone number & email	01737 837929
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)

C: Additional information

Issuer name: FIDELITY JAPANESE VALUES PLC
Current ownership percentage: 13.01%
Total shares held: 14,844,987
Issued share capital: 114,025,893

FIL Limited (FIL) is the parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries, including FIL Fund Management Limited (FFML), FIL Investment Services (UK) Ltd (FISL), FIL Gestion (FIGEST), FIL Asset Management (Korea) Limited (FIAKL), FIL Investments Management (Hong Kong) Limited (FIMHK), FIL Pensions Management (FPM), Fidelity Investments Japan (FIJ) and FIL Investments International (FII), investment managers for various non-US investment companies and institutional clients.

Ordinary shares
BBHISL Nominees Limited 2,129,894 shares (direct)
JPMorgan, Bournemouth 732,011 shares (indirect)
FIL Nominee (Shareholdings) Ltd GENPEP 5,672,161 shares (indirect)
BNY Mellon Nominees Ltd 6,310,922 shares (indirect)