Notice Of A Substantial Shareholder's Interest

BackOct 20, 2010
Part I
1. Date of notice to issuer 19/10/2010
2. Name of Substantial Shareholder Matthews International Funds
3. Notice Type Notice of a New Substantial Shareholder's interest.
Part II
1. Date of change of Deemed Interest 18/10/2010
2. Name of Registered Holder Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
3. Circumstance(s) giving rise to the interest or change in interest Open Market Purchase
4. Information relating to shares held in the name of the Registered Holder
 
No. of Shares held before the change 37,826,000
As a percentage of issued share capital 4.95 %
No. of Shares which are subject of this notice 1,088,000
As a percentage of issued share capital 0.14 %
Amount of consideration (excluding brokerage and stamp duties) per share paid or received 1.038
No. of Shares held after the change 38,914,000
As a percentage of issued share capital 5.09 %
Part III - Not Required
Part IV
1. Holdings of Substantial Shareholder, including direct and deemed interest :
 
  Direct Deemed
No. of shares held before the change 0 37,826,000
As a percentage of issued share capital 0 % 4.95 %
No. of shares held after the change 0 38,914,000
As a percentage of issued share capital 0 % 5.09 %
Footnotes A. Where reference is made to shares, it refers to units in Ascendas India Trust.

B. The above percentages were computed based on 764,455,114 units issued as at 18 October 2010.

C. Matthews International Capital Management, LLC ("MICM") is a U.S. registered investment advisor and Matthews International Funds ("MIF") is a U.S. registered investment trust.

D. MICM act as an investment advisor to MIF and its other clients. MICM has discretionary authority over its clients' shares.