Notice Of A Change In The Percentage Level Of A Substantial Shareholder's Interest

BackJun 02, 2011
Part I
1. Date of notice to issuer 02/06/2011
2. Name of Substantial Shareholder Matthews International Funds
3. Notice Type Notice of a Change in the Percentage Level of a Substantial Shareholder's Interest or Cessation of Interest.
Part II - Not Required
Part III
1. Date of change of Deemed Interest 01/06/2011
2. The change in the percentage level From 8.25 % To 9.37 %
3. Circumstance(s) giving rise to the interest or change in interest Open Market Purchase
4. A statement of whether the change in the percentage level is the result of a transaction or a series of transactions: The change in the percentage level is the result of a series of transactions.
Part IV
1. Holdings of Substantial Shareholder, including direct and deemed interest :
 
  Direct Deemed
No. of shares held before the change 0 63,165,000
As a percentage of issued share capital 0 % 8.25 %
No. of shares held after the change 0 71,954,000
As a percentage of issued share capital 0 % 9.37 %
Footnotes A. Where reference is made to shares, it refers to units in Ascendas India Trust ("a-iTrust").

B. The percentage before change was computed based on 765,607,777 units in issue as at 21 February 2011 (the date of the last notice of change in interest).

C. The percentage after change was computed based on 767,613,771 units in issue as at 2 June 2011.

D. 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.

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