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

BackOct 10, 2012
Part I
1. Date of notice to issuer 10/10/2012
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 09/10/2012
2. The change in the percentage level From 10.04 % To 9.67 %
3. Circumstance(s) giving rise to the interest or change in interest # Others

1. Open Market Purchase.

2. Pursuant to the issuance of 139,000,000 new units in Ascendas India Truston the completion of a private placement on 9 October 2012, the total number of units in issue after the private placement is 911,547,156 units.
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 77,534,000
As a percentage of issued share capital 0 % 10.04 %
No. of shares held after the change 0 88,159,000
As a percentage of issued share capital 0 % 9.67 %
Footnotes A. Where reference is made to shares, it refers to units in Ascendas India Trust ("a-iTrust").

B. The percentage before the change was computed based on 772,547,156 units in issue as at 13 August 2012.

C. The percentage after the change was computed based on 911,547,156 units in issue as at 9 October 2012.

D. Matthews International Funds is a U.S. registered investment trust.