Notice Of A Substantial Shareholder's Interest

BackJun 02, 2008
Part I
1. Date of notice to issuer 02/06/2008
2. Name of Substantial Shareholder Lion Global Investors Limited
3. Notice Type Notice of a New Substantial Shareholder's interest.
Part II
1. Date of change of Deemed Interest 02/06/2008
2. Name of Registered Holder See footnote below.
3. Circumstance(s) giving rise to the interest or change in interest # Others

Lion Global Investors Limited manages discretionary fund management accounts and invests in units of Ascendas India Trust ("a-iTrust") for these accounts. On 2 June 2008, Lion Global Investors Limited commenced discretionary management of a block of 42,373,000 units in a-iTrust transferred by a client. Consequently, together with the existing units that it is managing, Lion Global Investors Limited has the discretion to exercise voting rights in respect of 54,169,000 units in a-iTrust and is deemed to be interested in the units.
4. Information relating to shares held in the name of the Registered Holder
 
No. of Shares held before the change 11,796,000
As a percentage of issued share capital 1.56 %
No. of Shares which are subject of this notice 42,373,000
As a percentage of issued share capital 5.62 %
Amount of consideration (excluding brokerage and stamp duties) per share paid or received 0
No. of Shares held after the change 54,169,000
As a percentage of issued share capital 7.18 %
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 11,796,000
As a percentage of issued share capital 0 % 1.56 %
No. of shares held after the change 0 54,169,000
As a percentage of issued share capital 0 % 7.19 %
Footnotes A. The names of the registered holders are:
UOB Nominees Pte Ltd
HSBC (Singapore) Nominees Pte Ltd
Royal Bank of Canada (Asia) Ltd
DBS Nominees Pte Ltd

B. Where reference is made to shares, it refers to units in a-iTrust.

C. The above percentages were computed based on 753,855,448 units issued as at 2 June 2008.