SPH – Aberdeen Standard Australian Small Companies Fund

Disclosure of beginning to have substantial holding
Section 276, Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013
Note: This form must be completed in accordance with the instructions at the end of the
form.
To NZX Limited
and
To Millennium & Copthorne Hotels New Zealand Ltd
(“MCK”)
Date this disclosure made: 2018-09-20
Date on which substantial holding began: 2018-09-18
Substantial product holder(s) giving disclosure
Full name(s): Aberdeen Standard Australian Small Companies Fund
Summary of substantial holding
Class of quoted voting products: Ordinary Share
Summary for Aberdeen Standard Australian Small Companies Fund
For this disclosure,—
(a)
(b)
(c)
total number held in class: 5,427,145
total in class: 105,478,743
total percentage held in class: 5.1452%
Details of relevant interests
Details for Aberdeen Standard Australian Small Companies Fund
Nature of relevant interest(s): Aberdeen Standard Australian Small Companies Fund is a fund managed by Aberdeen
Standard Investments (Asia) Limited (“ASIAL”) together with its fully owned subsidiary, Aberdeen Standard Investments
Australia Limited (“ASIAusL”) which act as investment managers for various clients/ investment vehicles and have the power
to exercise, or control the exercise of, a right to vote attached to the securities and has the power to dispose of, or control the
disposal of the securities.

For that relevant interest,—


(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
number held in class: 5,427,145
percentage held in class: 5.1452
current registered holder(s): State Street Bank & Trust - Sydney
registered holder(s) once transfers are registered: State Street Bank & Trust - Sydney
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For a derivative relevant interest, also—
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
type of derivative: -
details of derivative: specify details required by the instructions to this form
parties to the derivative: -
if the substantial product holder is not a party to the derivative, the nature of the
relevant interest in the derivative: -
Details of transactions and events giving rise to substantial holding
Details of the transactions or other events requiring disclosure: Aberdeen Standard Investments has been advised to
make a disclosure for an individual fund which has an interest in a financial product more than 5% separately from investment
manager disclosure since the fund is defined as a beneficial owner within the meaning of the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013
(FMC Act) effective from 18 September 2018. Prior to the change, the interest of Aberdeen Standard Australian Small Companies
Fund in MCK has been aggregated and disclosed in ASIAL and ASIAusL’s joint disclosures.
Additional information
Address(es) of substantial product holder(s):

Aberdeen Standard Australian Small Companies Fund
Aberdeen Standard Investments Australia Limited
Level 10, 255 George Street, Sydney NSW 2000



Contact details:
Wannaporn Sirijiwanont
Telephone no.: +6623523354
Email: wannaporn.sirijiwanont@aberdeen-asset.com / disclosures.singapore@aberdeen-asset.com

*Nature of connection between substantial product holders: N/A
*Omit if disclosure is made for only 1 substantial product holder.
Name of any other person believed to have given, or believed to be required to give, a
disclosure under the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013 in relation to the financial
products to which this disclosure relates: N/A
*Disclosure has effect for purposes of directors’ and senior managers’ disclosure
[Name] is also a [specify either director or senior manager] of [name of listed issuer].
This disclosure also constitutes disclosure for the purposes of the directors’ and senior
managers’ disclosure obligations. – N/A
*Omit if inapplicable (see section 302 of the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013).
Certification
I, Wannaporn Sirijiwanont, certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the information contained in this disclosure is
correct and that I am duly authorised to make this disclosure by all persons for whom it is made.

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