Bursa Announcement

Bursa Announcement

Date : 03 February 2017

Notice of Person Ceasing (29C)

AEON CO. (M) BHD

Particulars of Substantial Securities Holder

Name MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP, INC ("MUFG")
Address 7-1, Marunouchi 2-Chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-8330,
Japan.
Company No. NIL
Nationality/Country of incorporation Japan
Descriptions (Class & nominal value)
Ordinary Shares of RM0.50 each
Date of cessation 31 Jan 2017
Name & address of registered holder
(i) Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
1585 Broadway
New York, NY 10036

(i) Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC
25 Cabot Square
Canary Wharf
London E14 4QA
United Kingdom
Currency
No of securities disposed
Price Transacted ($$)
Circumstances by reason of which Securities Holder has interest
MUFG is deemed interested in the shares of AEON CO (M) BHD ("Company") held by the Morgan Stanley Group by virtue of:-
MUFG's holding more than 20% interest in shares of Morgan Stanley Group.

Pursuant to Section 6A(4)(c) of the Companies Act 1965, MUFG was deemed interested in the shares of the Company held by Aberdeen Asset Management PLC ("Aberdeen") (and its subsidiaries) as MUFG's wholly owned subsidiaries, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp, holds more than 15% in Aberdeen.

As at 31 January 2017, Aberdeen and its subsidiaries hold 265,662,300 shares of the Company.

By virtue of the coming into force of the Companies Act 2016 on 31 January 2017, pursuant to Section 8(4)(c) of the Companies Act 2016, MUFG is no longer deemed interested in the shares of the Company in which Aberdeen has an interest as Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp does not hold 20% or more in Aberdeen. As a result, MUFG ceases to be deemed a substantial shareholder of the Company.
Nature of interest
Indirect
Date of notice 02 Feb 2017


Remarks :
The Form 29C was received by the Company on 3 February 2017.


Announcement Info

Company Name AEON CO. (M) BHD
Stock Name AEON
Date Announced 03 Feb 2017
Category Notice of Person Ceasing Substantial Shareholders Pursuant to Form 29C
Reference Number CS3-03022017-00006


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