l74950_sc13da28.htm
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE
13D
Under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment
No. 28)
Aberdeen
Australia Equity Fund, Inc.
(Name
of Issuer)
Common
Stock, par value $.01 per share
(Title of
Class of Securities)
(CUSIP
Number)
Moritz
Sell
Landesbank
Berlin AG
Alexanderplatz
2
D-10178
Berlin
Germany
+44.20.7572.6200
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
(Name,
Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to
Receive
Notices and Communications)
(Date of
Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)
If the
filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the
acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this
schedule because of §§240.13d-l(e), 240.13d-l(f) or 240.13d-l(g), check the
following box. ¨
CUSIP No. 889050 10
0
1.
Names of Reporting Persons.
I.R.S.
Identification Nos. of above persons (entities only).
Landesbank Berlin AG
IRS No.
2.
Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See
Instructions)
(a) [ ]
(b) [ ]
................................................................................................................................................................................
3. SEC
Use Only
………………………………………………………………………………
4. Source
of Funds (See Instructions)
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
5. Check
Box if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to
Items 2(d) or
2(e) ¨
.…...………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
6. Citizenship
or Place of Organization
Federal Republic of
Germany
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Number
of 7. Sole
Voting
Power: 921,356
Shares
Bene-
ficially 8. Shared
Voting Power:
Owned by
Each
Reporting
9. Sole
Dispositive
Power: 921,356
Person
with:
10. Shared
Dispositive Power:
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
11. Aggregate
Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person921,356
……….………………………………………………………………...…………………………………………
12. Check
Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain
Shares (See
Instructions) ¨
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
13. Percent
of Class Represented by Amount in Row
(11) 4.79%
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
14. Type
of Reporting Person (See
Instructions)
BK
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
This
Amendment No. 28 amends and supplements item 5 of the Statement on Schedule 13D
of Landesbank Berlin AG (“LB”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Landesbank Berlin
Holding AG (the “Parent”), which is in turn controlled by Erwerbsgesellschaft
der S-Finanzgruppe mbH & Co. KG, a German limited partnership (the
“Partnership”), with respect to the shares of Common Stock, par value $.01 per
share (the "Common Stock"), of the Aberdeen Australia Equity Fund, Inc. (the
"Fund"). Statements that are not modified in this amendment are not
amended and remain as previously reported.
Item
5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer
(a) According
to the Fund’s report on Form N-CSR filed on January 10, 2010, there were
19,235,840 shares of
Common Stock outstanding at October 31, 2009. The percentage set
forth in this Item 5(a) is derived using such number. LB has sole
power to vote and dispose of 921,356 shares of Common Stock, which constitute
approximately 4.79% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock.
(c) Since
January 26, 2010, LB has effected the following sales of shares of Common Stock
in at-the-market transactions on the American Stock Exchange:
|
Date
|
|
Number
of Shares
|
|
|
Average
Price per Share
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(including
commissions)
|
|
|
01/27/2010
|
|
|
10,000 |
|
|
$ |
11.2394 |
|
|
02/11/2010
|
|
|
18,200 |
|
|
|
10.9525 |
|
|
02/16/2010
|
|
|
11,437 |
|
|
|
11.2195 |
|
|
02/17/2010
|
|
|
7,000 |
|
|
|
11.4277 |
|
|
02/18/2010
|
|
|
10,000 |
|
|
|
11.4207 |
|
|
02/19/2010
|
|
|
28,388 |
|
|
|
11.5625 |
|
|
02/22/2010
|
|
|
1,482 |
|
|
|
11.74 |
|
|
02/23/2010
|
|
|
10,000 |
|
|
|
11.5139 |
|
|
02/24/2010
|
|
|
8,150 |
|
|
|
11.4628 |
|
|
02/25/2010
|
|
|
10,300 |
|
|
|
11.2167 |
|
|
02/26/2010
|
|
|
10,000 |
|
|
|
11.4215 |
|
|
03/12/2010
|
|
|
10,425 |
|
|
|
12.4659 |
|
|
03/15/2010
|
|
|
5,000 |
|
|
|
12.1899 |
|
|
03/16/2010
|
|
|
7,600 |
|
|
|
12.3535 |
|
|
03/19/2010
|
|
|
5,800 |
|
|
|
12.4569 |
|
|
03/22/2010
|
|
|
6,664 |
|
|
|
12.3437 |
|
|
03/23/2010
|
|
|
12,400 |
|
|
|
12.5695 |
|
|
03/24/2010
|
|
|
15,000 |
|
|
|
12.3786 |
|
|
03/25/2010
|
|
|
6,480 |
|
|
|
12.449 |
|
|
03/26/2010
|
|
|
25,705 |
|
|
|
12.411 |
|
Signature
After
reasonable inquiry and to the best of the undersigned’s knowledge and belief,
the undersigned certify that the information set forth in this statement is
true, complete and correct.
Date:
March 31, 2010
LANDESBANK BERLIN AG
By: /s/ Dirk
Kipp
Name: Dirk
Kipp
Title: Managing
Director
By: /s/ Moritz
Sell
Name: Moritz
Sell
Title: Director