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)

318652104
(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)

March 24, 2010
(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)       [  ]
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3.           SEC Use Only
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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
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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:
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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)                          ¨
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13.           Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)                                       4.79%
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14.           Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)                                                  BK

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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