0001207017-17-000018.txt : 20170207 0001207017-17-000018.hdr.sgml : 20170207 20170207143406 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001207017-17-000018 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13G/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20170207 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20170207 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ABERDEEN EMERGING MARKETS SMALLER Co OPPORTUNITIES FUND, INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000913662 IRS NUMBER: 133739905 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 0117 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-47548 FILM NUMBER: 17578529 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ABERDEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT INC. STREET 2: 1735 MARKET STREET - 32ND FLOOR CITY: PHILADELPHIA STATE: PA ZIP: 19103 BUSINESS PHONE: 215-405-5700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O ABERDEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT INC. STREET 2: 1735 MARKET STREET - 32ND FLOOR CITY: PHILADELPHIA STATE: PA ZIP: 19103 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ABERDEEN EMERGING MARKETS TELECOMMUNICATIONS & INFRASTRUCTURE FUND, INC. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20101102 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ABERDEEN EMERGING MARKETS TELECOMMUNICATIONS FUND, INC. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20100407 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: EMERGING MARKETS TELECOMMUNICATIONS FUND INC/NEW DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20010316 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: LAZARD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001207017 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 30 ROCKEFELLER PLZ STREET 2: 55TH FL. CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10112 BUSINESS PHONE: 2126321890 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 30 ROCKEFELLER PLZ STREET 2: 55TH FL. CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10112 SC 13G/A 1 r13gaemerg.htm

SCHEDULE 13G/A

CUSIP No: 00301T102

1)NAME OF REPORTING PERSON S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON: Lazard Asset Management LLC

2)CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a)o (b)o

3)SEC USE ONLY

4)CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION: Delaware

NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH:

5)SOLE VOTING POWER: 1,857,316

6)SHARED VOTING POWER: -

7)SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER: 1,857,316

8)SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER: -

9)AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON: 1,857,316

10)CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES o

11)PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9): 19.19%

12)TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON: IA

Item 1(a). Name of Issuer:

ABERDEEN EMERGING MARKETS SMALLER Co OPPORTUNITIES FUND, INC.

Item 1(b). Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:

ABERDEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT INC.

1735 MARKET STREET - 32ND FLOOR

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA 19103k

Item 2(a). Name of Person Filing: Lazard Asset Management LLC

Item 2(b). Address of Principal Business Office or, if None, Residence:

30 Rockefeller Plaza

New York, New York 10112

Item 2(c):Citizenship: Delaware Limited Liability Company

Item 2(d):Title of Class of Securities: Closed End Fund

Item 2(e):CUSIP Number: 00301T102

Item 3:If this statement is filed pursuant to Rules 13d-1(b), or 13d-2(b), check whether the person filing is a:

o (a) Broker or Dealer Registered Under Section 15 of the Act

    • (e) Investment Adviser registered under section 203 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940

Item 4: Ownership.

(a)Amount beneficially owned: 1,857,316

(b)percent of class: 19.19%

(c)Number of shares as to which such person has:

(i)Sole power to vote or to direct the vote: 1,857,316

(ii)Shared power to vote or to direct the vote:-

(iii)Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 1,857,316

(iv)Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:-

Item 5:Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class: Not applicable

Item 6:Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person: Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio

Item 7:Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on by the Parent Holding Company: Not applicable

Item 8:Identification and Classification of Members of the Group: Not applicable

Item 9:Notice of Dissolution of Group:Not applicable

Item 10:Certification.

By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired for the purpose of and do not have the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of such securities and were not acquired in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having such purposes or effect.

SIGNATURE

After reasonable inquiry and to the best knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this Statement is true, complete and correct.

Date:December 31, 2016

_________________________

Mark Anderson

Chief Compliance Officer