Correction : Transaction in Own Shares

This is a correction to the transaction in own shares announcement released at 17:16 on 15 August 2022. The Aggregate volume per trading volume should have stated 522 as opposed to 1,100. This has been corrected and is shown below.  All other details in the announcement remain unchanged.

 

Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities PLC
“Finding quality companies from Emerging Europe, the Middle East and Africa”

Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities PLC (the “Company”) announces it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of 10 pence each on the London Stock Exchange from J.P. Morgan Securities plc.

Ordinary Shares:	Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities PLC
Date of purchase:	15 August 2022
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	522
Lowest price per share:	560.00 pence
Highest price per share:	564.00 pence
Discount:	17.54%
Trading venue:	London
Aggregate volume per trading venue:	522
Weighted average price per trading venue:	560.17 pence

The Company intends to cancel the purchased shares.

Following the above transaction, the Company holds 3,318,207 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 11,986,214 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).
 

For further information please contact:

Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities PLC, via J.P. Morgan Cazenove
Frances Daley (Chairman)
J.P. Morgan Cazenove	[phone]
William Simmonds
Media enquiries
Quill PR	[phone]
Nick Croysdill, Andreea Caraveteanu

About Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities PLC
“Finding quality companies from Emerging Europe, the Middle East and Africa.”

Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities PLC (the “Company”) is a UK based investment trust that was launched on 18 December 2002 and is managed by Baring Fund Managers Limited.

On 13 November 2020, the Company obtained shareholders’ approval to broaden its investment policy and will focus on growth and income from quality companies in the Emerging Europe, Middle East and Africa ("EMEA") region. It also changed its name from Baring Emerging Europe PLC to Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities PLC on the same date.

For more information, please visit the Company’s website: www.bemoplc.com.

LEI: 213800HLE2UOSVAP2Y69