PROSPECTUS DIRECTIVE REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE
ANNUAL INFORMATION UPDATE
This announcement is made in compliance with the requirements of the UK Listing
Authority's rule PR 5.2, which requires an issuer to prepare a document at
least annually that refers to or contains all information that has been
published or made available to the public over the previous 12 months. The
information below relates to the period of 8 March 2007 to 7 March 2008, this
latter date being the date that the Corporation's annual financial statements
were published.
Below is a list of announcements made through the regulatory information
services during the above mentioned period, in compliance with requirements in
the UK Listing Authority rules, the Companies Acts 1985 and 2006 and the
Application of International Accounting Standards. The Corporation has not made
any announcements in connection with requirements under laws and rules of other
EEA states.
Directors' Dealings
A total of 13 notifications were made about directors' dealings. These were all
acquisitions.
Notifications of movements in significant shareholdings (greater than 3%)/
notification of major interests in shares
One announcement was made (in March 2007) following a notification received
under section 198 of the Company's Act 1985 of substantial interest in shares.
Three announcements were made (in March, May and November 2007) under the
Disclosure and Transparency Rules ("DTR") about notification of major interest
in shares.
Purchase of shares by a subsidiary
Three announcements were made, on 25 January, 3 March and 7 March 2008. In all
three cases, the announcement concerned the acquisition of Law Debenture shares
by a subsidiary pursuant to awards made in accordance with the Corporation's
deferred share bonus plan.
Final and Interim Results
Announcements were made in July 2007 and February 2008 respectively announcing
the Corporation's interim 2007 results and final 2007 results.
On both occasions, separate announcements were made confirming that the results
documents were available for examination at the UKLA's document viewing
facility.
Results of Annual General Meeting ("AGM") - proxies received
Immediately after the 2007 AGM, in April, the Corporation announced the results
of its AGM including the numbers of proxy votes received in respect of each
resolution proposed at the AGM.
Annual Information Update
The Corporation's Annual Information Update was published on 3 April 2007.
Total Voting Rights
As required under DTR, the Corporation announced changes to its total voting
rights figure on 30 March, 30 April, 31 August, and 28 September 2007 and on 31
January 2008.
Net Asset Value
The Corporation made a weekly announcement (typically each Monday) of its Net
Asset Value as at close of play the preceding Friday.
Monthly Portfolio Information
In accordance with Listing Rule 15.4.11, the Corporation announced within two
business days of the end of each month a list of all investments in other
listed investment companies and listed investment trusts which themselves did
not have stated investment policies to invest no more than 15% of the total
assets in other listed investment companies or listed investment trusts (in
practice there are none of these), and the ten largest investments in the
portfolio.
Block listing six monthly return
The Corporation submitted block listing notifications in accordance with UK
Listing Authority rules in respect of the Corporation's Executive Share Option
Scheme and the Save As You Earn scheme.
Inside Information
The Corporation confirms that it has made no announcements in the last 12
months containing inside information.
Compliance with the Model Code
As an investment trust, the Corporation is able to take advantage of the
provisions of Listing Rule 15.5.1 (4), which permits dealing in shares during a
close period so long as an announcement is made that all inside information
which the directors and the Corporation may have had has previously been
disclosed. Such an announcement was made on 3 January 2008.
Miscellaneous
On 12 December 2007, the Corporation announced that one of its subsidiaries had
acquired Safecall Limited, the UK's leading whistle blowing firm.
Copies of all of the above announcements can be obtained from the Company
Secretary, The Law Debenture Corporation p.l.c., Fifth Floor, 100 Wood Street,
London, EC2V 7EX (telephone 020 7696 5285).
The information contained in the majority of the above announcements is now
historical and therefore out of date.
The Law Debenture Corporation p.l.c.
*A Private Investor is a recipient of the information who meets all of the conditions set out below, the recipient:
Obtains access to the information in a personal capacity;
Is not required to be regulated or supervised by a body concerned with the regulation or supervision of investment or financial services;
Is not currently registered or qualified as a professional securities trader or investment adviser with any national or state exchange, regulatory authority, professional association or recognised professional body;
Does not currently act in any capacity as an investment adviser, whether or not they have at some time been qualified to do so;
Uses the information solely in relation to the management of their personal funds and not as a trader to the public or for the investment of corporate funds;
Does not distribute, republish or otherwise provide any information or derived works to any third party in any manner or use or process information or derived works for any commercial purposes.
Please note, this site uses cookies. Some of the cookies are essential for parts of the site to operate and have already been set. You may delete and block all cookies from this site, but if you do, parts of the site may not work. To find out more about the cookies used on Investegate and how you can manage them, see our Privacy and Cookie Policy
To continue using Investegate, please confirm that you are a private investor as well as agreeing to our Privacy and Cookie Policy & Terms.