Issue of Equity

Pacific Assets Trust plc

Allotment of Ordinary Shares

On 16 July 2015 PACIFIC ASSETS TRUST plc (the “Company”) allotted 725,000 new Ordinary shares of 12.5p each at a price of 200.25 pence per share in order to satisfy investor demand. These shares rank pari passu with the existing Ordinary shares in issue. The issue price equates to a premium to the cum income net asset value per share at the time of the transaction of 1.03%.

Application will be made for the new Ordinary shares to be admitted to the premium segment of the Official List and to trading on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange. It is expected that dealings in the new Ordinary shares will commence at 8.00am on 22 July 2015.

As a result of this allotment, the total number of ordinary shares in issue now stands at 118,073,386 and the total number of voting rights in the Company is 118,073,386. There are no shares held in treasury.

The above figure of 118,073,386 may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculation by which they may determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA’s Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Enquiries:

Mark Pope               

Frostrow Capital LLP           

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