Tender Offer

RNS Number : 9816C

Qatar Investment Fund PLC

23 January 2015

 



23 January 2015

Qatar Investment Fund plc

("QIF" or the "Company")

Tender Price & Total Voting Rights

Further to the Company's announcement on 9 January 2015 regarding the passing of the resolutions at the Company's Extraordinary General Meeting to give effect to the Tender Offer, and the result of the Tender Offer, the Board today announces that the Tender Price, which has been calculated in accordance with paragraph 3 of Part III of the circular to Shareholders dated 11 December 2014, is US$1.4859 per Share.

It is expected that cheques will be despatched and CREST accounts will be credited with proceeds in respect of successfully tendered shares and with unsold uncertificated Shares by 30 January 2015.  It is expected that balancing certificates in respect of unsold certificated Shares will be despatched from 2 February 2015.

The 15,477,601 Shares tendered under the Tender Offer will be cancelled, and following the cancellation, the Company will hold 1,294,661 of its ordinary shares in treasury and will have 139,285,912 Shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).

The above figure of 139,285,912 may be used by Shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in the Company under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Terms used in this announcement shall, unless the context otherwise requires, bear the meaning given to them in the Circular.

For further information:

Qatar Investment Fund Plc [phone]

Nick Wilson

Panmure Gordon [phone]

Richard Gray / Andrew Potts / Atholl Tweedie

Maitland [phone]

William Clutterbuck / Robbie Hynes

Galileo Fund Services Limited [phone]

Ian Dungate

 

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