CONVERSION BETWEEN SHARE CLASSES & ADMISSION OF NEW SHARES
Conversion requests
The table below summarises the aggregate number of shares of each class in relation to which the Company has received requests to convert such shares into shares of another class with effect from 1 September 2014 (the "Conversion Day").
From US Dollar Shares to Sterling Shares 326,665
Conversion ratios
The net asset value per share of each class as at the Conversion Day was as follows:
£1.9318 in the case of Sterling Shares
€1.8610 in the case of Euro Shares
$1.8452 in the case of US Dollar Shares
The spot conversion rate used for this conversion was:
USD/GBP: 0.6036
On the basis of the above, the conversion ratio was as follows:
0.576496 Sterling Shares for every one US Dollar Shares
Admission of new shares
Application has been made for 188,321 Sterling Shares to be admitted to the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to trading on the London Stock Exchange. It is expected that such listing will become effective and that dealings in such shares will commence on 9 October 2014.
Results of conversion
With effect from 30 September 2014, the issued share capital of the Company (excluding 44,571,799 Sterling Shares and 1,152,000 US Dollar Shares held in treasury and subject to there being no further transactions in the Company's shares during the intervening period in accordance with the share buy back programme announced on 28 May 2012) will be as follows:
Sterling Shares: 402,276,769
Euro Shares: 7,250,121
US Dollar Shares: 40,166,448
All shareholders have equal voting rights based on the number of shares held. Accordingly, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 449,693,338 (excluding 44,571,799 Sterling Shares and 1,152,000 held in treasury and subject to there being no further transactions in the Company's shares during the intervening period in accordance with the share buy back programme announced on 28 May 2012) and this figure 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.
30 September 2014
For further information about this announcement contact:
JTC (Guernsey) Limited
Secretary
Tel: 44 (0) 1481 702 400
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