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 3 November - 2014 (the "Conversion Day").
From US Dollar Shares to Sterling Shares 2,000,000
Conversion ratios
The net asset value per share of each class as at the Conversion Day was as follows:
£1.9271 in the case of Sterling Shares
$1.8389 in the case of US Dollar Shares
The spot conversion rate used for this conversion was:
USD/GBP: 0.625293
On the basis of the above, the conversion ratio was as follows:
0.596675 Sterling Shares for every one Dollar Share
Admission of new shares
Application has been made for 1,193,349 Sterling Shares to be admitted to the Official List of the Financial Conduct 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 11 December 2014.
Results of conversion
With effect from 11 December 2014, the issued share capital of the Company (excluding 44,113,138 Sterling Shares and 2,450,500 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: 398,319,549
US Dollar Shares: 39,045,025
All shareholders have equal voting rights based on the number of shares held. Accordingly, the total number of voting rights in the Company is (excluding Sterling Shares and 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) 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.
5 December 2014
For further information about this announcement contact:
JTC (Guernsey) Limited
Secretary
Tel: 44 (0) 1481 702 400
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