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 December 2014 (the "Conversion Day").
From Sterling Shares to US Dollar Shares 163
Conversion ratios
The net asset value per share of each class as at the Conversion Day was as follows:
£1.9506 in the case of Sterling Shares
$1.8613 in the case of US Dollar Shares
The spot conversion rate used for this conversion was:
GBP/USD: 1.563050
On the basis of the above, the conversion ratio was as follows:
1.631902 US Dollar Shares for every one Sterling Share
Admission of new shares
Application has been made for 266 US Dollar 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 15 January 2015.
Results of conversion
With effect from 15 January 2015, the issued share capital of the Company (excluding 43,911,473 Sterling Shares and 3,265,845 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: 396,504,549
US Dollar Shares: 38,229,680
All shareholders have equal voting rights based on the number of shares held. Accordingly, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 434,734,229 (excluding 43,911,473 Sterling Shares and 3,265,845 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.
9 January 2015
For further information about this announcement contact:
JTC (Guernsey) Limited
Secretary
Tel: 44 (0) 1481 702 400
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