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 2 November 2015 (the "Conversion Day").
From Sterling Shares to US Dollar Shares 48,757
From US Dollar Shares to Sterling Shares 6,540,429
Conversion ratios
The net asset value per share of each class as at the Conversion Day was as follows:
£2.0150 in the case of Sterling Shares
$1.9178 in the case of US Dollar Shares
The spot conversion rate used for this conversion was:
GBP/USD: 1.54275
USD/GBP: 0.648193
On the basis of the above, the conversion ratio was as follows:
1.620936 US Dollar Shares for every one Sterling Share
0.616925 Sterling Shares for every one US Dollar Share.
Admission of new shares
Application has been made for 3,986,198 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 9 December 2015.
Results of conversion
With effect from 9 December 2015, the issued share capital of the Company (excluding 40,396,743 Sterling Shares and 3,056,861 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: 382,196,044
US Dollar Shares: 22,192,929
All shareholders have equal voting rights based on the number of shares held. Accordingly, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 404,388,973 (excluding 40,396,743 Sterling Shares and 3,056,861 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.
3 December 2015
For further information about this announcement contact:
JTC (Guernsey) Limited
Secretary
Tel: 44 (0) 1481 702 400
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