Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 1330I
Macau Property Opportunities Fund
14 November 2008
 



Macau Property Opportunities Fund Limited

(the 'Company')


Director Shareholding



The Board of the Company received notification today that Tom Ashworth, a non-executive director of the Company and a director of the Company's Manager, Sniper Capital Limited ('Sniper Capital'), transferred on 13 November 2008 all his personal shareholdings in the Company, being a total of 800,000 ordinary shares of US$0.01 each ('Ordinary Shares') to Sniper Investments Limited ('Sniper Investments') for nil consideration. The direct beneficial interest of Mr. Ashworth in the Company following this transfer is nil.


The Board of the Company received notification today that Martin Tacon, a director of Sniper Capital, also transferred on 13 November 2008 all his personal shareholdings in the Company, being a total of 800,000 Ordinary Shares, to Sniper Investments for nil consideration. The direct beneficial interest of Mr. Tacon in the Company following this transfer is nil.


Tom Ashworth and Martin Tacon ('the Principals') are the beneficial owners of all the share capital of Sniper Capital. The Board of the Company received notification today that Sniper Capital also transferred on 13 November 2008 all its shareholdings in the Company, being a total of 262,500 Ordinary Shares, to Sniper Investments for nil consideration. The beneficial interest of Sniper Capital in the Company following this transfer is nil.


The Principals have a beneficial interest in Sniper Investments. Sniper Investments is therefore a connected person of each of the Principals. As a result of the transactions described above, the Principals' indirect beneficial interest in the Company, which is held through Sniper Investments, is 1,862,500 Ordinary Shares, representing 1.77% of the issued share capital of the Company.



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For further information:


Website: www.mpofund.com



Public Relations

Hogarth Partnership Limited

Andrew Jaques / Anna Keeble

Tel: +44 20 7357 9477


Nominated Adviser & Joint Broker

Collins Stewart Europe Limited

Hugh Field / Andrew Zychowski / Helen Goldsmith

Tel: +44 20 7523 8000


Joint Broker

Shore Capital Stockbrokers Limited

Dru Danford

Tel: +44 20 7408 4090


Company Secretary & Administrator

Heritage International Fund Managers Limited

Mark Huntley / Laurence McNairn

Tel: +44 1481 716000


Manager

Sniper Capital Limited

Daisy Tang, Corporate & Investor Communications

Tel: +852 2292 6700

Email: info@snipercapital.com

www.snipercapital.com


Stock Codes: 

Bloomberg:  MPO LN

Reuters: MPO.L



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