Net Asset Value(s)

RNS Number : 7878M

Merchants Trust PLC

29 August 2013

 



The Merchants Trust plc

As recommended by the AIC, net asset values are calculated on both a capital and a cum-income basis.

The Merchants Trust PLC announces that at close of business on 28 August 2013:

1)   based on the par value of the company's long term debt and preference shares, the capital net asset value per ordinary share was 499.76p.

2)   based on the market value of the company's long term debt and preference shares, the capital net asset value per ordinary share was 475.81p.

3)   based on the par value of the company's long term debt and preference shares, the cum-income net asset value per ordinary share was 511.57p.

4)   based on the market value of the company's long term debt and preference shares, the cum-income net asset value per ordinary share was 487.62p.

Following a review by the Board on the valuation of the company's long term debt at market value, the margin added to the yield of the relevant reference gilt will, with immediate effect, be derived from the spread of BBB UK corporate bond yields over gilt yields.

Enquiries: 

Kirsten Salt

Tel: [phone]

29 August 2013

 

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