Net Asset Value(s)

RNS Number : 8751K

Merchants Trust PLC

02 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 1 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 519.78p.

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 495.83p.

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 528.03p.

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 504.08p.

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]

2 August 2013

 

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