Net Asset Value(s)

RNS Number : 2262T

Merchants Trust PLC

03 January 2017

 

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 30 December 2016:

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 501.42p.

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 477.39p.

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 513.51p.

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 489.48p.

In the valuation of the company's long term debt at market value, the margin added to the yield of the relevant reference gilt is derived from the spread of BBB UK corporate bond yields over gilt yields.

Enquiries:

Kirsten Salt

Tel: [phone]

3 January 2017

 

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