MURRAY INCOME TRUST PLC ("the Company")
Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 549300IRNFGVQIQHUI13
7 August 2020
The Company announces that it is satisfied, by virtue of the points listed below, that all inside information which the Directors and the Company may have in the closed period (as defined by the EU Market Abuse Regulation) which ends on the date of the announcement of the Annual Financial Report for the year ended 30 June 2020 has been notified to a Regulated Information Service ("RIS"). The Company is therefore not prohibited from purchasing its own securities or selling shares from treasury or issuing new ordinary shares during this period.
In so stating the Company has regard to -
1) the announcement on 6 July 2020 of the Company's net asset values per share as of the close of business on 30 June 2020;
2) the Company's belief, following reasonable enquiries, that there will be no material difference between the information published on 6 July 2020 and that to be included in the forthcoming announcement of the Annual Financial Report for the year ended 30 June 2020;
3) the Company's practice of calculating net asset values per share each business day and the announcement of these net asset values to an RIS;
4) the announcement on 29 July 2020 of the agreement of heads of terms for the proposed combination of the Company with Perpetual Income and Growth Investment Trust plc, subject to certain preconditions;
5) there being no other unpublished information which constitutes price-sensitive information in respect of the Company's securities; and
6) there being no unquoted investments within the Company's portfolio.
For further information, please contact:
Stuart Reid
Aberdeen Asset Management PLC
Secretaries
Tel. 0131 372 2200