Repurchase of Equity

RNS Number : 8147G

Schroder Oriental Income Fund Ltd

11 June 2013

 

11 June 2013

Repurchase of Equity

Further to and in accordance with the Prospectus and Circular dated 9 May 2013, Schroder Oriental Income Fund Limited (the "Company") announces that it has repurchased into treasury 19,000,000 ordinary shares in the Company (the "Ordinary Shares") at 189.96 pence, the net asset value per Ordinary Share on 10 June 2013, which is the same price at which the shares were allotted.

Following this issue, the Company's issued ordinary share capital consists of 209,714,500 Ordinary Shares, of which 19,000,000 are held in treasury, and 50,853,707 C Shares.

The C Shares carry the right to attend or vote at any general meeting of the Company in the same manner as Ordinary Shares. Accordingly, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 241,568,207.

The above figure may be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculations by which they determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Further Information

John Spedding

Schroder Investment Management Limited

Tel: [phone]

The information in this announcement should be read in conjunction with the full text of the Circular.

Copies of the Prospectus and Circular have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and are available for inspection at www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do.

Unless otherwise defined, capitalised words and phrases in this announcement shall have the meaning given to them in the Prospectus and Circular.

 

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