Net Asset Value(s)

Martin Currie Investment Management Limited, as company secretary, announces the unaudited net asset values (on the AIC
basis) of the company as at the close of business on 2 December 2009

With debt valued at par excluding income :     99.26p per ordinary share
With debt valued at market excluding income :  99.26p per ordinary share

With debt valued at par including income :     100.71p per ordinary share
With debt valued at market including income :  100.71p per ordinary share

The above net asset values include a deduction for a performance fee accrual of £225,289 (0.22p per share).