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 17 February 2010

With debt valued at par excluding income :     99.39p per ordinary share
With debt valued at market excluding income :  99.39p per ordinary share

With debt valued at par including income :     101.50p per ordinary share
With debt valued at market including income :  101.50p per ordinary share


The above net asset values include a deduction for a performance fee accrual of £284,964 (0.28p per share.