Share buyback

RNS Number : 7828A

VinaCapital Vietnam Opp. Fund Ld

25 March 2013

 



25 March 2013

VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund Limited

Share buyback

VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund Ltd ('VOF', the 'Company') announces that on 22 March 2013, pursuant to the share buyback authority granted to the Company's Board of Directors on 25 October 2011 and in accordance with the terms referenced in the share buyback programme update announcement on 25 January 2013, Visaka Holdings Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, purchased 965,915 Ordinary Shares of USD0.01 each at an average price of USD2.09 per share.

Following this transaction, VOF has spent USD63.2 million overall repurchasing 39,274,516 shares which are held as treasury shares. The total number of shares acquired since November 2011 represents 12.1 percent of the Company's 324,610,259 Ordinary Shares in issue and as a result, total voting rights in the Company have been reduced to 285,335,743.

More information on the Company is available at www.vinacapital.com/vof

Enquiries:

David Dropsey

VinaCapital Investment Management Limited

Investor Relations/Communications

[phone]

[e-mail]

Philip Secrett

Grant Thornton Corporate Finance, Nominated Adviser

[phone]

[e-mail]

Hiroshi Funaki

Edmond de Rothschild Securities, Broker

[phone]

[e-mail]  

David Benda / Hugh Jonathan

Numis Securities Limited, Broker

[phone]

[e-mail]

Andrew Walton

FTI Consulting, Public Relations (London)

[phone]

[e-mail]

 

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