TO: RNS
FROM: F&C Managed Portfolio Trust
DATE: 9 March 2017
SUBJECT: Issue of Equity
The Board of F&C Managed Portfolio Trust plc ("the Company") announces that on 9 March 2017 the Company sold 300,000 Income shares of 10p each from treasury at a price of 134.75p per Income share.
Following this transaction the Company's issued share capital consists of 42,535,035 Income shares and 34,277,037 Growth shares, of which 925,000 Income shares and 593,537 Growth shares are held in treasury. Therefore the total number of shares with voting rights in F&C Managed Portfolio Trust plc is 41,610,035 Income shares and 33,683,500 Growth shares.
The above figures (41,610,035 Income shares and 33,683,500 Growth shares) may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, F&C Managed Portfolio Trust plc under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
For further information please contact:
Peter Hewitt, F&C Investment Business Limited 0131 718 1244
Ian Ridge, F&C Investment Business Limited 0131 718 1010