Tender Price and Total Voting Rights

RNS Number : 0199T

Qatar Investment Fund PLC

07 December 2012

 



7 December 2012

Qatar Investment Fund plc ("QIF" or the "Company")

Tender Price & Total Voting Rights

Further to the Company's announcement on 14 November 2012 regarding the passing of the resolutions at the Company's Extraordinary General Meeting to give effect to the Tender Offer, and the result of the Tender Offer, the Board today announces that the Tender Price, which has been calculated in accordance with paragraph 3 of Part III of the circular to Shareholders dated 17 October 2012 (the "Circular"), is US$1.0219 per Share.

It is expected that cheques will be despatched and CREST accounts will be credited with proceeds in respect of successfully tendered shares and with unsold uncertificated Shares by 14 December 2012.  It is expected that balancing certificates in respect of unsold certificated Shares will be despatched from 14 December 2012.

The 41,552,272 Shares tendered under the Tender Offer will be cancelled, and following the cancellation, the Company holds 9,888,768 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 180,550,212 Shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).

The above figure of 180,550,212 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 the Company under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Terms used in this announcement shall, unless the context otherwise requires, bear the meaning given to them in the Circular.

For further information:

Qatar Investment Fund plc [phone]

Nicholas Wilson, Chairman

Panmure Gordon [phone]

Richard Gray/Andrew Potts

Maitland [phone]

William Clutterbuck/Robbie Hynes

Galileo Fund Services Limited [phone]

Ian Dungate /Suzanne Jones

 

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