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22 November 2013
JPMORGAN ASIAN INVESTMENT TRUST PLC (the "Company")
Tender Offer to purchase up to 5 per cent of the Company's Ordinary Shares in issue
Further to the Company's previous announcement on 14 October 2013, the Company is pleased to announce that it has today sent a circular to shareholders in the Company advising of the terms of a 5 per cent Tender Offer (the "Circular").
A copy of the Circular will shortly be available from the Company's website www.jpmasian.co.uk or from the National Storage Mechanism www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.
Expected Timetable
Record Date
|
14 October 2013 |
Posting of Circular and Tender Forms |
22 November 2013 |
Latest date for receipt of J.P. Morgan Savings Product Tender Forms |
6 December 2013 at 5.00 p.m. |
Latest date for receipt of Tender Form/TTE Instructions in CREST
|
12 December 2013 at 11.00 a.m. |
Calculation Date
|
Close of business on 16 December 2013 |
Results of Tender Offer and Tender Price announced
|
17 December 2013 |
Settlement Date for Shareholders
|
On or around 20 December 2013 |
Settlement Date for J.P. Morgan Savings Product Participants |
On or around 30 December 2013 |
Balancing share certificates despatched |
On or around 2 January 2014 |
Enquiries:
JP Morgan Asset Management (UK) Limited, Company Secretary
Alison Vincent 020 7742 6216
JP Morgan Asset Management (UK) Limited, Client Director
James Glover 020 7742 6000
Cenkos Securities plc, Corporate Broker
Sapna Shah 020 7397 1922
Cenkos Securities Plc, which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Services Authority, is acting as the adviser to the Company and is acting for no-one else in connection with the Tender Offer and the contents of this announcement, and will not be responsible to anyone other than the Company for providing the protections afforded to clients of Cenkos Securities Plc nor for providing advice in connection with the Tender Offer Issue and the contents of this announcement or any other matter referred to herein.
Cenkos Securities Plc is not responsible for the contents of this announcement.