Net Asset Value(s)

RNS Number : 1592W

Merchants Trust PLC

20 December 2013

 



The Merchants Trust plc

As recommended by the AIC, net asset values are calculated on both a capital and a cum-income basis.

The Merchants Trust PLC announces that at close of business on 19 December 2013:

1)   based on the par value of the company's long term debt and preference shares, the capital net asset value per ordinary share was 504.19p.

2)   based on the market value of the company's long term debt and preference shares, the capital net asset value per ordinary share was 480.44p.

3)   based on the par value of the company's long term debt and preference shares, the cum-income net asset value per ordinary share was 516.40p.

4)   based on the market value of the company's long term debt and preference shares, the cum-income net asset value per ordinary share was 492.65p.

Following a review by the Board on the valuation of the company's long term debt at market value, the margin added to the yield of the relevant reference gilt will, with immediate effect, be derived from the spread of BBB UK corporate bond yields over gilt yields.

Enquiries: 

Kirsten Salt

Tel: [phone]

20 December 2013

 

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