23 August 2012
VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund Limited
Share buyback
VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund Ltd ('VOF', the 'Company') announces that on 22 August 2012, 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 31 July 2012, Visaka Holdings Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, purchased 1,000,000 Ordinary Shares of USD0.01 each at an average price of USD1.63 per share.
Following this transaction, VOF has spent USD28.3 million overall repurchasing 18,834,794 shares which are held as treasury shares. The total number of shares acquired since November 2011 represents 5.80 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 305,775,465.
During the month of August, the share price of VOF has increased by approximately 5.0 percent and has recently traded between USD1.63 and USD1.65. VOF's current share price to NAV discount is 32.0 percent when compared to a NAV per share of USD2.40 as at 31 July 2012, partially as a result of the share buyback program and interest from new and existing investors.
More information on the Company is available at www.vinacapital.com/vof
Enquiries:
David Dropsey
VinaCapital Investment Management Limited
Investor Relations/Communications
+84 8 821 9930
Philip Secrett
Grant Thornton Corporate Finance, Nominated Adviser
+44 (0)20 7383 5100
Hiroshi Funaki
LCF Edmond de Rothschild Securities, Broker
+44 (0)20 7845 5960
David Benda / Hugh Jonathan
Numis Securities Limited, Broker
+44 (0)20 7260 1000
Mark Walters
FTI Consulting, Public Relations (Hong Kong)
+852 3716 9802
mark.walters@fticonsulting.com
Andrew Walton
FTI Consulting, Public Relations (London)
+44 (0)20 7269 7204