NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR
INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO THE UNITED
STATES, CANADA,
AUSTRALIA OR JAPAN OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO SO
WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THE RELEVANT LAWS OF SUCH
JURISDICTION
Ashmore Global Opportunities
Limited
("AGOL" or the "Company")
a Guernsey incorporated and registered limited liability
closed-ended investment company with a Premium Listing of its US
Dollar and Sterling share classes on the Official List.
LEI Number:
549300D6OJOCNPBJ0R33
Completion of
29 February 2020 Share Conversion
& Closure of Sterling Share
Class
27 March 2020
Following the publication on 17 March
2020 of the final month-end net asset values for
29 February 2020, the following share
conversion ratios have been determined in accordance with the
articles of incorporation of the Company for the purposes of the
29 February 2020 share conversion
date:
1.15474694 |
US Dollar shares for
each Sterling share. |
On the basis of aggregate applications received and using the
conversion ratios listed above, the following shares will be
issued:
- 1,230,563 new US Dollar shares of no par value
and the following shares will be cancelled:
- 1,065,656 Sterling shares of no par value
all with effect from 31 March
2020.
Application has been made to the Financial Conduct Authority
(“FCA”) for the new shares to be admitted to the Official List of
the UK Listing Authority and admitted to trading on the London
Stock Exchange’s main market for listed securities.
Admission is expected to occur on or
around 3 April 2020. Shareholder
accounts for converting shareholders are expected to be updated by
5.00pm on 3
April 2020.
As previously announced by the Company on 27 February 2020 all remaining shares in the
Sterling share class will be converted into US Dollar shares at the
US Dollar/Sterling share conversion ratio with effect from 31 March
2020. The Sterling share class will then close and its
listing will be cancelled.
Following issue and cancellation of the relevant shares, the
total number of shares in issue in each class will be as
follows:
-
4,846,922 US Dollar Shares; and
-
0 Sterling Shares
Number of votes each Share shall be entitled to on a poll at any
general meeting of the Company (applying the Weighted Voting
Calculation as described in the Prospectus published by the Company
on 6 November 2007 (the
'Prospectus')):
US Dollar Shares:
1.0000
The above figures 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 FCA's Disclosure and Transparency
Rules.
Enquiries:
www.agol.com
Company Secretary
Northern Trust International Fund Administration Services
(Guernsey) Limited