Weiss Korea Opportunity Fund - Compulsory Redemption of Shares and Total Voting Rights
(“WKOF” or the “Company”)
(a closed-ended investment scheme
incorporated with limited liability
under the laws of Guernsey with registration number
56535)
LEI Number:
213800GXKGJVWN3BF511
COMPULSORY REDEMPTION OF SHARES AND TOTAL VOTING RIGHTS
Further to the announcement on
On this basis a holder of 100,000 Shares had 61,981 Shares redeemed, and received
Fractions of Shares have not been redeemed and so the number of Shares redeemed from each Shareholder has been rounded down to the nearest whole number of Shares.
The new ISIN number GG00BT26K977 in respect of the remaining Shares which have not been redeemed, has been enabled and is available for transactions from
In conformity with the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules (" DTRs "), following the redemption and cancellation, the Company's issued share capital consists of 38,086,261 Shares, each carrying the right to one vote, of which 11,752,246 Shares are held in treasury.
Accordingly, the figure 26,334,015 represents the total voting rights in the Company and may be used by Shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they can determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in the Company under the DTRs.
Payments of redemption monies are expected to be effected either through CREST (in the case of Shares held in uncertificated form) or by cheque (in the case of Shares held in certificated form) on
Capitalised terms used but not defined in this announcement will have the same meaning as set out in the circular of the Company published on
_____________________ |New ISIN|GG00BT26K977| |________|____________| |SEDOL |BT26K97 | |________|____________| |TIDM |WKOF | |________|____________|
For further information, please contact:
Weiss Asset Management LP (Investment Manager)
Andrew Daly
+1 (617) 778-7780
Eric Ruiz Rachel Lehman Singer Capital Markets Advisory LLP James Maxwell , James Fischer , Anthony Debson, Samed Ethemi +44 (0) 20 7496 3000
(Corporate Finance)
Alan Geeves , James Waterlow , Sam Greatrex (Sales)
Northern Trust International Fund Administration services +44 (0) 1481 745001
(guernsey) Limited
Company Secretary
A copy of this announcement will be available on the Company's website at https://www. https://www.weisskoreaopportunityfund.com. Neither the content of the Company's website, nor the content on any website accessible from hyperlinks on its website, is incorporated into, or forms part of, this announcement nor, unless previously published by means of a recognised information service, should any such content be relied upon in reaching a decision as to whether or not to acquire, continue to hold, or dispose of, securities in the Company.
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