Discount Control Policy - Announcement of tender offer

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Fidelity Emerging Markets Limited (the 'Company')

Legal Entity Identifier: 213800HWWQPUJ4K1GS84

Discount Control Policy – Announcement of tender offer  

The Board of Directors is mindful that the Company’s shares have traded at a discount to NAV for some time, and frequently deliberates appropriate discount control mechanisms to address the imbalance between the demand and supply of the Company’s shares. In recognition of this, on 13 November 2023, the Company implemented a share buyback programme to repurchase up to 14.99% of issued share capital, subject to authority for such repurchases being renewed at the Annual General Meeting on 7 December 2023. The Board intends to continue using its buyback programme to address the discount to NAV with the ambition that it may ultimately be maintained in single digits in normal market conditions on a sustainable basis.

In addition, and in recognition of the imbalance between demand and supply of the shares, the Board has decided to undertake a tender offer for up to 15% of issued share capital to be announced in Q1 2024 to support the share buyback programme. The pricing of the tender offer is expected to be at the prevailing NAV per share less 2 per cent. The tender offer will be subject to shareholder approval, which will be sought at a general meeting of the Company. Further details of the structure and timing of the tender offer and associated general meeting will be announced in due course.

For further information, please contact:

George Bayer Fidelity International [e-mail] [phone]
Gaudi Le Roux Jefferies International Limited [e-mail]  [phone]  [phone]
Rupert Budge J.P. Morgan Cazenove [phone]  M: [phone]   [e-mail]

This announcement or any part of it does not constitute or form part of any offer to issue or sell, or the solicitation of an offer to acquire, purchase or subscribe for, any securities in the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan or South Africa or any other jurisdiction in which the same would be unlawful.

The making of a tender offer in, or to persons who are citizens or nationals of, or resident in, jurisdictions outside the United Kingdom or to custodians, nominees or trustees for citizens, nationals or residents of jurisdictions outside the United Kingdom may be prohibited or affected by the laws of the relevant overseas jurisdiction.

This announcement includes statements that are, or may be deemed to be, forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control and all of which are based on the Directors' current beliefs and expectations about future events. Forward-looking statements are sometimes identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "believe", "expect", "may", "will", "would", "could", "should", "shall", "risk", "intend", "estimate", "aim", "plan", "predict", "continue", "assume", "positioned", "anticipate", "hope" or "target" or the negative thereof, other variations thereon or comparable terminology. These forward-looking statements include all matters that are not historical facts. These forward-looking statements and other statements contained in this announcement regarding matters that are not historical facts involve predictions and by their nature, forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainty because they relate to future events and circumstances. No assurance can be given that such future results will be achieved; actual events or results may differ materially as a result of risks and uncertainties we face. Such risks and uncertainties could cause actual results to vary materially from the future results indicated, expressed, or implied in such forward-looking statements. The Company and the Directors expressly disclaim any obligation or undertaking to update these forward-looking statements contained in the document to reflect any change in their expectations or any change in events, conditions, or circumstances on which such statements are based unless required to do so by applicable law, the Prospectus Regulation Rules, the Listing Rules, or the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules of the FCA or Regulation (EU) 596/2014, which is part of UK law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, as amended from time to time.

No statement in this announcement or incorporated by reference into this announcement is intended to constitute a profit forecast or profit estimate for any period, nor should any statement be interpreted to mean that earnings or earnings per share will necessarily be greater or less than those for the preceding financial periods of the Company.

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