Doc re. Tender Offer Circular

RNS Number : 8182U

JPMorgan Asian Investment Tst PLC

30 December 2011

 



JPMORGAN ASIAN INVESTMENT TRUST PLC (the 'Company')

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT

NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY IN OR INTO CANADA, AUSTRALIA, JAPAN OR THE UNITED STATES

30 December 2011

Tender offer for up to 5 per cent. of the shares in issue of the Company (the "Tender Offer")

Further to the Company's previous announcement on 12 October 2011, the Company is pleased to announce that it has today sent a circular to shareholders in the Company ("Shareholders") advising of the terms of a 5% Tender Offer (the "Circular").

A copy of the Circular can be obtained from the Company's website http://www.jpmasian.co.uk

Expected timetable

Record Date for the Tender Offer	close of business on 30 September 2011
Date by which Subscription Shareholders must have elected to exercise conversion into Shares in order to participate in the Tender Offer	30 December 2011
AGM	12.00 noon on 1 February 2012
Latest time and date for receipt of J.P. Morgan Savings Product Tender Forms in respect of the Tender Offer	5.00 p.m. on 6 February 2012
Latest time and date for receipt of Tender Forms and TTE Instructions in CREST from Shareholders in respect of the Tender Offer	11.00 a.m. on 13 February 2012
Calculation Date	close of business on 14 February 2012
Result of Tender Offer and Tender Price announced	15 February 2012
Settlement Date: cheques despatched and payments through CREST made and CREST accounts settled	17 February 2012
Balancing share certificates despatched	27 February 2012

For further information please contact:

JP Morgan Asset Management (UK) Limited, Company Secretary

Alison Vincent 020 7742 6216

JP Morgan Asset Management (UK) Limited, Client Director

Simon Crinage 020 7742 6000

Cenkos Securities plc, Corporate Broker

Will Rogers 020 7397 1920

Cenkos Securities Plc, which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Services Authority, is acting as the adviser to the Company and is acting for no-one else in connection with the Tender Offer and the contents of this announcement, and will not be responsible to anyone other than the Company for providing the protections afforded to clients of Cenkos Securities Plc nor for providing advice in connection with the Tender Offer Issue and the contents of this announcement or any other matter referred to herein.

Cenkos Securities Plc is not responsible for the contents of this announcement.

 

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