Transaction in Own Shares

AVI Japan Opportunity Trust PLC

16 January 2026

 

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16 January 2026

LEI: 894500IJ5QQD7FPT3J73

AVI Japan Opportunity Trust plc
(the "Company")

Buy-back of own securities

The Company announces that, in accordance with the authority granted at the Company's General Meeting held on 13 January 2026, on 15 January 2026 the Company purchased 26,899,713 Ordinary shares of £0.01 each in the capital of the Company (SEDOL: BD6H5D3 / ISIN: GB00BD6H5D36), representing approximately 11.05% of the issued Ordinary share capital (excluding treasury shares), at a price of 173.7587 pence per Ordinary share. The shares will be held in the treasury.

As a result of the above transaction, the Ordinary shares in issue, shares held in treasury, and the Total Voting Rights of the Company are now as follows:

Number of Ordinary Shares in issue	247,873,823
Number of Ordinary Shares held in treasury	31,350,429
Total Voting Rights attaching to Ordinary Shares in issue	216,523,394

MUFG Corporate Governance Limited

Secretary

 

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