BENTLEY CAPITAL LIMITED — Net Asset Value 2009

Aug 12, 2009

Thursday, 13 August 2009

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MARKET ANNOUNCEMENT

NTA Backing as at 31 July 2009

Bentley Capital Limited ( ASX: BEL ) gives notice that the unaudited Net Tangible Assets ( NTA ) per share after tax as at 31 July 2009 was $0.3926 per share.

% ChangeNTA Backing for Month Ending:Pre-Tax NTA Backing per share1+2.85%Post-Tax NTA Backing per share2+2.85%Based on total issued share capital	Current MonthPrevious Month31July 200930June 2009
	$0.3926$0.3818$0.3926$0.381871,584,46571,584,465

The Company further notes that it currently has $3.97 million of franking credits. This gives Bentley the capacity to pay fully franked dividends totalling $9.26 million from future profits.

For further information:
Farooq Khan	William Johnson
T	1300 762 678
E	info@bel.com.au

1 The Company’s listed investments in financial assets are valued at the current market bid price at month end (refer notes 1.1 and 1.2 (Summary of Accounting Policies – Investments and Other Financial Assets and Fair Value Estimation) at page 37 of the Company’s 2008 Annual Report).

2 The post-tax NTA backing per share figure is reported net of provision for tax liabilities on realised and unrealised gains on investments, in accordance with the Company’s income tax accounting policy (refer note 1.4 (Summary of Accounting Policies – Income Tax) at page 38 of the Company’s 2008 Annual Report).

www.bel.com.au

Registered Office: Suite 202, Angela House 30-36 Bay Street Double Bay New South Wales 2028

ASX Code: BEL

A.B.N. 87 008 108 218

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Company Secretarial Office: Level 14, The Forrest Centre 221 St Georges Terrace Perth Western Australia 6000 Local T | 1300 762 678 T | (08) 9214 9757 F | (08) 9322 1515 E | info@bel.com.au

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