Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust PLC — Share Issue/Capital Change 2018

Sep 6, 2018

National Storage Mechanism | Additional information

You don't have Javascript enabled. For full functionality this page requires javascript to be enabled.

RNS Number : 0443A

Edinburgh Worldwide Inv Trust PLC

06 September 2018

Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust plc

Issue of Equity

The Board of Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust plc (the "Company") announces that, pursuant to its block listing facility, the Company has issued 225,000 ordinary shares of 5p each (the "New Shares") on 6 September 2018 in order to meet ongoing market demand. The New Shares, which rank pari passu with the Company's existing shares, were issued for cash at a price of 996.00p per ordinary share and at a premium to the prevailing net asset value.

As a result of this issue, the total number of ordinary shares in issue is 56,289,739 and the total number of voting rights in the Company is 56,289,739.

The above figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

Baillie Gifford & Co Limited

Company Secretaries

6 September 2018

Legal Entity Identifier: 213800JUA8RKIDDLH380

Regulated Information Classification: Acquisition or disposal of the issuer's own shares.

This information is provided by RNS, the news service of the London Stock Exchange. RNS is approved by the Financial Conduct Authority to act as a Primary Information Provider in the United Kingdom. Terms and conditions relating to the use and distribution of this information may apply. For further information, please contact rns@lseg.com or visit www.rns.com.

END

IOELLFIEAAIRIIT