MIGO Opportunities Trust plc - 2024 Realisation Opportunity

For immediate release

21 August 2024

 

 

MIGO OPPORTUNITIES TRUST PLC

 

(the "Company")

 

2024 REALISATION OPPORTUNITY

 

The Company's articles of association contain provisions enabling shareholders to elect to realise all or part of their holdings at three yearly intervals, such provisions operating in tandem with the Company's share buyback policy which aims to restrict undue widening in the share price discount to NAV.

As noted in the Company's annual report dated 24 July 2024 (the " Annual Report "), the Company is making available the 2024 Realisation Opportunity on the terms set out in the Document (as defined below). The Election Period in respect of the 2024 Realisation Opportunity commences on 27 August 2024 and expires on 3 September 2024.

The 2024 Realisation Opportunity is being made available to Shareholders on the terms set out in this document on the Company's website: https://www.assetvalueinvestors.com/content/uploads/2024/07/MIGO-2024-Realisation-Opportunity-Document.pdf (the " Document ").

Shareholders who wish to retain their current investment in the Company should not make an Election.

The price for each Ordinary Share which is validly elected to participate in the 2024 Realisation Opportunity will represent a 2% discount to the net asset value per Ordinary Share as at 2 September 2024.

The Directors do not intend to realise their Ordinary Shares and highlight that, Shareholders who realise their shareholding may be able to sell on the stock market at a higher price than is expected to be offered under the 2024 Realisation Opportunity.

For further details, please refer to the Document and the Additional notes section below.

 

Expected timetable


                                             2024

Commencement of Election Period              27 August

Realisation NAV Calculation Date             2 September

Expiry of Election Period and latest time
and date for receipt of Election (whether
via the return by post/hand of the Form of   1.00 p.m. on 3 September
Election or via TTE Instruction in CREST
from Shareholders)

Record Date (for entitlement to participate  Close of business on 3 September
in the 2024 Realisation Opportunity)

Announcement of results of Elections and     4 September
announcement of the Realisation Price

Cheque payments expected to be despatched
and CREST payments expected to be made in    11 September
respect of Elected Shares which have been
placed or purchased and bought back

Annual General Meeting                       18 September

If Realisation Shares are required to be
created:

Reorganisation Date                          25 September

Announcement of 2024 Realisation Opportunity 25 September
overall outcome

Balance share certificates despatched by     in the week commencing 30 September
post



The times and dates set out in the expected timetable of events above and mentioned throughout the Annual Report and the Document may be adjusted by the Company, in which event details of the new times and dates will be announced through a Regulatory Information Service as promptly as practicable and in such cases, the times, dates and definitions mentioned in relation to the 2024 Realisation Opportunity herein shall be deemed to be adjusted accordingly.

All references to time in this document are to UK time.

 

Additional notes

In the event that a material number of Elections are made, and not all Elected Shares can be placed in the market or purchased by the Broker, acting as principal, and then bought back by the Company, unplaced/unpurchased Elected Shares may, subject to the "£30m NAV Threshold Condition" described in the Document and in accordance with the Document and the Articles, be re-designated as Realisation Shares with effect from 25 September 2024.

In the event that unplaced/unpurchased Elected Shares are-designated as Realisation Shares, application would be made to admit the Realisation Shares to trading on the London Stock Exchange but as this may involve, inter alia, the publication of a prospectus required to be approval by the FCA, it is expected that it will take up to 60 days (from the Reorganisation Date) for the Realisation Shares to be admitted to trading and during this period the Realisation Shares will not be tradable.

Capitalised terms used in this announcement have the meanings given to them in the Document.

 

For further information please contact:

Kerstin Rucht

Frostrow Capital LLP

Company Secretary

020 3709 8732

 

Nathan Brown / Matt Goss

Deutsche Numis

Corporate Broker

020 7260 1000