Absolute Return Trust Limited 1st Capital Return - Clarification (9357T)

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RNS Number : 9357T

Absolute Return Trust Limited

19 December 2012

Absolute Return Trust Limited (the "Company")

(a closed-ended investment company incorporated with limited liability under the laws of Guernsey with registered number 42733)

1(st) Capital Return - Clarification

19 December 2012

Further to the announcement by Absolute Return Trust Limited (the "Company") on 4 December 2012, the Company wishes to clarify the following:

The existing ISINs numbers GB00B05PYY10 and GG00B29YCR78 (the "Old ISINs") for the Company's shares will expire on the Redemption Date (21 December 2012). The new ISIN numbers GB00B82PW354 (GBP shares) and GB00B7KFV440 (EUR shares) (the "New ISINs") in respect of the Company's shares (post the Redemption) will be enabled from and including 21 December 2012. Up to the Redemption Date (but not including the 21 December 2012), Shares will be traded under the Old ISIN. The Redemption will be effected pro rata to holdings of shares on the register at the close of business on the Redemption Record Date, being 14 December 2012. Purchases of shares that were unsettled as at the close of business on the Record Date, including trades arranged after the Record Date but before the Redemption Date, will be transformed automatically by CREST and will settle under the New ISINs with an accompanying delivery of cash though CREST in respect of the redemption proceeds.

All Enquiries:

Andrew Maiden

Northern Trust International Fund Administration Services (Guernsey) Limited

Tel: [phone]

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