Ashoka India Equity Investment Tst Issue of Equity (6512V)

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RNS Number : 6512V

Ashoka India Equity Investment Tst

15 April 2021

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15 April 2021

ASHOKA INDIA EQUITY INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

Issue of Ordinary Shares

Ashoka India Equity Trust plc (the "Company") announces that it has today issued 1,545,641 of its ordinary shares of one penny each ("Ordinary Shares") pursuant to its block listing facility. The Ordinary Shares will be issued at a price of 143.8 pence per Ordinary Share, a premium to the prevailing net asset value (cum income) per Ordinary Share.

Following the issue of Ordinary Shares, the Company's issued share capital will comprise 83,104,712 Ordinary Shares and this is the total number of Ordinary Shares with voting rights in the Company. This figure (83,104,712) 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 Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

The Company's LEI is 213800KX5ZS1NGAR2J89.

For further information please contact:

Peel Hunt LLP

 
 Luke Simpson, Liz Yong, Tom Pocock (Investment   Tel: [phone] 
  Banking)                                         8900 
  Alex Howe, Chris Bunstead, Ed Welsby, Richard 
  Harris (Sales) 
 
 

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