AVI Japan Opportunity Trust PLC Transaction in Own Shares (2239B)

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AVI Japan Opportunity Trust PLC

08 June 2021

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8 June 2021

AVI Japan Opportunity Trust plc

(the "Company")

Buy-back of own securities

The Company announces that, in accordance with the authority granted at the Company's Annual General Meeting held on 28 April 2021, the Company purchased 250,000 Ordinary shares of GBP0.01 each in the capital of the Company (SEDOL: BD6H5D3 / ISIN: GB00BD6H5D36), representing approximately 0.19% of the issued Ordinary share capital, at a price of 105 pence per Ordinary share. The Ordinary shares bought back will be placed in treasury.

As a result of the above transaction the Ordinary shares in issue, shares held in treasury, and the Total Voting Rights of the Company are now as follows:

 
Number of Ordinary Shares in issue           132,620,702 
Number of Ordinary Shares held in treasury       250,000 
Total Voting Rights attaching to Ordinary 
 Shares in issue                             132,370,702 
 

Link Company Matters Limited

Secretary

8 June 2021

LEI: 894500IJ5QQD7FPT3J73

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