Merchants Trust PLC Net Asset Value(s) (7907U)

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RNS Number : 7907U

Merchants Trust PLC

31 July 2020

The Merchants Trust PLC

LEI: 5299008VJFXCUD2EG312

As recommended by the AIC, net asset values are calculated on both a capital and a cum-income basis.

The Merchants Trust PLC announces that at close of business 30 July 2020:

1) based on the par value of the company's long term debt and preference shares, the capital net asset value per ordinary share was 368.73p.

2) based on the market value of the company's long term debt and preference shares, the capital net asset value per ordinary share was 347.90p.

3) based on the par value of the company's long term debt and preference shares, the cum-income net asset value per ordinary share was 372.99p.

4) based on the market value of the company's long term debt and preference shares, the cum-income net asset value per ordinary share was 352.16p.

In the valuation of the company's long term debt at market value, the margin added to the yield of the relevant reference gilt is derived from the spread of A UK corporate bond yields over gilt yields, with the exception that the Loan Notes issued on 18 December 2017 are valued at the yield over the reference gilt at which they were issued.

Enquiries:

Kirsten Salt

Tel: [phone]

31 July 2020

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