Merchants Trust PLC Net Asset Value(s) (0522Y)

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RNS Number : 0522Y

Merchants Trust PLC

16 August 2018

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 15 August 2018:

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 535.24p.

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 515.51p.

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   547.38p. 

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 527.65p.

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]

16 August 2018

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