VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fd. Investment Manager Share Purchase (1276U)

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RNS Number : 1276U

VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fd.

21 November 2019

VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund Limited

(the "Company" or "VOF")

LEI Number: 2138007UD8FBBVAX9469

Investment Manager Share Purchase - 20 November 2019

On 20 November 2019 the Company was informed that, on 20 November 2019, Asia Investment and Finance Limited, a subsidiary of VinaCapital Group, purchased 135,000 Ordinary Shares of USD 0.01 in the capital of the Company designated as US Dollar shares (the "USD Shares") at a price of GBP 3.3586 per share, which will be held for a restricted period of not less than 12 months. Following this transaction, VinaCapital Group holds 2,130,075 VOF shares, representing 1.16% of the Company's total voting rights.

The purchase by VinaCapital Group is in accordance with the New Fee Arrangements as outlined in the Company's Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2018, released on 23 October 2018.

Commencing 1 July 2018, 25% of any incentive fee paid will be used by the Investment Manager to buy shares in the Company through open market purchases.

Further information is available on the Company's website at: https://vof.vinacapital.com/

Enquiries:

 
 Michael Truong / Joel Weiden 
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 Investment Manager - Investor Relations and Communications 
  VinaCapital Investment Management Limited 
 T: [phone] 
 E: [e-mail] 
  E: [e-mail] 
 
 David Benda / Hugh Jonathan 
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 Broker 
  Numis Securities Limited 
 T: [phone] 
 E: [e-mail] 
 
 Lewis Germain 
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 Company Secretary / Administrator 
  Aztec Financial Services (Guernsey) Limited 
 T: [phone] 
 E: [e-mail] 
 
 Edward Gascoigne-Pees 
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 Public Relations (London) 
  Camarco 
 T: [phone] 
 E: [e-mail] 
 
 David Harris 
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 Marketing and Distribution (London) 
  Frostrow 
 T: [phone] 
 E: [e-mail] 
 

1. References to VOF or the Company in this announcement shall mean VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund Limited, a non-cellular company incorporated in the Bailiwick of Guernsey under The Companies (Guernsey) Law, 2008, with registered number 61765. It is authorised by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission (reference number 2268242) as a registered closed-ended investment scheme under The Protection of Investors (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 1987 and in compliance with the Registered Collective Investment Scheme Rules, as amended.

2. The registered office address of the Company is East Wing, Trafalgar Court, Les Banques, St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands, GY1 3PP.

3. This announcement may contain inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulations (EU) NO. 596/2014 (MAR).

 
 1    Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated 
 a)   Name                                                          Asia Investment and Finance Limited 
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 2    Reason for the notification 
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 a)   Position/status                                               SUBSIDIARY OF THE INVESTMENT MANAGER 
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 b)   Initial notification /Amendment                               INITIAL 
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 3    Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer 
       or auction monitor 
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 a)   Name                                                          VINACAPITAL VIETNAM OPPORTUNITY FUND LIMITED 
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 b)   LEI                                                           2138007UD8FBBVAX9469 
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 4    Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) 
       each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been 
       conducted 
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 a)   Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument   ORDINARY SHARES 
 
       Identification code 
                                                                     VOF 
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 b)   Nature of the transaction                                     PURCHASE 
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 c)   Price(s) and volume(s)                                          Price(s)      Volume(s) 
 
                                                                        GBP3.3586     135,000 
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 d)   Aggregated information                                        AS IN 4 C) ABOVE 
 
 
       - Aggregated volume 
 
 
       - Price 
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 e)   Date of the transaction                                       20 November 2019 
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 f)   Place of the transaction                                      LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE 
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