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9March 2020
Africa Opportunities Fund Limited
Mandatory Redemption of Shares
· REDEMPTION DATE 16 MARCH 2020
· AOF WILL RETURN $18.5 MILLION TO SHAREHOLDERS
· REPRESENTS 40.45% OFORDINARYSHAREHOLDER NET ASSET VALUE AT 29 fEBRUARY 2020* * *
The Board of Directors of Africa Opportunity Fund Limited ('AOF' or the 'Company') is pleased to announce AOF's initial capital distribution in respect of the Company's Ordinary Shares of US$0.01 each (a 'Mandatory Redemption').
AOF has benefitted from a strong level of realisations from its underlying portfolio and the Company has resolved to return a total of $18.5 million to AOF Ordinary Shareholders.
The $18.5 million capital return (the equivalent of approximately 30,278,230 Ordinary Shares, or 40.45%of Ordinary Shareholder NAV) will be by way of a pro rata compulsory redemption of Ordinary Shares at a price equal to the prevailing NAV per Ordinary Share of $0.611 as at 29 February 2020 (being the most recent monthly NAV per Ordinary Share available as of the date of this announcement) for Ordinary Shareholders on the register of members as at close of business on 9 March 2020 ('Record Date'). Unless circumstances require otherwise, this NAV will form the NAV per Ordinary Share as of the date of redemption.
Payments of redemption proceeds are expected to be effected either through Euroclear or Clearstream (in the case of shares held in uncertificated form) or by cheque (in the case of shares held in certificated form) on or around 19 March2020. Any share certificates for the balance of holdings of shares will also be despatched to shareholders on or around 19 March 2020.The Company currently has 74,849,606 Ordinary Shares in issue. All of the Ordinary Shares redeemed on the redemption date will be cancelled and any fractions of shares will be rounded down to the nearest whole share.
The Ordinary Shares will be disabled in Euroclear or Clearstream on the Record Date and the existing ISIN number KYG012921048 (the 'Old ISIN') will expire. A new ISIN number KYG012921204 (the 'New ISIN') in respect of the remaining Ordinary Shares which have not been redeemed will be enabled and available for transactions on 17 March2020. For the period up to and including the Record date, Ordinary Shares will be traded under the Old ISIN and as such, a purchaser of such shares may have a market claim for the redemption proceeds following the activation of the New ISIN. Euroclear or Clearstreamwill automatically transfer any open transactions as at the redemption date to the New ISIN.
DIRECTOR'S INTERESTS
As of 9 March 2020, Robert Knapp and Myma Belo-Osagie Directors of the Company, owned 12,083,358 and 100,000 Ordinary Shares, respectively. As a result of the Mandatory Redemption described above, Robert Knapp and Myma Belo-Osagie are expected, immediately following the redemption date, to hold approximately 7,195,387 and 59,548 Ordinary Shares, respectively.
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For more information please contact:
Africa Opportunity Fund Limited
Francis Daniels Tel: +2711 684 1528
Liberum (Corporate Broker) Tel: +44 20 3100 2000
Gillian Martin
Owen Matthews
For more information about AOF, seewww.africaopportunityfund.com
LEI: 213800R1UVN1T8YXS179
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