23 Aug 2010 17:20

Aberdeen Private Equity Fund Limited
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Transaction in own shares
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Aberdeen Private Equity Fund Limited (the "Company") announces that on 23 August 2010 it purchased for cancellation 700,000 sterling shares of no par value at a price per share of 62 pence.
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The purchase and cancellation will reduce the total number of sterling shares in issue to 133,266,736. The Company holds no shares in Treasury.
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Accordingly, the total number of voting rights in the Company is now 133,266,736 and this figure may be used by shareholders as a denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in the Company under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
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RBC Offshore Fund Managers Limited
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Company Secretary
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