10 Dec 2008 09:27
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Macau Property Opportunities Fund Limited
(the "Company")
Director Shareholding
The Board of the Company received notification today that Sniper Investments Limited ("Sniper Investments"), acquired onΒ 9Β DecemberΒ 2008,Β 100,000Β ordinary shares of US$0.01 each ("Ordinary Shares") in the Company atΒ 55p per Ordinary Share.
Tom Ashworth and Martin Tacon, directors of the Company's Manager, Sniper Capital Limited, (the "Principals") have a beneficial interest in Sniper Investments. Tom Ashworth is also a non-executive director of the Company. Sniper Investments is therefore a connected person of both of the Principals.
Following this acquisition, the Principals have anΒ indirect beneficialΒ interest in the Company ofΒ 2,962,500Β Ordinary Shares,Β representingΒ 2.82%Β of the issued share capital of the Company.
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AboutΒ MacauΒ Property Opportunities Fund
Macau Property Opportunities Fund Limited, which raised Β£105 million in aΒ placing and commenced trading on AIM in 2006, is a closed-endΒ investment fundΒ registered inΒ Guernsey. The Company's investment policy is toΒ provideΒ shareholders with anΒ attractive total return through investing in property opportunities in one ofΒ the world's fastest growing and most dynamic regions -Β MacauΒ and the WesternΒ Pearl River Delta of Southern China.
The Fund is managed byΒ Sniper CapitalΒ Limited, an independentΒ investment managerΒ that specialises in property investmentΒ opportunities in niche, undervalued andΒ developing markets.
For further information:
Website: www.mpofund.com
Public Relations
Hogarth Partnership Limited
Andrew Jaques / Anna Keeble
Tel: +44 20 7357 9477
Nominated Adviser & Joint Broker
Collins Stewart Europe Limited
Hugh Field / Andrew Zychowski / Helen Goldsmith
Tel: +44 20 7523 8000
Joint Broker
Shore Capital Stockbrokers Limited
Dru Danford
Tel: +44 20 7408 4090
Company Secretary & Administrator
Heritage International Fund Managers Limited
Mark Huntley / Laurence McNairn
Tel: +44 1481 716000
Manager
Sniper Capital Limited
Daisy Tang, Corporate & Investor Communications
Tel: +852 2292 6700
Email: info@snipercapital.com
www.snipercapital.com
Stock Codes:Β
Bloomberg: MPO LN
Reuters: MPO.L
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