10 Mar 2020 07:00
NOT FOR RELEASE, DISTRIBUTION OR PUBLICATION, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES OR TO US PERSONS
***** 10 March 2020
SME Credit Realisation Fund Limited (the "Company") TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES SME Credit Realisation Fund Limited announces that, on 9 March 2020, it purchased 19,773 ordinary shares of no par value of the Company (the "Shares") at an average gross price of 82.0 pence per share. The Company intends to hold these Shares in treasury. Following the above purchase, the total number of Shares in issue is 258,817,824 (excluding 69,773 Shares held in treasury). This number represents the total voting rights in the Company and may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they can determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in the Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.
CONTACTS Richard Boleat, Chairman +44 (0) 1534 615 656 Richard.Boleat@smecreditrealisation.com
Secretary and Administrator Sanne Group (Guernsey) Limited +44 (0) 1481 739810 smecreditrealisation@sannegroup.com
Corporate Broker Numis Securities Nathan Brown +44 (0) 207 260 1000 n.brown@numis.com
Investor Relations IR@smecreditrealisation.com
Website www.smecreditrealisation.com
The ISIN number of the Ordinary Shares is GG00BKX9MJ69, the SEDOL code is BKX9MJ6 and the TIDM is SCRF. The LEI number of the Company is 549300ZQIYQVNIZGOW60.
***** ABOUT SME Credit Realisation Fund Limited The Company is a registered closed-ended collective investment scheme registered pursuant to the Protection of Investors (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 1987, as amended and the Registered Collective Investment Scheme Rules 2018 issued by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission (''GFSC'').
***** IMPORTANT NOTICES This announcement contains "forward-looking" statements, beliefs or opinions. These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the control of the Company and all of which are based on its directors' current beliefs and expectations about future events. Forward-looking statements are sometimes identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "believes", "expects", "may", "will", "could", "should", "shall", "risk", "intends", "estimates", "aims", "plans", "predicts", "projects", "continues", "assumes", "positioned" or "anticipates" or the negative thereof, other variations thereon or comparable terminology, or by discussions of strategy, plans, objectives, goals, future events, assumptions or intentions. These forward-looking statements include all matters that are not historical facts. Forward-looking statements may and often do differ materially from actual results. They appear in a number of places throughout this announcement and include statements regarding the intentions, beliefs or current expectations of the Board or the Company with respect to future events and are subject to risks relating to future events and other risks, uncertainties and assumptions relating to the Company's business concerning, amongst other things, the financial performance, liquidity, prospects, growth and strategies of the Company. These forward-looking statements and other statements contained in this announcement regarding matters that are not historical facts involve predictions. No assurance can be given that such future results will be achieved; actual events or results may differ materially as a result of risks and uncertainties facing the Company. Such risks and uncertainties could cause actual results to vary materially from the future results indicated, expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements contained in this announcement speak only as of the date of this announcement. Nothing in this announcement is, or should be relied on as, a promise or representation as to the future. The Company disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements contained in this announcement to reflect any change in its expectations or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which such statements are based unless required to do so by applicable law, the Prospectus Rules, the Listing Rules or the Disclosure Rules and Transparency Rules of the FCA. No statement in this announcement is intended as a forecast or profit estimate.
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