Director/PDMR Shareholding

10 Dec 2008 09:27



Macau Property Opportunities Fund Limited

(the "Company")

Director Shareholding

The Board of the Company received notification today that Sniper Investments Limited ("Sniper Investments"), acquired on 9 December 2008, 100,000 ordinary shares of US$0.01 each ("Ordinary Shares") in the Company at 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 an indirect beneficial interest in the Company of 2,962,500 Ordinary Shares, representing 2.82% of the issued share capital of the Company.

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About Macau Property Opportunities Fund

Macau Property Opportunities Fund Limited, which raised £105 million in a placing and commenced trading on AIM in 2006, is a closed-end investment fund registered in Guernsey. The Company's investment policy is to provide shareholders with an attractive total return through investing in property opportunities in one of the world's fastest growing and most dynamic regions - Macau and the Western Pearl River Delta of Southern China.

The Fund is managed by Sniper Capital Limited, an independent investment manager that specialises in property investment opportunities in niche, undervalued and 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: 

Bloomberg: MPO LN

Reuters: MPO.L

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