28 Sep 2020 16:21
The following amendment has been made to the 'Transaction in Own Shares' announcement released on 25 September 2020 at 17:36 under RNS 2077A
The below announcement has been corrected to confirm that the Company purchased 50,000 of its Ordinary shares on 24 September 2020 at 664.625 pence per share to be held in treasury and an additional 100,000 of its Ordinary shares on 25 September 2020 at 660.52 pence per share to be held in treasury.
Following these purchases the issued share capital of the Company as at 25 September 2020 was 112,875,331 Ordinary shares, of which 581,020 were held in treasury, not 531,020 as previously stated.
For reporting purposes under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules the market should use the figure 112,294,311 when determining if they are required to notify their interest in or a change to their interest in the Company as at 25 September 2020, not 112,344,311 as previously stated.
The full amended text is shown below.
European Opportunities Trust plc (the 'Company')
Legal Entity Identifier: 549300XN7RXQWHN18849
Transaction in Own Shares
The Company announces that on 24 September 2020 it purchased 50,000 of its Ordinary shares at 664.625 pence per share to be held in treasury.
On 25 September 2020, the Company purchased an additional 100,000 of its Ordinary shares at 660.52 pence per share to be held in treasury.
Following these purchases the issued share capital of the Company is 112,875,331 Ordinary shares, of which 581,020 are held in treasury.
For reporting purposes under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules the market should exclude any shares held in treasury and should use the figure 112,294,311 when determining if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in the Company.
For further information, please contact:
Devon Equity Management Limited
Company Secretaries to European Opportunities Trust PLC
Richard Pavry
enquiries@devonem.com
020 3985 0445
25 September 2020
www.europeanopportunitiestrust.com
JEO.L (JEO)