REG-New Star Investment Trust PLC New Star Investment Trust PLC: Posting of Circular

New Star Investment TrustAnnouncement

02/07/2024 10:00

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   New Star Investment Trust PLC (NSI)
   New Star Investment Trust PLC: Posting of Circular

   02-Jul-2024 / 09:47 GMT/BST

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   NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, IN WHOLE OR IN PART IN, INTO
   OR FROM THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO SO WOULD
   CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THE RELEVANT LAWS OF SUCH JURISDICITON

    

   2 July 2024

    

                         New Star Investment Trust PLC

             Publication of Circular and Notice of General Meeting

    

   Further to the announcement on Friday 21 June 2024, New Star Investment
   Trust PLC (the “Company”) intends to return £17,045,687 to the holders of
   its ordinary shares (the “Shareholders”) by way of a B share scheme (the
   “B Share Scheme”) (the “Return of Capital”).

    

   The Return of Capital is subject to the approval of the Shareholders and,
   accordingly, an explanatory circular regarding the B Share Scheme, and
   containing a Notice of General Meeting of the Company, (the “Circular”)
   has been published on the Company’s website at
   https://www.nsitplc.com/financial-reports/b-share-scheme-documents/ and
   was (depending on mailing preferences) posted to the Shareholders on
   Friday 28 June 2024.

   The General Meeting will take place on 24 July 2024 at 12:00 p.m. at the
   offices of the Company at 1 Knightsbridge Green, London SW1X 7QA. The
   board of the Company unanimously recommends that Shareholders vote in
   favour of the resolutions as set out in the Notice of General Meeting, to
   approve the matters with respect to the B Share Scheme and to adopt new
   articles of association of the Company (the “New Articles”) in
   substitution for the existing articles of association of the Company (the
   “Existing Articles”).  Further information as to how to vote by proxy can
   be found in the Notice of General Meeting.

   All references to times in this announcement are to London times. The
   Circular will shortly be submitted to the FCA’s National Storage Mechanism
   and will be available for inspection on its website at
   https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism. The Circular, the
   Existing Articles (marked to show the proposed changes) and the New
   Articles will also be available for viewing on the Company’s website from
   the date of the Circular up to and including the date of the General
   Meeting and for the duration of the General Meeting.

    

    

   Enquiries:

   Brompton Asset Management Limited
                                             + 44 (0) 207 045 0600
   John Jay
                                              
   Apex Fund  Administration  Services  (UK)
   Limited                                   Email:  1 cosec-uk@apexgroup.com

    

                               IMPORTANT NOTICES

    

   This announcement has been issued by and is the sole responsibility of New
   Star Investment Trust PLC. The information contained in this announcement
   is for background purposes only and does not purport to be full or
   complete. The information in this announcement is subject to change.

    

   This announcement is not intended to, and does not, constitute or form
   part of any offer, invitation or the solicitation of an offer to purchase,
   otherwise acquire, subscribe for, sell or otherwise dispose of, any
   securities pursuant to this announcement or otherwise.

    

   This announcement has been prepared in accordance with and for the purpose
   of complying with English law and the Listing Rules and Disclosure
   Guidance and Transparency Rules of the Financial Conduct Authority. The
   information disclosed may not be the same as that which would have been
   disclosed if this announcement had been prepared in accordance with the
   laws of jurisdictions outside of England and Wales. 

    

   Overseas Shareholders

    

   The availability of this announcement to persons who are not resident in,
   or citizens or nationals of the United Kingdom, and the distribution of
   this announcement into jurisdictions other than the United Kingdom, may be
   restricted or affected by the laws of the relevant jurisdiction in which
   persons are located.

    

   This announcement is exclusively intended for persons who are not
   residents of, nor physically present in, the United States, Australia,
   Canada, Japan, New Zealand, the Republic of South Africa, and any other
   jurisdiction where the presence of this announcement in such jurisdiction
   would constitute a violation of the laws of such jurisdiction (“Restricted
   Jurisdictions”).

    

   This announcement is for information purposes only and does not constitute
   or form part of any offer to participate in any of the transactions
   described in this announcement in or from any Restricted Jurisdiction or
   any other jurisdiction in or from which, or to or from whom, such offer or
   invitation is unlawful. This announcement may not be, directly or
   indirectly, mailed, transmitted or otherwise forwarded, distributed, or
   sent in, into or from the United States or any other Restricted
   Jurisdiction, and any persons receiving this announcement must not mail or
   otherwise forward, distribute or send such document(s) in, into or from
   the United States or any other Restricted Jurisdiction. In addition,
   persons into whose possession this document comes should inform themselves
   about and observe any such restrictions or requirements. Any failure to
   comply with these restrictions or requirements may constitute a violation
   of the securities or other laws of such jurisdiction.

    

   No securities referred to in this announcement have been or will be
   registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “US
   Securities Act”), or the securities laws of any state of the United States
   or any Restricted Jurisdiction or any other jurisdiction, and none of the
   securities may be offered or sold in or into the United States except
   pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the
   registration requirements of the US Securities Act. There will be no
   public offering of any securities in the United States or any other
   Restricted Jurisdiction. None of this announcement nor any securities
   mentioned therein has been approved, disapproved or otherwise recommended
   by any US federal or state securities commission or any other regulatory
   authority, nor have such authorities passed upon or endorsed the merits of
   the transactions contemplated in this announcement nor confirmed the
   accuracy or determined the adequacy of this announcement. Any
   representation to the contrary is a criminal offence in the United States.

    

   If you are in any doubt about the contents of this announcement or the
   action you should take, you are recommended to seek your own financial
   advice immediately from your stockbroker, bank manager, fund manager,
   solicitor, accountant or other appropriate independent financial adviser
   duly authorised under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 if you
   are resident in the United Kingdom or, if not, from any appropriate
   authorised independent financial adviser.

    

   Neither the content of the Company's website (or any other website) nor
   the content of any website accessible from hyperlinks on the Company's
   website (or any other website) is incorporated into or forms part of this
   announcement.

    

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   The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.

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   ISIN:           GB0002631041
   Category Code:  MSCH
   TIDM:           NSI
   OAM Categories: 3.1. Additional regulated information required to be
                   disclosed under the laws of a Member State
   Sequence No.:   331590
   EQS News ID:    1937961


    
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