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VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity FundAnnouncement

19/06/2023 10:45

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RNS Number : 1636D  VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fd.  19 June 2023

VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund Limited

 

(the "Company" or "VOF")

 

LEI Number: 2138007UD8FBBVAX9469

 

Notification of Share Pledge - 19 June 2023

 

The Company (LSE: VOF), the only UK listed fund focused on providing broad
exposure to both listed and private equities in Vietnam, announces that it was
notified on 16 June 2023 that VinaCapital Investment Management Ltd., the
investment manager to the Company, has pledged a total of 949,122 ordinary
shares of $0.01 each (the "Shares") in the capital of the Company in favour of
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited pursuant to the loan
facility agreement dated 18 November 2022 .

 

VinaCapital Investment Management Ltd. and its related entities
("VinaCapital") remain the beneficial owners of the Shares, representing
approximately 0.59% of the issued share capital of the Company, and retain
full voting rights. As at 16 June 2023, VinaCapital holds a total of 3,303,397
ordinary shares representing 2.06% of the Company's total voting rights.

 

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging
managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them

 

 1.  Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely
     associated

 a)  Name                                                         VinaCapital Investment Management Ltd.

                                                                  VinaCapital Investment Partners Ltd

                                                                  Asia Investment & Finance Ltd

                                                                  Collectively, "VinaCapital"

 2.  Reason for notification

 a)  Position / status                                            VinaCapital is appointed as the Investment Manager to the Company

 b)  Initial notification / Amendment                             Initial notification

 3.  Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction
     platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

 a)  Name                                                         VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund Limited

 b)  LEI                                                          2138007UD8FBBVAX9469

 4.  Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of
     instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each
     place where transactions have been conducted

 a)  Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument  Ordinary shares

 b)  Identification code                                          GG00BYXVT888

 c)  Nature of the transaction                                    VinaCapital has entered into a loan facility agreement whereby 949,122
                                                                  ordinary shares of the Company was granted as security in favour of The
                                                                  Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited.

                                                                  VinaCapital remains the beneficial owners of the shares, subject to the
                                                                  pledge, and retain full voting rights.

 d)  Price(s) and volume(s)                                       Price(s)  Volume(s)

                                                            N/A       949,122

 e)  Aggregated information                                       N/A

 f)  Date of transaction                                          16 June 2023

 g)  Place of the transaction                                     Outside of trading venue

e)

Aggregated information

N/A

 

f)

Date of transaction

16 June 2023

 

g)

Place of the transaction

Outside of trading venue

 

 

This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of
the UK version of Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 ("MAR")¸ as
incorporated in the UK by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act
2018, as amended.

 

Further information is available on the Company's website at:
https://vinacapital.com/investment-solutions/offshore-funds/vof/overview/
(https://vinacapital.com/investment-solutions/offshore-funds/vof/overview/)

 

Enquiries:

 

 Joel Weiden
 Investment Manager - Investor Relations and Communications

 VinaCapital Investment Management Limited
 T: +84 28 3821 9930
 E: joel.weiden@vinacapital.com (mailto:joel.weiden@vinacapital.com)

 David Benda / Hugh Jonathan
 Broker

 Numis Securities Limited
 T: +44 20 7260 1000
 E: funds@numis.com (mailto:funds@numis.com)

 Magdala Mullegadoo
 Company Secretary / Administrator

 Aztec Financial Services (Guernsey) Limited
 T: +44 1481 748 814
 E: vinacapital@aztecgroup.co.uk (mailto:vinacapital@aztecgroup.co.uk)

 Edward Livingstone-Learmonth
 Public Relations (London)

 Camarco
 T: +44 20 3757 4980
 E: Edward.Livingstone-Learmonth@camarco.co.uk
 (mailto:Edward.Livingstone-Learmonth@camarco.co.uk)

 William Hampsey-Cook
 Marketing and Distribution (United Kingdom)

 Frostrow Capital LLP
 T: +44 203 427 3835
 E: will.hampsey-cook@frostrow.com

 Dion Di Miceli / Stuart Muress / Andrew Davies
 Marketing and Investor Engagement (Global)

 Barclays Bank PLC
 T: +44 207 623 2323
 E: BarclaysInvestmentCompanies@barclays.com
 (mailto:BarclaysInvestmentCompanies@barclays.com)

 

1.    References to VOF or the Company in this announcement shall mean
VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund Limited, a non-cellular company
incorporated in the Bailiwick of Guernsey under The Companies (Guernsey) Law,
2008, with registered number 61765. It is authorised by the Guernsey Financial
Services Commission (reference number 2268242) as a registered closed-ended
investment scheme under The Protection of Investors (Bailiwick of Guernsey)
Law, 1987 and in compliance with the Registered Collective Investment Scheme
Rules, as amended.

 

2.     The registered office address of the Company is East Wing,
Trafalgar Court, Les Banques, St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands, GY1
3PP.

 

3.     This announcement may contain inside information as stipulated
under the MAR.

 

 

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