AVI Japan Opportunity Trust PlcLSE: AJOT

AVI Japan Opportunity Trust: Transaction in Own Shares

· Issued by AVI Japan Opportunity Trust plc via RNS

Summary by 6ix AI

AVI Japan Opportunity Trust plc bought back 100,000 of its Ordinary shares of £0.01 each on September 30, 2026, at a price of 180.875 pence per share, under authority granted at its Annual General Meeting held on May 5, 2026.

Key details

  • The shares bought back represent approximately 0.0452% of the company's issued Ordinary share capital.
  • The repurchased shares will be placed in treasury, meaning the company holds them itself rather than cancelling them.
  • Following the purchase, the company now has 247,873,823 Ordinary shares in issue, of which 26,686,429 are held in treasury.
  • Total voting rights attaching to the Ordinary shares in issue are now 221,187,394.

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On 6ix: 6ix.com/news/transaction-in-own-shares-1616

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30 September 2026

LEI: 894500IJ5QQD7FPT3J73

AVI Japan Opportunity Trust plc
 (the "Company")

Buy-back of own securities

The Company announces that, in accordance with the authority granted at the Company's Annual General Meeting held on 5 May 2026, today the Company purchased 100,000 Ordinary shares of £0.01 each in the capital of the Company (SEDOL: BD6H5D3 / ISIN: GB00BD6H5D36), representing approximately 0.0452% of the issued Ordinary share capital, at a price of 180.875 pence per Ordinary share. The Ordinary shares bought back will be placed in treasury.

As a result of the above transaction, the Ordinary shares in issue, shares held in treasury, and the Total Voting Rights of the Company are now as follows:

Number of Ordinary Shares in issue

247,873,823

Number of Ordinary Shares held in treasury

26,686,429

Total Voting Rights attaching to Ordinary Shares in issue

221,187,394

MUFG Corporate Governance Limited

Secretary

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