19 May 2017
NORTHERN INVESTORS COMPANY PLC
Proposed Return of Capital
Northern Investors Company PLC (the "Company") is pleased to announce that it proposes to return a further £6.4 million to Shareholders, representing 257.5 pence for each Ordinary Share currently in issue, utilising the B Share Scheme that was approved by Shareholders on 19 January 2017. Under these proposals, Shareholders will receive 5.15 B Shares for each Ordinary Share held by them on 26 May 2017 by way of a bonus issue. Fractional entitlements will be rounded down to the nearest whole number. Shortly after their issue, the B Shares will be redeemed by the Company in accordance with their terms at a price of 50 pence for each B Share then in issue. Shareholders are expected to receive the proceeds of the redemption by 12 June 2017. In addition, Shareholders will receive a small fixed rate dividend on the B Shares.
No share certificates will be issued in relation to the B Shares and the B Shares will not be listed or traded on the London Stock Exchange or any other recognised exchange. The B Shares will have limited rights, including the right to a dividend at a small fixed rate.
The redemption proceeds should, under current legislation, be taxed as capital for UK individual Shareholders. The apportionment ratio of Shareholders' base cost between the B Shares and the Ordinary Shares will be published on the Company's website at the earliest practicable time following the issue of the B Shares. Any dividend paid in respect of the B Shares, which would be an income payment, will be paid separately from the redemption proceeds, either to mandated bank accounts or by cheque.
Further details of the B Share Scheme are contained in the circular published by the Company on 21 December 2016, which is available on the NVM Private Equity LLP website at www.nvm.co.uk.
A copy of the above circular has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and is available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM
Expected timetable
| Record date for entitlement to B Shares in connection with the proposed return of capital | 6.00pm on 26 May 2017 |
| Ordinary Shares trade ex entitlement to the B Share entitlement and the associated B Share dividend | 30 May 2017 |
| Issue of B Shares in connection with the return of capital | 8.00am on 30 May 2017 |
| Record date for the B Share dividend | 6.00pm on 30 May 2017 |
| Redemption of B Shares | 6.30pm on 5 June 2017 |
| Settlement of the capital payments linked to the redemption of the B Shares into CREST and by cheque | 12 June 2017 |
| Income payment of the B Share dividend to mandated bank accounts or by cheque | 16 June 2017 |
Unless otherwise defined, capitalised terms used in this announcement have the same meaning as those defined in the circular published by the Company on 21 December 2016.
Enquiries:
Northern Investors Company PLC
Nigel Guy/Christopher Mellor 0191 244 6000
Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited
Neil Winward/Mark Bloomfield/Gaudi Le Roux 020 7710 7600
Website: www.nvm.co.uk
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