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15 December 2023
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 2 May 2023, yesterday the Company purchased 150,000 Ordinary shares of £0.01 each in the capital of the Company (SEDOL: BD6H5D3 / ISIN: GB00BD6H5D36), representing approximately 0.284% of the issued Ordinary share capital, at a price of 119.25 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 | 140,836,702 |
| Number of Ordinary Shares held in treasury | 400,000 |
| Total Voting Rights attaching to Ordinary Shares in issue | 140,436,702 |
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