Aberdeen Frontier Markets Invtmnt : Mkts Inv Co Ltd - Tender Offer and Tender Price

19 October 2018

Aberdeen Frontier Markets Investment Company Limited (the 'Company')

LEI: 213800X9N731I4IPK361

Results of Tender Offer and Tender Price

Tender Offer

Further to the announcement of the proposed Tender Offer on 17 September 2018, the Board of Aberdeen Frontier Markets Investment Company Limited announces that a total of 51,026,065 Shares, being 60.3% of the Company's Shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) as at 15 October 2018, were validly tendered under the Tender Offer. As a result, the Tender Offer was oversubscribed. The Basic Entitlement of all Shareholders who have validly tendered their Shares will be accepted in full and excess tenders will be satisfied to the extent of approximately 4.61% of the excess Shares tendered.
A total of 12,689,991 Shares has been repurchased by the Company today under the Tender Offer and cancelled. The total value of Shares purchased is £6,693,970. It is expected that assured payment obligations for uncertificated Shares will be created by 26 October 2018 and that cheques will be dispatched in respect of successfully tendered certificated Shares during the week commencing 29 October 2018.
Following the implementation of the Tender Offer the Company will have 73,212,617 Shares in issue (including 1,302,500 Shares which will be held in treasury and for which the exercise of voting rights will be suspended). The total number of Shares with voting rights in the Company will be 71,910,117 and this figure may be used by Shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company.

Tender Price
The Company's unaudited Net Asset Value as at close of business on 17 October 2018, being the Calculation Date for the purposes of the Tender Offer, was 70.59 cents per Share (53.82 pence). Accordingly the sterling Tender Price, calculated in accordance with the Circular sent to Shareholders on 19 September 2018, is 52.75 pence per Share.

Terms used and not defined in this announcement bear the meaning given to them in the Circular published by the Company dated 19 September 2018.

The information contained within this announcement is considered to be inside information prior to its release as defined in Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation No. 596/2014 and is disclosed in accordance with the Company's obligations under Article 17 of those Regulations.

Enquiries:

Aberdeen Fund Managers Limited (Alternative Investment Fund Manager to the Company)
William Hemmings/Stuart Reid

Tel: [phone]
Numis Securities Limited (Nominated Broker)
David Benda
Tel: [phone]

Grant Thornton UK LLP (Nominated Adviser)

Philip Secrett

Tel: [phone]

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