REG-Global Special Opps: Net Asset Value(s)

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Thu Nov 12, 2009 12:27pm EST

GLOBAL SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES TRUST PLC                     
                                                                               
                  ESTIMATED NET ASSET VALUE CALCULATION AS AT                  
                                                                               
                                6 November 2009                                
                                                                               
                                                    UK GAAP                    
                                                                               
                                             £ million               %         
                                                                               
Investments                                      15.40           93.85         
                                                                               
Cash                                              1.00            6.09         
                                                                               
                                                 16.40           99.94         
                                                                               
Other net current assets/(liabilities)            0.31            1.89         
                                                                               
Loan value USD revolving credit facility         -0.30           -1.83         
                                                                               
Net Assets      (including estimated             16.41          100.00         
                revenue reserves at 6                                          
                November 2009 of -£0.03m)                                      
                                                                               
                                                             Number of shares  
                                                             in issue          
                                                                               
Net Asset Value per               Capital            -         50,000,000      
share:                                                                         
                                                                               
                                   Income       64.06p         25,035,008      
                                                                               
                                      ZDP      182.61p            206,037      
                                                                               
                                                                      US$      
                                                                               
USD exchange rate used to revalue all US assets and               1.66090      
liabilities                                                                    

In accordance with AIC guidelines the net asset value calculations include
estimated current period revenue.

The net asset value calculation includes the time value of unlisted warrants in
respect of the portfolio valuation. The Company has adopted the Black Scholes
methodology and will calculate the time value (in dollars) of unlisted warrants
every month. The twice weekly NAV calculations will be calculated by valuing
the intrinsic value of the warrants and adding the time value as at the most
recent monthly valuation.

 

Intrinsic value of unlisted warrants at 6 November 2009:            $762,129
                                                                            
Sterling equivalent at exchange rate above:                           £0.46m
                                                                            
Time value of unlisted warrants as at 31 October 2009:              $478,923
                                                                            
(adjusted for warrants subsequently acquired, exercised or                  
disposed)                                                                   
                                                                            
Sterling equivalent at exchange rate above:                           £0.29m

On 6 November 2009, one of the Company's unlisted investments (Asian Financial)
became listed on the New York Stock Exchange. This company is now known as
Duoyuan Printing (NYSE DYP) and is now valued at market price rather than cost,
representing a 102% uplift in valuation. A proportion of this holding has now
been sold.

The uplift plus gains on sale represent a 2.1p per Income share increase in the
NAV calculation from that released as at 4 November.



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