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Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon PLC is a specialist trust that invests in smaller Japanese companies to achieve capital growth. You can invest in the Trust directly, or through our Share Plan, ISA and the Children's Savings Plan.

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Key Facts

Trust Aim Shin Nippon aims to achieve capital growth principally through investment in small Japanese companies which are believed to have above average prospects for capital growth.
AIC Investment Sector Investment trusts are grouped by the Association of Investment Companies (AIC) into sectors. The classification of each is based on a combination of the regional or industries focus of the portfolio combined with the trusts investment objectives.

The AIC Investment Sector for this trust is Japanese Smaller Companies, which refers to Investment Trust Companies which have at least 80% of their assets invested in the shares of Japanese smaller sized companies.
Trust Manager - John MacDougall         John graduated BA in Ancient & Modern History from Oxford University in 2000. He joined Baillie Gifford in 2000 and is now Investment Manager in the Japanese Investment Team. John is a CFA charterholder.

 

Trust Prices

Share Price 125.50p
NAV per share at Fair148.24p
NAV per share at Par148.56p
Discount at Fair15.34%
Discount at Par15.52%
Source : Morningstar (www.morningstar.co.uk), closing mid share price, estimated NAV.

Total assets* £56,085,875
Shareholders' funds £47,612,441
*before deductions of borrowings

Please bear in mind that past performance is not a guide to future performance. The value of your investment may go down as well as up and you may not get back the amount you invested. Also, as the Trust invests in overseas securities changes in the rates of exchange may also cause the value of your investment (and any income it may pay) to go down or up.

Shin Nippon is registered in Scotland. Registered number: 93345. Registered office: Calton Square, 1 Greenside Row, Edinburgh, EH1 3AN.

The Company is an investment company within the meaning of section 833 of the Companies Act 2006.