26th Jan 2011 14:54
TOTAL VOTING RIGHTS BLACKROCK ABSOLUTE RETURN STRATEGIES LTD ("the Company")
In conformity with the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules ("the Rules"), the Company would like to notify the market of the following:
The Company's issued share capital consists of the following:
- 1,752,235 Euro denominated shares of no par value with 1.3 voting rights per share (excluding 164,178 Euro denominated shares held in treasury) - 2,339,560 US Dollar denominated shares of no par value with 1 voting right per share (excluding 165,505 US Dollar denominated shares held in treasury) - 9,899,621 Sterling denominated shares of no par value with 1.5 voting rights per share (excluding 1,146,795 Sterling denominated shares held in treasury)
The total number of voting rights in the Company is therefore 19,466,897.
The voting rights have been amended with effect from 1 January 2011 to reflect the relative estimated net asset values on 31 December 2010 in accordance with the provisions of the Company's prospectus dated 4 April 2008.
The above figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculation by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the Rules.
All enquiries:Ian WebsterBlackRock (Channel Islands) Limited,Company SecretaryTel: 015 3460 0802
Date: 26 January 2011
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