RNS Number : 3044K
Baillie Gifford Japan Trust PLC
28 May 2025
 

The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust PLC (BGFD)

Legal Entity Identifier: 54930037AGTKN765Y741

 

Deputy Portfolio Manager Change

 

 

The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust PLC (the "Company") announces that Praveen Kumar has stepped down as the Company's deputy portfolio manager.

 

The Board is working with Baillie Gifford on the appointment of a deputy manager and will update shareholders on this process as soon as possible, with the intention that it is no later than the announcement of the Company's annual results in October 2025. In the interim period, Brian Lum, manager of Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon PLC, will assist Matthew Brett with the management of the small-cap stocks within the portfolio.

 

 

 

 

28 May 2025

 

Enquiries 

 

For further information please contact:

 

David Yovichic/Tom Skinner, Investec Bank plc

Tel: 020 7597 4000

 

Jonathan Atkins, Director, Four Communications

Tel: 0203 920 0555 or 07872 495396

 

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