Company Weiss Korea Opportunity Fund Ltd.

Equities

WKOF

GG00B933LL68

Closed End Funds

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Business Summary

Weiss Korea Opportunity Fund Ltd. is a closed-ended investment company. The investment objective and investment policy of the Company is to provide shareholders with an attractive return on their investment, predominantly through long-term capital appreciation, by investing primarily in listed South Korean preference shares. Specifically, the Company invests primarily in listed preference shares issued by companies incorporated in South Korea (Korea), which in many cases trade at a discount to the corresponding common shares of the same companies. The Company may, in accordance with its investment policy, also invest some portion of its assets in other securities, including exchange-traded funds, futures contracts, options, swaps and derivatives related to Korean equities, and cash and cash equivalents. The Company does not have any concentration limits. The Company’s alternative investment fund manager is Weiss Asset Management LP.

Sales per Business

GBP in Million2021Weight2022Weight Delta
Investment and Related Activities
100.0 %
8 100.0 % -30 100.0 % -481.89%

Sales per region

GBP in Million2021Weight2022Weight Delta
Guernsey
100.0 %
8 100.0 % -30 100.0 % -481.89%

Members of the board

Members of the board TitleAgeSince
Chairman 50 31/05/22
Director/Board Member 61 12/08/21
Director/Board Member 51 08/09/22

Share class

VoteQuantityFree-FloatCompany-owned sharesTotal Float
Stock A 1 81,017,828 61,643,526 ( 76.09 %) 11,752,246 ( 14.51 %) 76.09 %

Shareholders

NameEquities%Valuation
City of London Investment Management Co. Ltd.
21.28 %
14,739,631 21.28 % 33 M p
Degroof Petercam Asset Management SA
14.62 %
10,125,000 14.62 % 22 M p
9,010,888 13.01 % 20 M p
Merrill Lynch International (Investment Management)
10.11 %
7,000,000 10.11 % 16 M p
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust (Investment Management)
7.549 %
5,229,000 7.549 % 12 M p
JBF Capital, Inc.
6.149 %
4,259,300 6.149 % 9 M p
Mount Capital Ltd.
3.658 %
2,534,000 3.658 % 6 M p
Unicorn Asset Management Ltd.
1.155 %
800,000 1.155 % 2 M p
CG Asset Management Ltd.
1.109 %
768,190 1.109 % 2 M p
Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management Ltd.
0.3234 %
224,000 0.3234 % 496 243 p

Company contact information

Weiss Korea Opportunity Fund Ltd.

Trafalgar Court Les Banques

GY1 3QL, St. Peter Port

+617 778 7780

http://www.weisskoreaopportunityfund.com/
address Weiss Korea Opportunity Fund Ltd.(WKOF)
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