Important Information about the Trust

Important Information about the Trust

The materials contained herein have been prepared for use solely by individuals who are resident in the United Kingdom for tax and investment purposes or are professional investors in Ireland.

The materials contained herein are not for release, publication, or distribution, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, to US, Australian, Canadian, Japanese or South African persons or into or within the United States (including its territories and possessions, any state of the United States and the District of Columbia), Australia, Canada, Japan, the Republic of South Africa or any other jurisdiction where to do so would constitute a violation of the relevant laws or regulations of such jurisdiction.

The information contained herein and on the pages that follow does not constitute an offer of securities for sale or a solicitation of an offer to purchase securities in the United States or in any jurisdiction in which such an offer or solicitation would be unlawful.  The securities referred to herein and on the pages that follow have not been and will not be registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or with any securities regulatory authority of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States, and may not be offered, sold, resold, pledged, delivered, distributed or otherwise transferred, directly or indirectly, into or within the United States, or to, or for the account or benefit of, US persons as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act ("US Persons").  No public offering of the securities referred to herein and on the pages that follow is being made in the United States.  The Trust has not been and will not be registered under the US Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "Investment Company Act") and, as such, holders of the securities referred to herein and on the pages that follow will not be entitled to the benefits of the Investment Company Act.  No offer, sale, resale, pledge, delivery, distribution or transfer of the securities referred to herein and on the pages that follow may be made except under circumstances that will not result in the Trust being required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act.  The securities referred to herein and on the pages that follow have not been and will not be registered under the applicable securities laws of Australia, Canada, Japan, the Republic of South Africa or any other restricted jurisdiction.  There will be no public offering of the securities referred to herein and on the pages that follow in Australia, Canada, Japan, the Republic of South Africa or any other restricted jurisdiction.  The securities referred to herein and on the pages that follow may not be offered, sold, resold, pledged, delivered, distributed or otherwise transferred, directly or indirectly, into or within Australia, Canada, Japan or the Republic of South Africa or to any national, resident or citizen of Australia, Canada, Japan or the Republic of South Africa.  Potential users of this information are requested to inform themselves about and to observe any such restrictions.

The information on the pages that follow may contain forward looking statements.  Any statement other than a statement of historical fact is a forward looking statement.  Actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by any forward looking statement. The Trust does not undertake any obligation to update or revise any forward looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.  You should not place undue reliance on any forward looking statement, which speaks only as of the date of its issuance.

1.5. This  website is not intended to offer or to promote the offer or sale of the shares in the Trust (the "Shares") in the United States or to US Persons.  Each acquirer of the Shares will be deemed to represent, amongst other things, that (i) it is not in the United States, (ii) it is not a US Person or acquiring the Shares for the account or benefit of a US Person, and (iii) it is acquiring the Shares in an "offshore transaction" meeting the requirements of Regulation S under the Securities Act.

1.6. The Shares may not be acquired or held by, or transferred to, (i) an "employee benefit plan" as defined in Section 3(3) of the US Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"), that is subject to Title I of ERISA; (ii) a "plan" as defined in Section 4975 of the US Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "US Tax Code"), including an individual retirement account or other arrangement that is subject to Section 4975 of the US Tax Code; (iii) an entity which is deemed to hold the assets of any of the foregoing types of plans, accounts or arrangements that is subject to Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the US Tax Code; or (iv) a governmental, church, non-US or other employee benefit plan that is subject to any federal, state, local or non-US law that is substantially similar to the provisions of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the US Tax Code, and whose purchase, holding, or disposition of the Shares would constitute or result in a non-exempt violation of any such substantially similar law.

1.7. The Trust delivers (or will deliver) to its shareholders annual financial reports, interim management statements and such other shareholder notices as the Trust deems appropriate.  Unless a shareholder indicates otherwise by written notice to the Trust, the shareholder hereby consents to receive the Trust’s financial statements, shareholder newsletters, and other shareholder notices and materials via email to the shareholder’s email address in the Trust’s records or via the Trust’s website at www.pacific-assets.co.uk[DG(1] . Although the Trust does not impose any additional charges for electronic delivery, the shareholder may, of course, incur costs associated with the shareholder’s electronic access, such as usage charges from the shareholder’s Internet access providers.  The shareholder may revoke its election to receive such documents via electronic delivery at any time by written notice to the Trust requesting that the Trust send such documents via facsimile or in hard copy via the postal service to the address notified to the Trust by the shareholder from time to time.

The Materials that you are seeking to access are not directed at and may not be viewed by or distributed to persons who are resident outside the United Kingdom (except for professional investors in Ireland), including but not limited to:

• who are in the United States or who are, or are acting for the account or benefit of, US Persons; or

• who are in a jurisdiction where it is not lawful to access the Materials.