From 26 April to 6 May 2019 the Tokyo Stock Exchange will be closed during Japan’s Golden Week holiday, which is longer than usual to mark the abdication of Japan’s emperor.

Jupiter have decided that utilising our standard approach to FVP (Fair Value Pricing) over the period will be sufficient to address the market closure. We therefore have no plans to suspend the fund. There will be no change to Jupiter normal trading of our Japanese funds during this period and the daily price file will continue to be released BAU.

Japan Golden Week 2019 - Declaration of Non-Dealing days for JPM Japan Fund  

• The stock markets in Japan will be closed, on account of Japan Golden Week holidays, from 27 April 2019 to 6 May 2019 and will reopen on 7 May 2019.   
• The JPM Japan Fund will be unable to process investor transactions during this period  
• Non-dealing days have been declared for the JPM Japan Fund from 26 April 2019 to 6 May 2019 (inclusive), unless it is otherwise notified.   

No prices will be issued for the JPM Japan Fund on these days, and any dealing instructions received from 12 noon on Thursday 25 April 2019 to Monday 6 May 2019 will be processed at 12 noon on Tuesday 7 May 2019.  

Details of affected funds :

As a result of the scheduled ‘Golden Week’ national holidays in Japan when the Tokyo Stock Exchange will be closed M&G Securities Limited will be suspending the following OEIC funds from dealing between Friday 26 April 2019 and Monday 6 May 2019 (inclusive).

• M&G Japan Fund
• M&G Japan Smaller Companies Fund

All share classes are affected and are shown below;

Operational Details:

• The suspension period will commence from 12pm (UK Time) on Thursday 25 April 2019 for all share classes of the funds.
• Deals submitted during the suspension period will be rejected by M&G and will NOT be queued for trading after the suspension.
• All share classes will resume dealing at 08:00 (UK Time) on Tuesday 7 May 2019.
• Indicative prices will be published in the usual manner for the affected share classes between Friday 26 April 2019 and Monday 6 May 2019 inclusive, however these are not dealing prices and should only be used for portfolio valuations. These will be based on the price calculated on Thursday 25 April 2019 and adjusted on a daily basis to reflect relevant market movements during that period.
• Trades placed prior to the dealing suspension which are in-flight during the suspension period will be not be affected and will continue to settle on usual cycles.

Advanced notice – Non-Dealing days – Golden Week

Janus Henderson have declared a number of non-dealing days in the below Funds. Non-dealing days will be in place from Friday 26 April to Monday 6 May 2019. This is due to the ten day ‘Golden Week’ holiday declared in Japan which will see stock markets and banks closed for six days.

We have decided that as the Funds will be unable to implement any investment decisions or raise cash that it is in the interest of all investors to not allow dealing in shares in the Funds during this holiday period.

We would like to apologise for any inconvenience this may cause but believe this is the best course of action to take.

UK Domiciled Funds:

Janus Henderson Japan Opportunities Fund

Janus Henderson Institutional Japan Index Opportunities Fund