Millennium India Acquisition Company Inc. Announces Net Asset Value Per Share
March 03 2008 - 3:51PM
PR Newswire (US)
NEW YORK, March 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Millennium India
Acquisition Company Inc. (hereafter "MIAC" or the "Company")
(AMEX:MQC) today announced that it had determined the Net Asset
Value ("NAV") per share of the Company to be $9.91, as of March 3.
This is the first time MIAC has announced a net asset value per
share. MIAC currently intends to announce a net asset value no less
than once each calendar quarter. Background MIAC registered as
investment company with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
December 20, 2007. Subsequently, MIAC adopted valuation procedures
(the "Valuation Procedures") described below, and established a
valuation committee (the "Valuation Committee") of the Board of
Directors. The Valuation Committee consists of directors, each of
whom is "independent" under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and
an independent director under the American Stock Exchange's listing
standards. The Board of Directors has delegated the oversight of
the implementation of MIAC's valuation procedures to its Valuation
Committee, as described further below. MIAC's principal asset is
its ownership of a 14.75% equity interest in each of SMC Global
Securities Limited ("SMC") and SAM Global Securities Limited
("SAM"). These interests were acquired on January 21, 2008 for the
aggregate fixed sum of INR 1,638,996,077, or approximately
$41,514,592 (at an exchange rate of $1.00=INR 39.48 as of December
18, 2007). Pursuant to its Valuation Procedures, MIAC has
established a fair value of $79.1 million for its investment in SMC
and SAM, as of March 3. The remainder of MIAC's assets are invested
in cash and cash equivalents. Valuation Procedures The NAV per
share is equal to the value of the Company's total assets minus
liabilities divided by the total number of shares of common stock
outstanding. The Company determines the NAV per share of its common
stock as frequently as the Valuation Committee shall decide and on
such day as the management's Pricing Committee determines on a day
the New York Stock Exchange is open. Unless otherwise determined by
the Valuation Committee, the Company's net asset value is computed
as of the close of regular trading on the NYSE (generally 4:00 p.m.
Eastern time) (the "Valuation Time") on any day net asset value is
calculated. To compute net asset value on any day, management shall
value all Company assets and liabilities at the Valuation Time.
However, for investment or administrative reasons, management may
value particular securities at the Valuation Time, such as U.S.
government securities, money market instruments, and foreign
securities (such as an interest in SMC or SAM), based on
information determined before the Valuation Time. Value, as defined
in Section 2(a)(41) of 1940 Act, is (1) the market price for those
securities for which a market quotation is readily available and
(2) for all other securities and assets, fair value as determined
in good faith by the Board of Directors pursuant to procedures
approved by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors has
delegated the oversight of the implementation of the valuation
procedures to its Valuation Committee, and delegated to the
Company's officers the responsibility for valuing the Company's
assets and calculating the Company's net asset value in accordance
with the valuation procedures. Management has formed a Pricing
Committee to discharge certain of its responsibilities with respect
to valuation. As part of its duties, management's Pricing Committee
must: (i) present to the Valuation Committee, quarterly, a report
of the Pricing Committee's activities in the previous quarter; (ii)
respond to requests from the Board and the Valuation Committee; and
(iii) participate in an annual review of these Procedures and
provide advice and recommendations in light of its experience in
administering these Procedures, information on evolving industry
practices and any developments in applicable laws or regulations.
Except as otherwise specifically provided in the valuation
procedures, the Company will value portfolio securities for which
market quotations are readily available at market value. The
Company values all other securities and assets, including the
shares of SMC and SAM, at fair value as determined in good faith in
accordance with the valuation procedures. Because of the inherent
uncertainty of determining the fair value of investments that do
not have a readily available market value, the fair value of the
Company's investments determined under its procedures may differ
significantly from the values that would have been used had a ready
market existed for the investments or from the values that would
have been placed on our assets by other market participants, and
the differences could be material. There is no single standard for
determining fair value. As a result, determining fair value
requires that judgment be applied to the specific facts and
circumstances of each portfolio investment. MIAC primarily holds
securities of SMC and SAM, which are listed, but not traded on the
New Delhi Stock Exchange and Gauhati Stock Exchange, respectively.
Because of the type of investments that the Company makes and the
nature of its business, the valuation process requires an analysis
of various factors. The Company's valuation methodology includes
the examination of, among other things, (1) the nature and price
(if any) of the portfolio security; (2) whether any broker
quotations for the portfolio security are available; (3) the last
sale price of the portfolio security; (4) whether any other
financial or derivative security traded on other markets or among
dealers is indicative of the appropriate price; (5) whether values
of baskets of securities, or indices, traded on other markets,
exchanges, or among brokers are indicative of the appropriate
price; (6) the extent to which the fair value to be determined for
the portfolio security will result from the use of data or formula
produced by third parties independent of management; (7) the
liquidity or illiquidity of the market for the particular portfolio
security; (8) the financial statements and condition of the issuer;
(9) general information concerning the issuer's business including,
without limitation, material developments in product development,
management changes, litigation, governmental approvals, actions and
contracts and extraordinary events; (10) the competitive position
of the issuer's major products, the demand therefore or any
material changes in the marketplace; (11) general and specific
market trends and the existence of any merger proposals, tender
offers or other similar corporate actions affecting the securities;
(12) the financial position of the issuer; (13) the market value of
any unrestricted securities of the same class; (14) the
availability of registration rights; (15) legal or other
restrictions on the disposition of the securities (including any
registration expenses that might be borne by the Company in
connection with such disposition); (16) the characteristics of the
market in which the securities are purchased and sold; (17) the
market value of similar securities of the same issuer or comparable
companies; (18) the cost of the security at the date of purchase;
(19) in the case of securities that trade primarily in markets that
close before the Valuation Time, financial market or other
developments that occur after such market close but before the
Valuation Time; (20) changes in interest rates; (21) observations
from financial institutions; (22) government (U.S. or non-U.S.)
actions or pronouncements; (23) other news events; (24) for
securities traded on non-U.S. markets, the value of non-U.S
securities traded on other non-U.S. markets, ADR trading,
closed-end fund trading, non-U.S. currency exchange activity, the
trading prices of financial products that are tied to baskets of
non-U.S. securities (such as ADRs and World Equity Benchmark
Shares) and futures contracts or other derivative securities based
on indices representative of the appropriate market; and (25) the
nature and duration of any material event and the forces
influencing the operation of financial markets, factors relating to
the event that precipitated the problem, whether the event is
likely to recur, whether the effects of the event are isolated or
whether they affect entire markets, countries or regions. For all
other securities held by the Company other than the shares of SMC
and SAM, if applicable, when market quotations or other information
used in valuing such securities is not readily available or current
or otherwise appropriate, management may be required to supply a
"missing price" or determine whether to adjust a supplied price, as
described below. Generally, management must act reasonably and in
good faith in considering all appropriate information available to
it in identifying fair valuation situations and may consult with,
as appropriate, investment personnel, general news and financial
market information sources, industry sources, regulatory
authorities, other market participants and legal, compliance and
accounting personnel. Management has also engaged the services of
third-party vendors to assist it. Management may believe at times
that a significant event affecting a portfolio security has
occurred that would require it to adjust a supplied price. In the
case of holdings denominated in foreign currencies, management
converts the values of Company assets nominally reported in foreign
currencies into U.S. dollars daily at the Valuation Time.
Management is responsible for monitoring currency prices and
related markets to identify significant events that call into
question whether the exchange rate (established as of an earlier
pricing time) applied to a security denominated in a foreign
currency reliably represents the security's market value at the
Valuation Time. In determining the fair value of securities held by
the Company, no single factor is determinative. Each Director may
have accorded a different weight, or no weight, to different
factors, and, thus, each Director may have had a different basis
for his ultimate determination of value. About MIAC MIAC is a
closed-end mutual fund registered under the Investment Company Act
of 1940, as amended. DATASOURCE: Millennium India Acquisition
Company Inc. CONTACT: F. Jacob Cherian, Chairman & Chief
Executive Officer of Millennium India Acquisition Company Inc.,
+1-212-681-6763
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