Asa Gold And Precious Metals Ltd. (South Africa)

The Company is mainly engaged in providing investors a vehicle to invest in a portfolio consisting primarily of stocks of companies conducting, as a major portion of their business, gold mining and related activities in South Africa.
The Company is a closed-end investment company organized in June 1958. The Company is incorporated in South Africa and its shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
The Company is relocated from the Republic of South Africa to the Commonwealth of Bermuda by reorganizing itself into a newly formed company incorporated in Bermuda on November 19, 2004.
The Company is a closed-end management investment company registered under the United States Investment Company Act of 1940, and was organized as an exempted limited liability company under the laws of Bermuda on April 29, 2003.
On November 19, 2004, The Company, pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, acquired all the assets and assumed all the liabilities of ASA Limited, a South Africa public limited liability company.
The Company is registered in the United States as a diversified investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
Shares of The Company (Bermuda) will commence trading on the New York Stock Exchange at the opening of trading on Monday, November 22, 2004. The ticker symbol, ASA, will remain the same.

At The Company's annual meeting held on February 8, 2007, shareholders reelected nine incumbent directors, ratified the selection of Ernst Young LLP to serve as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending November 30, 2007, approved the name change of the Company from ASA (Bermuda) Limited to ASA Limited and approved amendments to the Amended and Restated Bye-Laws of the Company.
The New York Stock Exchange has informed the CBOE that the company will change its name to ASA Gold and Precious Metals Limited, effective for trading on Monday, March 28, 2011. The stock and option symbol will remain the same. No adjustment to the ASA option contracts will be made to reflect this name change.