ASA LTD ASA

expiry = 2008-07-25...n Shares, Par Value U.S. $1.00 Per Share, of ASA LIMITED Tendered Pursuant to the Offer to Purchase dated June 13, 2008, as supplemented July 7, 2008 THE OFFER, PRORATION PERIOD AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT 12:00 MIDNIGHT, EASTERN TIME, ON JULY 25, 2008, UNLESS THE OFFER IS FURTHER EXTENDED. The Depositary for the Offer is: Depositary Addresses: By First Class Mail: By Registered, Certified or Express Mail, or Overnight Courier: Computershare Trust Company, N.A. Attention: Corporate Actio...

expiry = 2008-07-11...Exhibit (a)(1)(i) ASA LIMITED OFFER TO PURCHASE FOR CASH UP TO 2,400,000 OF ITS ISSUED AND OUTSTANDING COMMON SHARES, PAR VALUE U.S. $1.00 PER SHARE THE OFFER, PRORATION PERIOD AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT 12:00 MIDNIGHT, EASTERN TIME, ON JULY 11, 2008, UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED. The offer to purchase shares described in this Offer to Purchase and in the related Letter of Transmittal (which together, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, constitute the “Off...

listed = True...as described in Section 1 of this Offer to Purchase. The Company normally calculates its net asset value per share each Friday at the close of regular trading on the NYSE. As of June 6, 2008, the net asset value per share was $88.41. The shares are listed and traded on the NYSE. On June 6, 2008, the closing price of the shares reported on the NYSE was $82.10 per share, representing a 7.14% discount from net asset value. During the pendency of the Offer, the net asset value per share will be calculated as of the close of regular trading on the NYSE each Friday preceding and including the expiration date of the O...

mechanism = NAV_PERCENT...r Taxpayer Identification Number) To Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (the “Depositary”): The undersigned hereby tenders to ASA Limited (the “Company”), a Bermuda company, the above-described common shares of the Company, par value U.S. $1.00 per share, at a price per share equal to 98% of the net asset value as of the expiration date of the Offer, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase, dated June 13, 2008, as supplemented July 7, 2008 (the “Offer to Purchase”), receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, and in this Letter of Transmittal (which, together with the Offer to Purchase, as amended, supplemen...

mechanism = NAV_PERCENT...ess day after the previously scheduled expiration date. The Company does not contemplate extending the Offer. What is the purpose of the Offer? (See Section 8) • The Offer will permit tendering shareholders to liquidate at least a portion of their shares at a price per share equal to 98% of the net asset value per share, while preserving the Company as an investment vehicle for long-term capital appreciation for shareholders who remain invested in the Company. What is the net asset value per share as of a recent date? (See Section 6) • The Company normally calculates its net asset value per share each Friday at the close of regular trading on...

txn_type = TENDER_OFFEREX-99 3 exhibitaiix.htm EXHIBIT (A)(1)(IX) LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL To Accompany Common Shares, Par Value U.S. $1.00 Per Share, of ASA LIMITED Tendered Pursuant to the Offer to Purchase dated June 13, 2008, as supplemented July 7, 2008 THE OFFER, PRORATION PERIOD AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT 12:00 MIDNIGHT, EASTERN TIME, ON JULY 25, 2008, UNLESS THE OFFER IS FURTHER EXTENDED. The Depositary for the Offer is: Depositary Addresses: By First Class Mail: By Registered, Certified or Express Mail, or Overnight Courier...

txn_type = TENDER_OFFEREX-99 2 asa80539_exa1i.htm Exhibit (a)(1)(i) ASA LIMITED OFFER TO PURCHASE FOR CASH UP TO 2,400,000 OF ITS ISSUED AND OUTSTANDING COMMON SHARES, PAR VALUE U.S. $1.00 PER SHARE THE OFFER, PRORATION PERIOD AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT 12:00 MIDNIGHT, EASTERN TIME, ON JULY 11, 2008, UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED. The offer to purchase shares described in this Offer to Purchase and in the related Letter of T...