Result of Tender Offer

Queen's Walk Investment Limited 18 December 2007 THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, AUSTRALIA OR JAPAN Queen's Walk Investment Limited (the 'Company') Results of Tender Offer The Company sent a circular (the 'Tender Offer Circular') to Eligible Shareholders detailing its proposed tender offer to purchase up to 24.99% of its Ordinary Shares and thereby to return a maximum of €15 million in cash to shareholders (the 'Tender Offer'). Definitions used in the Tender Offer Circular also apply in this announcement. The Tender Offer closed at 3:00 p.m. on 17 December 2007 and the Company today announces that in accordance with the terms of the Tender Offer contained in the Tender Offer Circular dated 4 December, the Strike Price for Ordinary Shares tendered has been set at €5.40 and tenders for 2,777,771 Ordinary Shares have been conditionally accepted by the Company. The total consideration conditionally payable under the Tender Offer is €14,999,963.40. As the aggregate value of the Ordinary Shares tendered at, on or below the Strike Price exceeds €15 million, in accordance with the terms and conditions contained in the Tender Offer Circular, the tenders have been conditionally accepted in the following order of priority: (i) tenders below the Strike Price have been accepted in full; and (ii) all other tenders which are at the Strike Price have been accepted but have been scaled back pro rata to ensure that the number of Ordinary Shares that are repurchased pursuant to the Tender Offer and the aggregate consideration paid to Shareholders do not exceed the Maximum Number (as defined in the Tender Offer Circular) and €15 million respectively; and (iii) tenders made at any price above the Strike Price have been rejected. The Company confirms that 1,404,394 ordinary shares of the Company that were tendered at the Strike Price, being approximately 69.81% of the ordinary shares that were tendered at such price, have been accepted. The Tender Offer is conditional on the approval of shareholders at the extraordinary general meeting of the Company to be held at 12.30 p.m. on 18 January 2008 (the 'EGM'). A further announcement will be made after the EGM. For further information please contact: Investor Relations: Caroline Villiers +44 (0) 20 7153 1521 About Queen's Walk Queen's Walk Investment Limited is a Guernsey-incorporated investment company listed on the London Stock Exchange. The Company's investment objective is to preserve capital and to provide stable returns to shareholders in the form of quarterly dividends. To achieve this, Queen's Walk invests primarily in a diversified portfolio of subordinated tranches of asset backed securities, including the unrated 'equity' or 'first loss' residual income position typically retained by the banks or other financial institutions which have originated the loan assets that collateralise a securitisation transaction. The Company makes such investments where its investment manager, Cheyne Capital Management Limited, considers the coupon or cash flows from the investment to be attractive relative to the credit exposure of the underlying asset collateral. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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