Potential move to LSE Listing
FRM Credit Alpha Limited
03 March 2008
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FRM Credit Alpha Limited (the 'Company')
Proposed fund raising and full listing in London
The Board of the Company announces that it is considering a move to a full
listing on the Official List of the London Stock Exchange under Chapter 15 of
the Listing Rules.
The Directors believe that a full listing on the Official List will enhance the
profile of the Company and provide further liquidity and visibility in the
trading of the Company's shares.
Furthermore, the Board intend to use this opportunity to proceed with an issue
of new shares. Details on the timing of the change of listing venue and issue of
shares will be disclosed in due course.
The Company seeks to generate significant returns over cash with low volatility
and beta to global credit markets when measured over a market cycle. The
Company's portfolio comprises between 12 to 25 'specialist credit' hedge funds,
which utilise fundamental research, asset allocation, security selection and
activism to invest in credit securities, as opposed to investing according to
macro views on interest rate movements or spreads. The Company has returned
13.08% from its launch on 1 April 2007 through to 31 January 2008, compared to a
decrease of 0.75% for the ML US High Yield Master II Index (GBP) for the same
period.
The investment portfolio and general deployment of assets of the Company are
managed by FRM Investment Management Limited. Investment advice is provided by
Financial Risk Management Limited. Both FRM Investment Management Limited and
Financial Risk Management Limited are part of the FRM Group which was founded in
1991 and has over US $14 billion in funds of hedge funds assets under management
and over 200 employees in offices in London, New York, Tokyo, Sydney and
Guernsey.
Additional information on the Company is available at www.frmcredit.com.
Enquiries:
Tina Hugo/Luke Burdess, Financial Risk Management 020 7968 6000
Roland Cross/Sally Moore, Broadgate 020 7776 0508
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or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities in the company is being made
by this communication, in the United States or in any other jurisdiction.
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UK for the purposes of section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000
by Financial Risk Management Limited which is authorised and regulated by the
Financial Services Authority and whose office is at 15 Adam Street, London WC2N
6AH.
The issuer has not been and will not be registered under the US Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 'Investment Company Act'). In addition,
the shares have not been and will not be registered under the US Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the 'Securities Act'). Consequently, the shares may not be
offered, sold or otherwise transferred within the United States or to, or for
the account or benefit of, US persons except in accordance with the Securities
Act or an exemption there from and under circumstances which will not require
the issuer to register under the Investment Company Act. No offering of the
shares will be made in the United States.
Neither this document nor anything contained herein shall form the basis of, or
be relied upon in connection with, any offer or commitment whatsoever in any
jurisdiction. Any offer to acquire securities pursuant to the proposed offering
will be made, and any investor should make his investment, solely on the basis
of information that will be contained in a prospectus to be made generally
available in Ireland in connection with such offering. When made generally
available (which is currently expected to be in November 2007), copies of such
prospectus may be obtained at no cost from FRM, through the website of the Irish
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