BGHL Final result of conversion

Boussard & Gavaudan Holding Limited
a closed-ended investment company incorporated with limited liability under the
                laws of Guernsey with registration number 45582

                              Result of conversion


Boussard  &  Gavaudan  Holding  Limited  ("B&G  Holding" or the "Company") today
announces the result of the facility to convert existing holdings of:

·           Euro Shares in  the Company ("Euro  Shares") into Sterling Shares in
the Company (the "Sterling Shares"); and
·          Sterling Shares into Euro Shares,

(together,  the "Conversion") for the  31 March 2010 conversion calculation date
(the " March Conversion Calculation Date").

Conversion requests

The  aggregate number of shares for which conversion request forms were received
for the March Conversion Calculation Date was:

                               86,031 Euro Shares
                              734 Sterling Shares

Conversion ratios

+--------------------------+--------------------------+------------------------+
| The net asset values per |    The spot currency     |  On the basis of the   |
|  share as at the March   |conversion rates as at the| above, the conversion  |
|  Conversion Calculation  |     March Conversion     | ratios are as follows: |
|        Date were:        |  Calculation Date were:  |                        |
+--------------------------+--------------------------+------------------------+
|Euro Shares: € 12.8228    |Euro GBP: 0.890550        |0.941662 Sterling Shares|
|                          |                          |for every one Euro Share|
+--------------------------+--------------------------+------------------------+
|Sterling Shares: £ 12.1268|Euro GBP: 0.890550        |1.061952 Euro Shares for|
|                          |                          |every one Sterling Share|
+--------------------------+--------------------------+------------------------+

Cancellation

As  a result  of the  Conversion, the  number of  Euro Shares will be reduced by
85,252 shares.
As  a result of the Conversion, the  number of Sterling Shares will be increased
by 80,278 shares.

Results of conversion

With  effect from Conversion, the issued share capital of B&G Holding was on 31
March 2010.

                             57,476,480 Euro Shares
                           1,568,514 Sterling Shares

Admission of new shares

Application has been made for:
779 Euro Shares to be admitted to listing and trading on Euronext Amsterdam,
81,012 Sterling  Shares to be  admitted to the  Official List of  the UK Listing
Authority  and to  trading on  the London  Stock Exchange  plc's main market for
listed securities.

Next conversion

The  next conversion calculation date will be 31 June 2010 (the "June Conversion
Calculation  Date").   Shareholders  wishing  to  convert  between share classes
should complete the appropriate conversion request form, which is available from
the Company's website www.bgholdingltd.com <

http://www.bgholdingltd.com/>.

16 April 2010



B&G Asset Management                                              +44
20 7514 0700
Emmanuel Gavaudan

The  Company is  established as  a closed-ended  investment company domiciled in
Guernsey.  The  Company  has  received  the  necessary  approval of the Guernsey
Financial  Services Commission  and the  States of  Guernsey Policy Council. The
Company  is registered with the  Dutch Authority for the  Financial Markets as a
collective  investment scheme pursuant to article 2:73 in conjunction with 2:66
of  the Dutch  Financial Supervision  Act (Wet  op het financieel toezicht). The
Company  is  listed  on  Euronext  Amsterdam  and  on  the London Stock Exchange
("LSE").

This  announcement  is  for  information  purposes  only  and is not an offer to
invest. All investments are subject to risk. Past performance is no guarantee of
future  returns.  Prospective  investors  are  advised  to  seek  expert  legal,
financial,  tax  and  other  professional  advice  before  making any investment
decision.  The value of investments may  fluctuate. Results achieved in the past
are no guarantee of future results.

This  is  not  an  offer  to  sell  or  a  solicitation  of any offer to buy any
securities  in the United States or in any other jurisdiction. This announcement
is  not intended  to and  does not  constitute, or  form part  of, any  offer or
invitation  to  purchase  any  securities  or  the  solicitation  of any vote or
approval  in any jurisdiction, nor shall there be any sale, issuance or transfer
of  the  securities  referred  to  in  this  announcement in any jurisdiction in
contravention of applicable law.

Neither  the  Company  nor  Sark  Fund  Limited  have been, and neither will be,
registered  under  the  US  Investment  Company  Act  of  1940, as  amended (the
"Investment  Company  Act").   In  addition  the  securities  referenced in this
announcement  have not been and  will not be registered  under the US Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). Consequently any such securities
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 therefrom  and under circumstances which ill not
require  the issuer of such securities  to register under the Investment Company
Act. No public offering of any securities will be made in the United States.




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