Compulsory Acqn of Shares

RNS Number : 2873J

CATCo Reinsurance Opps Fund Ltd

09 April 2020

 

CATCo Reinsurance Opportunities Fund Limited (the "Company")

9 April 2020

Partial Compulsory Redemption of Shares

This announcement contains inside information

Further to the approval given by the Company's Shareholders on 6 April 2020 to enable compulsory redemptions of the Ordinary Shares and C Shares (as described in the Circular to Shareholders dated 13 March 2020), the Company today announces that it will return an aggregate amount of approximately USD 29.34m on 20 April 2020 (the "Redemption Date") by way of a compulsory partial redemption of up to 19,895,091 Ordinary Shares and 46,533,694 C Shares (the "First Redemption"). Approximately 8.94% of the Company's total issued share capital will be redeemed (consisting of 6.51% of the Ordinary Shares currently in issue, and 10.64% of the C Shares).

The First Redemption will be effected at USD 0.2669 per Ordinary Share and USD 0.5164 per C Share, being the relevant respective NAV per Ordinary Share and NAV per C Share, as at 29 February 2020. The Redemption will be effected pro rata to holdings of Ordinary Shares and C Shares respectively on the register at the close of business on the Redemption Record Date, being 20 April 2020. As at today's date, the Company has 305,811,860 Ordinary Shares and 437,412,476 C Shares in issue, the total number of Shares in issue being 743,224,336.

Fractions of Ordinary Shares and C Shares will not be redeemed and so the number of Ordinary Shares and C Shares to be redeemed for each shareholder will be rounded down to the nearest whole number of Ordinary Shares and C Shares, as appropriate.

The amount to be applied to the partial redemption of Ordinary Shares and C Shares comprises monies from the Company's existing cash balances.

All Ordinary Shares and C Shares that are redeemed will be cancelled with effect from the relevant Redemption Date. Accordingly, once redeemed, Ordinary Shares and C Shares will be incapable of transfer.

The Ordinary Shares and C Shares will be disabled in CREST after close of business on the Redemption Date and the existing ISIN numbers, BMG1961Q2095 for the Ordinary Shares and BMG1961Q1592 for the C Shares, (the "Old ISINs") will expire.

The new ISIN numbers, which are BMG1961Q1758 in respect of the remaining Ordinary Shares and BMG1961Q1675 in respect of the remaining C Shares which have not been redeemed (the "New ISINs") will be enabled and available for transactions from and including 21 April 2020.

Up to and including the Redemption Date, Ordinary Shares and C Shares will continue to be traded under the Old ISINs and as such, a purchaser of such Ordinary Shares or C Shares, as the case may be, would have a market claim for a proportion of the redemption proceeds. CREST will automatically transform any open transactions as at the Redemption Date into the New ISINs.

Shareholders should note that the Board retains absolute discretion as to the execution, extent and timing of any further returns of capital.

Expected timetable for redemption:

Announcement of redemption notice	9 April 2020
Redemption Record Date	20 April 2020
Redemption Date and expiry of Old ISIN numbers	20 April 2020
New ISIN numbers enabled	21 April 2020
Redemption monies paid to uncertificated holdings and certificated holdings	24 April 2020
Redemption monies paid to certificated holdings	30 April 2020

Capitalised terms used but not defined in this announcement shall bear the meanings ascribed to them in the Circular to Shareholders dated 13 March 2020.

Enquiries:

For further information:
Markel CATCo Investment Management Ltd. Judith Wynne General Counsel Telephone: [phone] Email: [e-mail] Mark Way Chief of Investor Marketing Telephone: [phone] Email: [e-mail]	Numis Securities Limited David Benda / Hugh Jonathan Telephone: [phone]

 

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