FRM Credit Alpha Limited (the 'Company')
23 September 2008
Postponed Placing and Offer for Subscription for C Shares
THIS COMMUNICATION IS NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, JAPAN OR AUSTRALIA.
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS AN ADVERTISEMENT AND NOT A PROSPECTUS AND IS NOT AN OFFER TO SELL OR A SOLLICITATION OF ANY OFFER TO BUY ANY SECURITIES IN THE UNITED STATES OR IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.
Given the current market conditions, and notwithstanding current demand, the Directors of the Company believe that it is in the best interests of both the Company and prospective investors to postpone the proposed offer and placing of C Shares.
An updated timetable and further information will be released in due course.
Additional information on the Company is available at www.frmcredit.com.
Enquiries:
Greg Taylor/Luke Burdess, Financial Risk Management 020 7968 6000
Darren Willis, Winterflood Investment Trusts 020 3100 0258
This announcement is an advertisement and not a prospectus and 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.
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 therefrom 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 referred to in this advertisement should be made solely on the basis of information contained in a prospectus that will be made generally available at the UKLA's Document Viewing Facility situated at 25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5HS. Copies of such prospectus may be also obtained at no cost from FRM or the website of the issuer (www.frmcredit.com).
This communication is issued in the UK 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.
This communication is directed only at (i) persons outside the United Kingdom, or (ii) persons having professional experience in matters relating to investments who fall within the definition of 'investment professionals' in Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (the 'Order') or (iii) high net worth companies, unincorporated associations and partnerships and trustees of high value trusts as described in Article 49(2) (a) to (d) of the Order. Persons within the United Kingdom who receive this communication (other than persons falling within (ii) and (iii) above) should not rely on or act upon this communication.