Conversion Between Classes

RNS Number : 8923H

BlueCrest AllBlue Fund Ltd

17 July 2012

 



BlueCrest ALLBLUE FUND LIMITED (the "Company")

CONVERSION BETWEEN SHARE CLASSES & ADMISSION OF NEW SHARES

Conversion requests

The table below summarises the aggregate number of shares of each class in relation to which the Company has received requests to convert such shares into shares of another class with effect from 1 June 2012 (the "Conversion Day").

From Sterling Shares to Euro Shares                                                                                612

From Sterling Shares to US Dollar Shares                                                                    15,000

From US Dollar Shares to Sterling Shares                                                                  304,960

Conversion ratios

The net asset value per share of each class as at the Conversion Day was as follows:

£1.7255 in the case of Sterling Shares

€1.6730 in the case of Euro Shares

$1.6560 in the case of US Dollar Shares

The spot conversion rates used for these conversions were:

GBP/EUR:         1.2462

GBP/USD:         1.5414

USD/GBP:         0.6488

On the basis of the above, the conversion ratios are as follows:

1.284314 Euro Shares for every one Sterling Share

1.606067 US Dollar Shares for every one Sterling Shares

0.622629 Sterling Shares for every one US Dollar Share

Admission of new shares

Application has been made for 174,265 Sterling Shares and 786 Euro Shares to be admitted to the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to trading on the London Stock Exchange.  It is expected that such listing will become effective and that dealings in such shares will commence on 23 July 2012.

Results of conversion

With effect from 23 July 2012, the issued share capital of the Company (subject to there being no further transactions in the Company's shares during the intervening period in accordance with the share buy back programme announced on 28 May 2012) will be as follows:

Sterling Shares:            496,389,103

Euro Shares:                 9,749,920

US Dollar Shares:         83,201,382

All shareholders have equal voting rights based on the number of shares held. Accordingly, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 586,990,214 (excluding 2,350,191 Sterling Shares held in treasury) and this figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in the Company under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

17 July 2012

For further information about this announcement contact:

Anson Fund Managers Limited

Secretary

Tel:  [phone]

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