Inv Obj & Perf Update

Close AllBlue Fund Limited 10 April 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 10 April 2007 CLOSE ALLBLUE FUND LIMITED (THE 'COMPANY') MONTHLY PERFORMANCE REVIEW FOR FEBRUARY 2007 INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE Close AllBlue Fund Limited (the 'Company') is a Guernsey incorporated, closed-ended investment company. The investment objective of the Company is to provide its Sterling, US Dollar and Euro shareholders with consistent long-term capital growth through an investment policy of investing substantially all of each share class' assets in the Sterling, US Dollar and Euro shares in AllBlue Limited respectively. AllBlue Limited provides access to a portfolio of seven diversified strategies managed by BlueCrest Capital Management L.P. and managers with close links to BlueCrest. These include the BlueCrest flagship fund with a mixed arbitrage strategy (BlueCrest Capital International Limited), an equity long/short fund (BlueCrest Equity Fund Limited), an emerging markets macro strategy fund (BlueCrest Emerging Markets Fund Limited) and a systematic trading process fund (BlueTrend Fund Limited). The net asset values ('NAV') of the Company's Shares as at the close of business on 28 February were:- Total Return Last Since NAV Last Month Quarter Launch** Sterling Shares £1.0216 -1.12% 0.62% 4.22% US Dollar Shares $1.0245 -1.13% 0.63% 2.92% Euro Shares €1.0088 -1.25% 0.36% 4.52% **Based on opening NAV, being the Issue Price less Formation and Initial Expenses, of £0.9802 per Sterling Share, $0.9802 per US Dollar Share and €0.9802 per Euro Share. PERFORMANCE REPORT OF ALLBLUE LIMITED FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2007 The following portfolio performance report for AllBlue Limited has been provided to the Company by BlueCrest Capital Management Limited. Whilst the Company believes that the information has been received from a reliable source, the Company is not able to verify the information and accepts no responsibility for the accuracy of the comments made or figures given in the report, and neither should any responsibility be implied. REPORT BY BLUECREST ON ALLBLUE LIMITED Investments in: Capital Free Cash By % Return Weighted Return Allocation% Sector% Mixed Arb 21 50 -0.04 -0.01 Systematic 24 85 -4.80 -1.11 Equity 23 43 0.41 0.09 Low Beta 1 95 -3.59 -0.04 Emerging Markets 22 52 0.07 0.01 Credit Arb 7 43 0.44 0.03 Event Driven 2 n/a 0.76 0.02 Total 100% 1.77% Until the last 3 days of the month, AllBlue was in positive territory, with all of the underlying funds, excluding BlueTrend, contributing positively. By the end of the month, unfortunately, the positive contributions had shrunk and the negative contribution had grown to the extent that AllBlue finished the month slightly down. BlueCrest Capital International was flat to down for the month. It was a quiet month for most desks within Mixed Arbitrage and any gains were dissipated by negative performance within quantitative strategies and interest rate volatility. RV sterling bounced back in February after a poor performance in January. The January MPC surprise hike caused some dislocation in sterling RV which largely normalised during February. These gains were offset by other positions, notably a rapid sell-off in fixed income vol, and the beginning of the flight to quality bid towards the end of the month, affecting some positions on dollar RV. BlueTrend gave up its January gains in February, and closed the month down 80bps for the year. This was a comparatively good performance relative to the competition, but it was obviously disappointing. With strong flows out of Equity markets, interest rate markets also reversed which left many positions caught. Those rare markets that had already gone long, such as the US 2-year Bond, were well rewarded. In other markets, Energies and Metals were relatively flat and FX positions were hurt due to the Yen appreciation at the end of the month. Equity Long/Short returned 41bps. The short book delivered 94bps and long positions lost 53bps. The strongest sectors were Construction and Materials (up 55bps) following a takeover bid, and the defensive, low beta Healthcare sector (up 30bps). The fund is 17% net long Healthcare, holding positions in established stalwarts. Lagging performers were the retail sector (-40bps), which although we were net short this sector, our long positions were hit particularly hard. Technology, in which we have a small net long exposure, having reduced exposure to the sector during December and January, was also down 35bps. Strong contributions came from the Financial Sector (up 25bps). Further positive performance was derived from two short positions in US mortgage providers, with both stocks down in excess of 20% on the month. Emerging Markets returned 7bps for the month. From a local markets point of view, Asia outperformed EMEA and Latin America, with top performers being Thailand (7.64%), Turkey (4.15%) and Brazil (3.53%). Local markets long exposure was concentrated in Brazil (Rates), Mexico (FX), Turkey (FX), South Africa (FX) and Hungary (Rates and FX), with short positions in India (Rates), Poland (Rates) and the Czech Republic. On the external debt side, top performers were Ecuador (up 10.54% as the Correa government paid the February bond coupon), Brazil (2.42%), Panama and Russia (2.17%). Argentina was the worst performer largely as a result of weakness in local inflation-linked bonds. Our external debt was concentrated in Argentina, Turkey, Brazil, Russia and GazProm, and short positions in Philippines, Ecuador, Iraq, Slovakia, and Hungary. Emerging Market equities finished down, and sector performance was random with energies down -4%, industrials up 4% and other equity sectors flat. The desk has taken steps to reduce Equity exposure significantly, and has also reduced their Corporate Credit exposure due to a preference to stay within the relative liquidity of local rates, foreign exchange and sovereign credit. Credit Arbitrage returned 44bps for the month. Strong performance primarily came from Index Arbitrage, Correlation, Intra-Credit and Equity. Gains in Index Arbitrage came from monetizing large positions in 10-year US IG and X-Over trades. Correlation gains occurred due to the sell-off in late February and profits from 5-year and shorter dated equity correlation; these were partially offset by small losses in 7-year maturity. Within Intra-Credit, large gains came from curve trades and smaller ones from capital structure trades. Equity contributions came from strength in dividend positions and a long volatility bias. The Event Driven portfolio was mixed during the month yet returned 76bps. Positive contributors included positions in construction and automobiles. The portfolio returned to approximate market neutrality over the month and, as a consequence, gross gearing declined slightly, the long positions being relatively stable at 139% AUM. Disclaimer: This publication is issued by Close AllBlue Fund Limited (the 'Company') for informational purposes exclusively to and for the benefit only of shareholders in the Company and to no one else; and accordingly the Company accepts no responsibility for the use any third party might make of the information herein contained and neither is any responsibility implied. Information on AllBlue Limited and its underlying funds have been provided to the Company by BlueCrest Capital Management Limited and the Company is not responsible for, nor does it warrant, the accuracy of such information. Although BlueCrest Capital Management Limited believes that the information on AllBlue Limited and its underlying funds is materially correct, no warranty is given as to the accuracy of the information provided. This publication may not be relied upon in evaluating the merits of investing in any securities referred to herein. Neither is it intended as and is not to be taken as an offer or solicitation with respect to the purchase or sale of any security, nor does it constitute an offer or solicitation in any jurisdiction, including those in which such an offer or solicitation is not authorised or to any person to whom it is unlawful to make such a solicitation or offer. Where in this document an estimate of the Net Asset Value of a share in the Company is given, although the information is believed to be materially correct, no warranty is given as to the accuracy of the information provided. The Company's underlying investment programme is speculative in nature and entails substantial risks. The underlying investments may be subject to sudden and large falls in price or value and there could be a large loss upon realisation which could equal the total amount originally invested. Further information about Shares in Close AllBlue Fund Limited may be found on the Company's website at www.closeallbluefund.com. For further Company shareholder information about investing in the Company contact: Roland Kitson of Close Fund Management (Investments) Limited, the Shareholder Liaison Agent, Tel: London 020 7426 4000. 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