CLOSE ALLBLUE FUND LIMITED (the 'Company')
RESULTS OF GENERAL MEETINGS
At an Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders held today, the following Special Resolutions (as detailed in the Notice of Meeting) were duly passed as special business:
THAT the Articles of Association contained in the document produced to the meeting and signed by the Chairman for the purposes of identification were approved and adopted as the new Articles of Association of the Company in substitution for, and to the exclusion of, the existing Articles of Association, with effect from the conclusion of the EGM and that the share capital of the Company be increased by the creation of ten Non-Redeemable Ordinary Shares of no par value, such shares having the rights described in the Articles of Association to be adopted pursuant to this Resolution.
THAT the name of the Company be changed from Close AllBlue Fund Limited to BlueCrest AllBlue Fund Limited.
THAT the Company cancel admission of its Shares from trading on AIM conditional upon the UK Listing Authority granting admission of the Shares to the Official List and the London Stock Exchange confirming that the Shares can commence trading on the Main Market.
THAT the pre-emption rights granted to Shareholders shall hereby be excluded, provided that this power shall expire (unless previously renewed, varied or revoked by the Company in general meeting) immediately prior to the annual general meeting of the Company in 2009.
At the separate General Meeting of Sterling Shareholders held today, the resolution that the Company de-list its Sterling Shares from the Channel Islands Stock Exchange conditional, inter alia, upon the UK Listing Authority granting admission of the Shares to the Official List was duly passed.
It is currently expected that admission of the Company's shares to the Official List and to trading on the main market of the London Stock Exchange will take place on or around 12 June 2008.
It is currently expected that the Royal Court of Guernsey will confirm the change of name on 13 June 2008 and this will be the effective date of change.
For further information please contact:
Anson Fund Managers Limited
Secretary
Tel: Guernsey +44 (0)1481 722260
Hoare Govett Limited
Gary Gould/ Stuart Klein
Tel: +44 (0)20 7678 8000
Collins Stewart Europe Limited
Nominated Advisor
Hugh Field
Tel: +44 (0)20 7523 8350
30 May 2008