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Queen's Walk Investment Limited 20 February 2007 February 20, 2007 Queen's Walk Investment Limited ('Queen's Walk') Trading Update Queen's Walk will announce its results for the quarter ended December 31, 2006 on March 6, 2007 at 7 am London time. The announcement will be followed by a teleconference call at 2 pm London time (details below). The majority of the investments in the Company's portfolio continue to perform better than or in line with expectations and credit losses to date are generally consistent with projections. However, the Company has noted in the latest performance data that certain of the UK mortgage residual positions in its portfolio are performing below expectations. The Company's investment manager, Cheyne Capital Management (UK) LLP, has determined it prudent to adjust the prepayment and default assumptions contained in the valuation models in respect of these assets to reflect this performance data. Despite recent concerns regarding the US housing and consumer finance markets, the Company's US mortgage residual investments (accounting for approximately 11% of the Company's gross asset portfolio as at December 31, 2006) have performed better than expected. The Company's European assets, including its more recent SME investments, have also performed well. While the valuations remain subject to review by the Company's validation agents and by its auditors, the investment manager has determined that these adjustments will have an impact on the Company's ability to pay the target dividends announced at the time of publication of its semi-annual accounts in November 2006. After giving effect to increases in the valuations of assets that have performed ahead of expectation, the net effect of the adjustments to the portfolio overall is expected to result in a write-down of approximately €2.7 million in respect of the portfolio, which currently totals approximately €568 million, and a charge to income. The Company is therefore revising its target dividend for the quarter ended December 31, 2006 from €0.27 per share to €0.22 to €0.23 per share. In light of these adjustments, the Company is also revising its dividend target for the quarter ended March 31, 2007 to €0.22 to €0.25 per share. The Company's dividend target for the financial year ended March 31, 2008 is not less than €1.00, which is consistent with the original target dividend for the Company's first full financial year set at the time of the Company's IPO in December 2005. The investment manager intends to maintain the portfolio's geographic diversification and to further enhance its product diversification by increasing the portion of the portfolio invested in European SME loan transactions. The Company's investment objective remains to preserve capital and to provide stable returns to its shareholders in the form of quarterly dividends. Conference call details: The conference call at 2pm London time on March 6, 2007 can be accessed by dialling +44 20 7138 0835 or +1 718 354 1172 from the US ten minutes prior to the scheduled start of the call; please reference Queen's Walk Investment Limited Financial Results. A webcast of the conference call will be available to the public on a listen-only basis at www.queenswalkinv.com. Please allow extra time prior to the call to visit the site and download the necessary software required to listen to the internet broadcast. A replay of the webcast will be available for three months following the call. For further information please contact: Investor Relations: Caroline Villiers +44 20 7153 1521 Cheyne Capital: Andrea Bonafe +44 20 7031 7480 About the Company: Queen's Walk Investment Limited is a Guernsey-incorporated investment company listed on the London Stock Exchange. The Company's investment objective is to preserve capital and to provide stable returns to shareholders in the form of quarterly dividends. To achieve this, Queen's Walk invests primarily in a diversified portfolio of subordinated tranches of asset backed securities, including the unrated 'equity' or 'first loss' residual income position typically retained by the banks or other financial institutions which have originated the loan assets that collateralise a securitisation transaction. The Company makes such investments where its investment manager, Cheyne Capital Management (UK) LLP, considers the coupon or cashflows from the investment to be attractive relative to the credit exposure of the underlying asset collateral. The Company believes that its investment focus provides equity investors with exposure to a relatively new investment opportunity in this asset class. The content of this announcement includes statements that are, or may be deemed to be, 'forward-looking statements'. These forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology, including the terms 'believes', 'estimates', 'anticipates', 'expects', 'intends', 'may', 'will' or 'should'. They include the statement regarding the target aggregate dividend. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties and readers are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance. The Company's actual results and performance may differ materially from the impression created by the forward-looking statements. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise forward-looking statements, except as may be required by applicable law and regulation (including the Listing Rules). Any target dividends are based on certain assumptions as to future events which may not prove to be realised. Due to the uncertainty surrounding these future events, the targets are not intended to be and should not be regarded as profits or earnings forecasts. There can be no assurance that these targets will be achieved or that the Company will be able to pay dividends at the target levels or at all. The payment of any target dividends is subject to the Company generating sufficient profits or having sufficient retained earnings and there can be no assurance that this will be the case. Any target dividends that the Company may announce from time to time should not be regarded as providing any guidance regarding the level of the Company's distributable net income for any period. The Company may revise its dividend policy from time to time. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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