Statement re Conversion Between Classes

RNS Number : 3747Q

BlueCrest AllBlue Fund Ltd

05 November 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 October 2012 (the "Conversion Day").

From Sterling Shares to US Dollar Shares                                                                   17,200

From Euro Shares to Sterling Shares                                                                           22,467

From US Dollar Shares to Sterling Shares                                                              1,717,214

Conversion ratios

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

£1.7668 in the case of Sterling Shares

€1.7096 in the case of Euro Shares

$1.6924 in the case of US Dollar Shares

The spot conversion rates used for these conversions were:

GBP/USD:         1.6138

EUR/GBP:         0.7964

USD/GBP:         0.6197

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

1.684709 US Dollar Shares for every one Sterling Share

0.770508 Sterling Shares for every one Euro Share

0.593561 Sterling Shares for every one US Dollar Share

Admission of new shares

Application has been made for 1,019,382 Sterling 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 9 November 2012.

Results of conversion

With effect from 9 November 2012, the issued share capital of the Company (excluding 9,912,930 Sterling shares held in treasury and 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:            487,623,788

Euro Shares:                 10,517,100

US Dollar Shares:         80,304,026

All shareholders have equal voting rights based on the number of shares held. Accordingly, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 578,444,914  (excluding 9,912,930 Sterling Shares held in treasury and 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) 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.

5 November 2012

For further information about this announcement contact:

Anson Fund Managers Limited

Secretary

Tel:  [phone]

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