VOLTA FINANCE - ANNOUNCEMENT OF AN EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
NOT FOR RELEASE, DISTRIBUTION OR PUBLICATION, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, IN OR INTO
THE UNITED STATES
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Guernsey, 12 March 2012 - In accordance with the Company's Articles of
Incorporation, the announcement is hereby made that an Extraordinary General
Meeting of the Company will be held at the Company's registered office, First
Floor, Dorey Court, Admiral Park, St Peter Port, Guernsey GY1 6HJ, Channel
Islands, at 10:00am (London time) on 23 April 2012.
The main reason for the Directors to convene such EGM is to facilitate the
Company entering into a liquidity enhancement contract with a bank or a broker.
Please note that, at the time of this notice the aggregate number of shares is
30,932,216 and that the voting rights are limited to 24,978,459 shares
considering that one of the largest shareholder is limited in its voting rights.
The Agenda of this EGM is the following (see attached EGM Notice for more
details):
Special Business:
1. To renew the authorisation of the Company unconditionally and generally for
the purposes of Section 315 of the Companies (Guernsey) Law, 2008 to make
market purchases of ordinary shares in the Company provided that:
a. The maximum number of ordinary shares in each class authorised to be
purchased is 14.99% of each class of the ordinary shares in issue at any
time.
b. The minimum price payable by the Company for each ordinary share is 1%
of the average of the mid-market values of the ordinary shares of that
class in the Company for the five business days prior to the date of the
market purchase and the maximum price payable by the Company for each
ordinary share will not be more than:
* 105% of the average of the mid-market values of the ordinary shares
of that class in the Company for the five business days prior to the
date of the market purchase; and
* Provided always that the market purchase will meet the criteria
stipulated in the Commission Regulation (EC) of 22 December 2003
implementing the Market Abuse Directive as regards exemptions for
buy-back programmes and stabilisation of financial instruments (No
2273/2003); (unless the purchases would not bear the risk of
breaching the market manipulation prohibition);
c. Such authority shall expire at the conclusion of the next Annual
General Meeting of the Company.
a.
b.
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ABOUT VOLTA FINANCE LIMITED
Volta Finance Limited is incorporated in Guernsey under the Companies (Guernsey)
Laws, 1994 to 1996 (as amended) and listed on Euronext Amsterdam. Its investment
objectives are to preserve capital and to provide a stable stream of income to
its shareholders through dividends. For this purpose, it pursues a multi-asset
investment strategy targeting various underlying assets. The assets that the
Company may invest in either directly or indirectly include, but are not limited
to: corporate credits; sovereign and quasi-sovereign debt; residential mortgage
loans; automobile loans. Volta Finance Limited's basic approach to its
underlying assets is through vehicles and arrangements that provide leveraged
exposure to some of those underlying assets.
Volta Finance Limited has appointed AXA Investment Managers Paris, an investment
management company with a division specialised in structured credit, for the
investment management of all its assets.
ABOUT AXA INVESTMENT MANAGERS
AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) is a multi-expert asset management company
within the AXA Group, a global leader in financial protection and wealth
management. AXA IM is one of the largest European-based asset managers with ?514
billion in assets under management as of the end of June 2011. AXA IM employs
approximately 2,389 people around the world and operates out of 21 countries.
CONTACTS
Company Secretary
State Street (Guernsey) Limited
volta.finance(at)ais.statestreet.com
+44 (0) 1481 715601
Portfolio Administrator
Deutsche Bank
voltaadmin(at)list.db.com
For the Investment Manager
AXA Investment Managers Paris
Serge Demay
serge.demay(at)axa-im.com
+33 (0) 1 44 45 84 47
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This press release is for information only and does not constitute an invitation
or inducement to acquire shares in Volta Finance. Its circulation may be
prohibited in certain jurisdictions and no recipient may circulate copies of
this document in breach of such limitations or restrictions.
This press release is not an offer of securities for sale in the United States.
Securities may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration
with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or an exemption from
registration under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act"). Volta Finance has not registered, and does not intend to register, any
portion of any offering of its securities in the United States or to conduct a
public offering of any securities in the United States.
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This document is being distributed by Volta Finance Limited in the United
Kingdom only to investment professionals falling within article 19(5) of the
Financial Services and Market Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (the
"Order") or high net worth companies and other persons to whom it may lawfully
be communicated, falling within article 49(2)(A) to (E) of the Order ("Relevant
persons"). The shares are only available to, and any invitation, offer or
agreement to subscribe, purchase or otherwise acquire the shares will be engaged
only with, relevant persons. Any person who is not a relevant person should not
act or rely on this document or any of its contents. Past performance cannot be
relied on as a guide to future performance.
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This press release contains statements that are, or may deemed to be, "forward-
looking statements". These forward-looking statements can be identified by the
use of forward-looking terminology, including the terms "believes",
"anticipated", "expects", "intends", "is/are expected", "may", "will" or
"should". They include the statements regarding the level of the dividend, the
current market context and its impact on the long-term return of Volta's
investments. 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. Volta Finance's actual results,
portfolio composition and performance may differ materially from the impression
created by the forward-looking statements. Volta Finance does not undertake any
obligation to publicly update or revise forward-looking statements.
Any target information is 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 or any other type of forecasts. There can be no assurance that any
of these targets will be achieved. In addition, no assurance can be given that
the investment objective will be achieved.
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Notice of 2012 EGM:
http://hugin.info/137695/R/1593187/501211.pdf
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originality of the information contained therein.
Source: Volta Finance Limited via Thomson Reuters ONE
[HUG#1593187]
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Datum: 12.03.2012 - 12:00 Uhr
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