VOLTA FINANCE - AUGUST MONTHLY REPORT
(Thomson Reuters ONE) - NOT FOR RELEASE, DISTRIBUTION OR PUBLICATION, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, INOR INTO THE UNITED STATES*****Guernsey, 18 September 2009 - Volta Finance Limited (the "Company" or"Volta Finance" or "Volta") has published its July monthly report.The full report is attached to this release and is available on VoltaFinance Limited's financial website (www.voltafinance.com).Gross Asset Value+---------------------------------------------------------+| | At 31.08.09 | At 31.07.09 ||-----------------------------+-------------+-------------|| Gross Asset Value (GAV / ?) | 64,385,155 | 59,291,371 ||-----------------------------+-------------+-------------|| GAV per share (?) | 2.13 | 1.96 |+---------------------------------------------------------+As of the end of August 2009, the Gross Asset Value (the "GAV") ofVolta Finance Limited (the "Company", "Volta Finance" or "Volta") was?64.4m or ?2.13 per share, an increase of ?0.17 per share from ?1.96per share as of the end of July 2009.The July mark-to-market variations* of Volta Finance's asset classeshave been: -3.2% for ABS investments, +21.5% for CDO investments and+28.4% for Corporate Credit investments. The increase in the GAV ismostly due to increases in prices in the CDO and in the CorporateCredit bucket both from equity pieces as well as from mezzanine debttranches.Volta's assets have generated the equivalent of ?0.6m of cash flowsduring August 2009 (non-Euro amounts converted into Euro usingend-of-month cross currency rates). In August the Company invested intwo deals, a mezzanine tranche of a corporate credit portfolio (JazzIII) and a mezzanine tranche of a CLO (Alpstar 2), for a total of?3.7m.MARKET ENVIRONMENTIn August, credit markets were almost unchanged after several verygood months. Economic data collected during the period confirmed therecovery in economic sentiments and the trend towards less negativeeconomic news, particularly relative to industrial production andunemployment. However, domestic consumption (excluding governmentspending) in developed countries is still weak, and this is likely toremain a drag on economic recovery for the foreseeable future.The 5y European iTraxx index (series 11) as well as the 5y iTraxxEuropean Crossover Index (series 11) were almost unchanged at the endof August, respectively at 91 bps and 598 bps, from 88 bps and 612bps at the end of July 2009. During the same period of time,according to the CSFB Leverage Loan Index, the average price for USliquid first lien loans increased for the seventh consecutive month,from 80.27% to 81.87%.**VOLTA FINANCE PORTFOLIOAs regards the Company's Corporate Credit holdings, nothing specialoccurred during the month. The two first-loss positions in Jazz IIIand ARIA III remain sensitive to any credit event that could occur.As regards the Company's investments in residual and mezzanine debtof CLOs, defaults and downgrades in underlying portfolios continuedto occur, albeit at a lower pace than in the previous months. Thenumber of residual tranches suffering at least a partial diversion ofcash flows remains stable.As regards the 11 mezzanine debt tranches held by Volta, whichrepresents 12.8% of the end of month GAV, it should be noticed thatone position, the ?5m nominal position in the Class IV debt of CheyneCredit Opportunity CDO representing 0.7% of the end of month GAV,suffered a significant deterioration of its over-collateralisation(OC) tests mainly due to the occurrence of downgrades but also to theoccurrence of some defaults in recent months. In August, this assetmissed its semi-annual payment. This position could continue tosuffer further diversion of its coupon payments. However, under anaverage default scenario, we expect payments to resume at a laterpoint in time. This asset initially rated BBB both by S&P and Fitchis now rated BBB- by S&P and BB by Fitch.The depressed economic environment and the ongoing wave of downgradesand defaults are expected to continue having a negative impact on theexpected cash flows of most of the Company's CLO residual and debtholdings, even if the rebound in loan prices allowed some CLOmanagers to clean up some positions and to modestly improve their OCtests.As regards the Company's ABS investments, no particular event hasaffected the six UK non-conforming residual holdings or PromiseMobility, which is a residual position in a very diversifiedportfolio of small and medium German companies that represents 11.1%of the GAV as of the end of August.At the end of August, the Company held the equivalent of ?24.5m ofcash (?0.81 per share). Most of the cash held by the Company will beused for investing as well as paying operating expenses anddividends.The Company considers that opportunities could arise in currentmarket environment in several structured credit sectors. Mezzaninetranches of CLOs and of European ABS or senior tranches of CorporateCredit portfolios could be considered as the main area for suchinvestments. Investments will be realised depending on the pace atwhich market opportunities could be seized.* "Mark-to-market variation" is calculated as the Dietz-performanceof the assets in each bucket, taking into account the MtM of theassets at month-end, payments received from the assets over theperiod, and ignoring changes in cross currency rates Nevertheless,some residual currency effects could impact the aggregate value ofthe portfolio when aggregating each bucket.** Index data source: Markit, Bloomberg(Full monthly report in attachment or on www.voltafinance.com)*****ABOUT VOLTA FINANCE LIMITEDVolta Finance Limited is incorporated in Guernsey under the Companies(Guernsey) Laws, 1994 to 1996 (as amended) and listed on EuronextAmsterdam. Its investment objectives are to preserve capital and toprovide a stable stream of income to its shareholders throughdividends. For this purpose, it pursues a multi-asset investmentstrategy targeting various underlying assets. Volta Finance's basicapproach to its underlying assets is through vehicles andarrangements that provide leveraged exposure. The exposure to thoseunderlying assets is gained through direct and indirect investment infive principal asset classes: corporate credits, CDOs, ABS, leveragedloans, and infrastructure assets.Volta Finance has appointed AXA Investment Managers Paris, aninvestment management company with a division specialised instructured credit, for the investment management of all its assets.ABOUT AXA INVESTMENT MANAGERSAXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) is a multi-expert asset managementcompany within the AXA Group, a global leader in financial protectionand wealth management. AXA IM is one of the largest European-basedasset managers with ?485 billion in assets under management as of theend of December 2008. AXA IM employs approximately 2,900 peoplearound the world and operates out of 21 countries.CONTACTSCompany SecretaryMourant Guernsey Limitedvolta.finance(at)mourant.com+44 (0) 1481 715601Portfolio AdministratorDeutsche Bankvoltaadmin(at)list.db.comFor the Investment ManagerAXA Investment Managers ParisSerge Demayserge.demay(at)axa-im.com+33 (0) 1 44 45 84 47*****This press release is for information only and does not constitute aninvitation or inducement to acquire shares in Volta Finance. Itscirculation may be prohibited in certain jurisdictions and norecipient may circulate copies of this document in breach of suchlimitations or restrictions.This press release is not an offer of securities for sale in theUnited States. Securities may not be offered or sold in the UnitedStates absent registration with the United States Securities andExchange Commission or an exemption from registration under the U.S.Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). VoltaFinance has not registered, and does not intend to register, anyportion of any offering of its securities in the United States or toconduct a public offering of any securities in the United States.*****This document is being distributed by Volta Finance Limited in theUnited Kingdom only to investment professionals falling withinarticle 19(5) of the Financial Services and Market Act 2000(Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (the "Order") or high net worthcompanies and other persons to whom it may lawfully be communicated,falling within article 49(2)(A) to (E) of the Order ("Relevantpersons"). The shares are only available to, and any invitation,offer or agreement to subscribe, purchase or otherwise acquire theshares will be engaged only with, relevant persons. Any person who isnot a relevant person should not act or rely on this document or anyof its contents. Past performance cannot be relied on as a guide tofuture performance.*****This press release contains statements that are, or may deemed to be,"forward-looking statements". These forward-looking statements can beidentified by the use of forward-looking terminology, including theterms "believes", "anticipated", "expects", "intends", "is/areexpected", "may", "will" or "should". They include the statementsregarding the level of the dividend, the current market context andits impact on the long-term return of Volta's investments. By theirnature, forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertaintiesand readers are cautioned that any such forward-looking statementsare not guarantees of future performance. Volta Finance's actualresults, portfolio composition and performance may differ materiallyfrom the impression created by the forward-looking statements. VoltaFinance does not undertake any obligation to publicly update orrevise forward-looking statements.Any target information is based on certain assumptions as to futureevents which may not prove to be realised. Due to the uncertaintysurrounding these future events, the targets are not intended to beand should not be regarded as profits or earnings or any other typeof forecasts. There can be no assurance that any of these targetswill be achieved. In addition, no assurance can be given that theinvestment objective will be achieved.*****http://hugin.info/137695/R/1342374/321291.pdfThis announcement was originally distributed by Hugin. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
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