30th Mar 2006 11:13
AIM30 March 2006 ANNOUNCEMENT TO BE MADE BY THE AIM APPLICANT PRIOR TO ADMISSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH AIM RULE 2 ALL APPLICANTS MUST COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING: COMPANY NAME: Charlemagne Capital Limited COMPANY ADDRESS: Principal place of business: Regent House, 16-18 Ridgeway Street, Douglas, Isle of Man, IM1 1EN Registered office: Ugland House, PO Box 309, South Church Street, George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, BWI COMPANY POSTCODE: IM1 1EN COUNTRY OF INCORPORATION: Cayman Islands COMPANY BUSINESS OR, IN THE CASE OF AN INVESTING COMPANY, DETAILS OF ITS INVESTMENT STRATEGY TO BE DISCLOSED INACCORDANCE WITH SCHEDULE 2, PARAGRAPH (J) OF THE AIM RULES: Charlemagne Capital is a specialist emerging markets equity investment manager, whose principal activity is theprovision of asset management products and services. The Group has 52 employees, including the executiveDirectors and a dedicated team of high calibre investment professionals. Its product range comprises mutualfunds, hedge funds and institutional and specialist fund products primarily covering GEMs, Eastern Europe, LatinAmerica and Asia. Charlemagne Capital employs a range of investment strategies including: long only, long/short,structured products and private equity. The Group is independently owned and is based on the Isle of Man with anoffice in London. Its activities are primarily regulated in the Isle of Man by the Financial Services Commissionand in the UK by the Financial Services Authority. In addition, CCIOM and CCUK are registered in the US asinvestment advisers with the Securities and Exchange Commission. DETAILS OF SECURITIES TO BE ADMITTED (i.e. where known, number of shares, nominal value and issue price to whichit seeks admission and the number and type to be held as treasury shares):120,472,310 Ordinary Shares of US$ 0.01 each issued at 100 pence per share. CAPITAL TO BE RAISED ON ADMISSION:Not applicable. Charlemagne Capital is not raising any capital. Certain existing shareholders are expecting tosell a proportion of their shares via an institutional placing. FULL NAMES AND FUNCTIONS OF DIRECTORS AND PROPOSED DIRECTORS: Michael Philipp Baer Non-Executive Chairman Jayne Allison Sutcliffe Chief Executive David Donald Curl Finance Director and Head of Investment Alexander Anderson Stuart Whamond Executive Director, Operations David McMahon Executive Director, Corporate Planning Robert Hans van Griethuysen Executive Director, Private Equity Jacob Johan van Duijn Non-Executive Director James Mellon Non-Executive Director Rt Hon Lord Lang of Monkton, PC Non-Executive Director PERSON(S) INTERESTED IN 3% OR MORE OF THE ISSUER'S CAPITAL, EXPRESSED AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE ISSUED SHARE CAPITALBEFORE AND AFTER ADMISSION: Percentage of issued share Percentage of issued share capital before admission capital after admission Interested Person James Mellon(1) 32.8 17.7 Jayne Sutcliffe (2) 14.8 10.4 David Curl 6.5 4.6 Trusts related to Sir John Templeton(3) 12.1 8.4 Apercu Capital Limited 8.0 0.8 Mrs Pilar Portaro de Everington(4) 4.8 2.3 Musashi Limited 3.4 1.8 (1) Of these shares, 8.2% pre-Admission and 4.4% post Admission are held by Galloway Limited, which is directlywholly owned by the trustee of a settlement under which James Mellon has a life interest, and a further 21.4%pre-Admission and 11.6% post Admission of these shares are held by Indigo Securities Limited, which is indirectlywholly owned by the same trustee. (2) Of these shares, 10.9% pre-Admission and 10.0% post Admission are held by the trustee of a discretionarytrust, under which Jayne Sutcliffe and members of her family are discretionary beneficiaries. (3) Of these shares: (a) 8.3% pre-Admission and 6.0% post Admission are held by Banco Nominees (IOM) Limited which the Directorsbelieve to be a nominee for First Trust Bank Limited, the trustee of the Irrevocable Charitable Feeder Trust #NVC-1 (1996-1), settled by Sir John Templeton. The Directors understand that Sir John Templeton is President ofand controls First Trust Bank Limited; (b) 3.4% pre-Admission and 2.4% post Admission are held by Banco Nominees (IOM) Limited which the Directorsbelieve to be a nominee for Templeton World Charity Foundation, founded by Sir John Templeton and of which he isPresident; and (c) 0.3% pre-Admission and 0.0% post Admission are held by HSBC Global Custody Nominees (UK) Limited as nomineefor the CIS Fund, which is wholly-owned by First Trust Bank Limited, as referred to at (a) above. (4) Of these shares, 7,041,600 pre-Admission and nil post Admission are held by Mrs Pilar Portaro de Everingtonand 7,154,270 pre-Admission and 6,900,000 post Admission are held by Premier Circle Limited, which the Directorsbelieve to be a nominee of a trust in relation to which Mrs Pilar Portaro de Everington may be a beneficiary. NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF ALL PERSONS TO BE DISCLOSED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SCHEDULE 2, PARAGRAPH (H) OF THE AIM RULES:Not applicable ANTICIPATED ACCOUNTING REFERENCE DATE:31 December EXPECTED ADMISSION DATE:4 April 2006 NAME AND ADDRESS OF NOMINATED ADVISER:UBS Limited, 1 Finsbury Avenue, London, EC2M 2PP NAME AND ADDRESS OF BROKER:UBS Limited, 1 Finsbury Avenue, London, EC2M 2PP This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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