13
November 2024
CATCo Reinsurance
Opportunities Fund Limited (the "Company")
Partial Compulsory Redemption
of Shares
This announcement contains
inside information
Further to the approval given by the
Company's Shareholders on 6 April 2020 to enable compulsory
redemptions of the Ordinary Shares and C Shares (as described in
the Circular to Shareholders dated 13 March 2020), the Company
today announces that it will return an aggregate amount of
approximately USD 21m on 27 November 2024 (the "Redemption
Date") by way of a compulsory partial redemption of up to 109,323
Ordinary Shares and 74,889 C Shares (the "Ninth
Redemption"). Approximately 95.73% of the Company's total
issued share capital will be redeemed (consisting of 95.81% of the
Ordinary Shares currently in issue, and 95.61% of the C
Shares).
The
Ninth Redemption will be effected at USD 41.6197 per Ordinary Share
and USD 221.6594 per C Share, being the relevant respective NAV per
Ordinary Share and NAV per C Share, as at 30 September 2024. The
Redemption will be effected pro rata to holdings of Ordinary Shares
and C Shares respectively on the register at the close of business
on the Redemption Date, which is the record date for the purposes
of the Ninth Redemption, being 21 November 2024. As at today's
date, the Company has 114,104 Ordinary
Shares and 78,324 C Shares in issue, the total number of Shares in
issue being 192,428.
Fractions of Ordinary Shares and C
Shares will not be redeemed and so the number of Ordinary Shares
and C Shares to be redeemed for each shareholder will be rounded
down to the nearest whole number of Ordinary Shares and C Shares,
as appropriate.
The amount to be applied to the
partial redemption of Ordinary Shares and C Shares comprises monies
from the Company's existing cash balances.
All Ordinary Shares and C Shares
that are redeemed will be cancelled with effect from the relevant
Redemption Date. Accordingly, once redeemed, Ordinary Shares and C
Shares will be incapable of transfer.
The Ordinary Shares and C Shares
will be disabled in CREST after close of business on the Redemption
Date and the existing ISIN numbers, BMG1961Q3242 for the
Ordinary Shares and BMG1961Q3168 for the C Shares, (the "Old
ISINs") will expire.
The new ISIN numbers, which are
BMG1961Q3325 in respect of the remaining Ordinary Shares and
BMG1961Q3408 in respect of the remaining C Shares
which have not been redeemed (the "New ISINs") will be enabled
and available for transactions from and including 22 November
2024.
Up to and including the Redemption
Date, Ordinary Shares and C Shares will continue to be traded under
the Old ISINs and as such, a purchaser of such Ordinary Shares or C
Shares, as the case may be, would have a market claim for a
proportion of the redemption proceeds. CREST will automatically
transform any open transactions as at the Redemption Date into the
New ISINs. The Ordinary Shares and C Shares
will be marked Ex in relation to the Ninth Redemption on 22
November 2024.
Shareholders should note that the
Board retains absolute discretion as to the execution, extent and
timing of any further returns of capital.
Expected timetable for
redemption:
Announcement of redemption notice
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13 November 2024
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Redemption Record Date
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21 November 2024
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Redemption Date and expiry of Old ISIN numbers
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21 November 2024
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New ISIN numbers enabled
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22 November 2024
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Ex Date for Ordinary and C Shares
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22 November 2024
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Redemption monies paid to CREST holders
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27 November 2024
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Redemption monies paid and issued to certificated
holdings
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29 November 2024
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Capitalised terms used but not
defined in this announcement shall bear the meanings ascribed to
them in the Circular to Shareholders dated 13 March
2020.
For
further information:
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Markel CATCo Investment Management Ltd.
Mark Way
Chief of Investor Marketing
Telephone: +1 441 493 9001
Email: mark.way@markelcatco.com
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Numis Securities
Limited
David Benda / Hugh
Jonathan
Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7260 1000
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