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Volta Finance Limited (AMS:VTA) NOT FOR RELEASE, DISTRIBUTION OR PUBLICATION, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES
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Guernsey, 29 October 2008 - Please see attached document (Volta Finance Limited AGM Notice).
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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. Volta Finance's basic approach to its underlying assets is through vehicles and arrangements that provide leveraged exposure. The exposure to those underlying assets is gained through direct and indirect investment in five principal asset classes: corporate credits, CDOs, ABS, leveraged loans, and infrastructure assets.
Volta Finance 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 €550 billion in assets under management as of the end of March 2007. AXA IM employs approximately 2,800 people around the world and operates out of 19 countries.
CONTACTS
Company Secretary Mourant Guernsey Limited volta.finance@mourant.com +44 (0) 1481 715601
Portfolio Administrator Deutsche Bank voltaadmin@list.db.com
For the Investment Manager AXA Investment Managers Paris Julien Laplante julien.laplante@axa-im.com +33 (0) 1 44 45 94 92
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