Apax Global Alpha Limited Director Declaration - Additional Directorship (9798E)

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RNS Number : 9798E

Apax Global Alpha Limited

22 July 2016

NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, INTO OR WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR TO "US PERSONS" (AS DEFINED IN REGULATION S UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT")) OR INTO OR WITHIN AUSTRALIA, CANADA, SOUTH AFRICA OR JAPAN. RECIPIENTS OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IN JURISDICTIONS OUTSIDE THE UK SHOULD INFORM THEMSELVES ABOUT AND OBSERVE ANY APPLICABLE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS IN THEIR JURISDICTIONS. IN PARTICULAR, THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT MAY BE RESTRICTED BY LAW IN CERTAIN JURISDICTIONS.

Note that references in this announcement to Apax Global Alpha Limited have been abbreviated to "AGA" or "the Company". References to Apax Partners LLP have been abbreviated to "Apax Partners" or "the Investment Adviser"

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

22 July 2016

(LSE: APAX)

Apax Global Alpha Limited

Director Declaration - Additional Directorship

This notification is made in accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.14.

The Company has been notified that Sarah Evans, a Non-Executive Director of the Company, has been appointed as a Non-Executive Director of Ruffer Investment Company Limited, a company admitted to the premium listing segment of the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities, with effect from 21 July 2016.

Contact details

 
 Investor Relations 
 Sarah Wojcik 
 Telephone:          [phone] 
 Email:              [e-mail] 
 
 Media enquiries (Apax Global Alpha Limited) 
 Georgiana Brunner/Matthew Goodman/Annabel Clay, Greenbrook Communications 
 Telephone:          [phone] 
 Email:              [e-mail] 
 
 Media enquiries (Apax Partners LLP) 
 Alex Wessendorff 
 Telephone:          [phone] 
 Email:              [e-mail] 
 
 Company Secretary 
 Matt Horton/Jacques Colley, Aztec Group 
 Telephone:          [phone] 
 Email:              [e-mail] 
 

About Apax Global Alpha Limited

AGA is a Guernsey registered closed-ended collective investment scheme incorporated as a non-cellular company that listed on the London Stock Exchange on 15 June 2015. It is regulated by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission.

AGA's objective is to provide shareholders with capital appreciation from its investment portfolio and regular dividends. The Company is targeting an annualised Total Return, across economic cycles, of 12-15% (net of fees and expenses) including a dividend yield of 5% of Net Asset Value (NAV), once fully invested.

The investment policy of the Company is to make private equity investments in Apax Funds and Derived Investments which are investments in equities and debt derived from the insights gained via Apax Partners' Private Equity activities. The Company's portfolio is expected to be allocated in approximately equal proportions between Private Equity and Derived Investments, although the investment mix will fluctuate over time due to market conditions, investment opportunities, cashflow requirements, the dividend policy and other factors.

Further information regarding the Company and its publications are available on the Company's website at www.apaxglobalalpha.com

About Apax Partners LLP

Apax Partners is a leading global private equity advisory firm. It operates globally and has more than 30 years of investing experience. Apax Partners has advised funds that total over EUR40 billion in aggregate as at 30 June 2016. Funds advised by Apax Partners invest in companies across four global sectors of Tech & Telco, Services, Healthcare and Consumer. These funds provide long--term equity financing to build and strengthen world--class companies. For further information about Apax Partners, please visit www.apax.com.

Apax Partners is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority in the UK.

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