Transaction in Own Shares

25 Oct 2007 17:30

Queen's Walk Investment Limited25 October 2007 25 October 2007 Queen's Walk Investment Limited Transaction in own shares Queen's Walk Investment Limited announces that it has today purchased throughGoldman Sachs International 3,946 ordinary shares at an average price of €5.40per share. The highest price and lowest price paid for these shares were €5.40and €5.40 respectively. The purchased shares will all be cancelled. Following the above purchase, the Company has a total of 35,002,371 ordinaryshares in issue. The number of ordinary shares purchased represented 0.011% ofthe voting rights attributable to the total ordinary shares in issue prior tosuch purchases. For further information please contact: Investor Relations:Caroline Villiers +44 (0) 20 7153 1521 About the Company: Queen's Walk Investment Limited is a Guernsey-incorporated investment companylisted on the London Stock Exchange. The Company invests primarily in adiversified portfolio of subordinated tranches of asset backed securities,including the unrated "equity" or "first loss" residual income positionstypically retained by the banks or other financial institutions which haveoriginated the loan assets that collateralise a securitisation transaction. TheCompany makes such investments where its investment manager, Cheyne CapitalManagement (UK) LLP, considers the coupon or cash flows from the investment tobe attractive relative to the credit exposure of the underlying assetcollateral. The Company believes that its investment focus provides equityinvestors with exposure to a relatively new investment opportunity in this assetclass. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange