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Absolute Return Trust Limited

07 September 2012

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND THE DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO BELOW SHOULD NOT BE DISTRIBUTED, FORWARDED OR TRANSMITTED INTO THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, SOUTH AFRICA OR JAPAN OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IF TO DO SO WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THE RELEVANT LAWS AND REGULATIONS IN SUCH OTHER JURISDICTION.

ABSOLUTE RETURN TRUST LIMITED (the "Company")

(an authorised closed-ended investment company, incorporated with limited liability under the laws of Guernsey with registered number 42733)

Resolution for a managed wind-down of the Company, amendment to the Company's investment policy and objective and amendment to the Company's articles of incorporation

7 September 2012

RESULTS OF Extraordinary General Meeting and class meetings

The Board of Absolute Return Trust Limited announces that the Special Resolution proposed at the Company's Extraordinary General Meeting held on 7 September 2012 was duly passed. In addition, the Special Resolution was proposed and passed at separate Class Meetings of the Euro Shareholders and Sterling Shareholders.

Extraordinary General Meeting Special Resolution

 
                    For          Against  Abstain 
------------------  -----------  -------  ------- 
Resolution          116,528,440  0        0 
% of Shares Voted   100%         0%       0% 
 

Euro Shares Class Meeting Special Resolution

 
                    For        Against  Abstain 
------------------  ---------  -------  ------- 
Resolution          3,276,476  0        0 
% of Shares Voted   100%       0%       0% 
 

Sterling Shares Class Meeting Special Resolution

 
                    For          Against  Abstain 
------------------  -----------  -------  ------- 
Resolution          112,754,477  0        0 
% of Shares Voted   100%         0%       0% 
 

The wording of the Special Resolution was as follows (defined terms shall have the meaning assigned to them in the circular issued by the Company dated 15 August 2012):

THAT conditional upon the passing of an identical Special Resolution by the Euro Shareholders at a Class Meeting of the holders of Euro Shares and by the Sterling Shareholders at a Class Meeting of the holders of Sterling Shares:

(a) the Company modify its Investment Objective and Policy in the manner described in the Circular sent by the Company to its Shareholders on 15 August 2012; and

(b) the New Articles, which are drafted to effect the Proposals described in the Circular sent by the Company to its Shareholders on 15 August 2012, be approved and adopted as the articles of incorporation of the Company in substitution for and to the exclusion of the existing Articles in the form presented to the meeting and initialled by the Chairman for the purpose of identification.

Copies of the revised Articles of Incorporation, the Special Resolution and details of voting results have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

Enquiries

Peter Vincent 020 7009 9100

Fauchier Partners

Andrew Maiden 01481 74 5638

Northern Trust International Fund

Administration Services (Guernsey) Limited

William Simmonds 020 7134 7361

J.P. Morgan Cazenove

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