BH
Macro Limited (the "Company")
(a
closed-ended collective investment scheme established as a company
with limited liability under the laws of Guernsey with registered
number 46235)
LEI:
549300ZOFF0Z2CM87C29
Notice
of Class Closure Meetings
29 January 2025
Notices
of Class Closure Meetings
Further to
the announcement by the Company on 28
January 2025 that the Class Closure Resolution procedure
contained in the Company's articles of incorporation (the
"Articles") has been triggered in respect of the year ended
31 December 2024 for both the
Company's Sterling share class and US Dollar share class (the
"Shares"), the Company announces that a shareholder circular
containing notices convening class closure meetings ("Class Closure
Meetings") to be held in respect of both classes of Shares will be
despatched to the Company's shareholders ("Shareholders") later
today (the "Circular").
Capitalised
terms used but not otherwise defined in this announcement shall
have the same meaning as set out in the Circular.
Copies of
the Circular will shortly be available for inspection at the
National Storage Mechanism website at
https://www.fca.org.uk/markets/primary-markets/regulatory-disclosures/national-storage-mechanism.
An electronic copy of the Circular will also shortly be available
on the Company's website
www.bhmacro.com.
The
Circular contains an explanation of the business to be considered
at each Class Closure Meeting. The Class Closure Meetings will be
held starting at 9.00 a.m. on
18 February 2025 at the offices of
Northern Trust International Fund Administration Services
(Guernsey) Limited Trafalgar Court, Les Banques, St Peter Port,
Guernsey GY1 3QL.
Class
Closure Resolution
If passed
by the Shareholders of the relevant class, the Class Closure
Resolution to be proposed at each Class Closure Meeting requires
the Company to make the following options (the "Class Closure
Options") available to those Shareholders in respect of their
holdings of shares of that class:
(a) to
offer all or some of their shares for redemption by the
Company;
(b) to
convert all or some of their shares into shares of the other class
of shares; or
(c) to
remain in the class, subject as described further below.
Alternatively,
if holders of both classes of the Company's shares approve a Class
Closure Resolution, the Company is required to put in place
measures for its winding-up instead of offering the Class Closure
Options to Shareholders.
If a Class
Closure Resolution is rejected, no further action is required to be
taken in respect of the relevant class of shares. Depending on the
share price performance of the relevant class compared to its NAV,
the earliest that another class closure resolution may be required
to be proposed under the Articles in relation to that class would
be in not less than twelve months' time, in 2026.
The Board
believes that the Company continues to fulfil its purpose and
retains the utmost confidence in Brevan Howard Capital Management
LP (the "Manager") and the strategy of the Master Fund, both of
which the Board continues to monitor closely.
The
Circular includes a letter from the Manager setting out its support
for the Company and further information provided by the Manager
regarding the past and comparative performance of the
Company.
Recommendation
The Board
considers that a vote
AGAINST the Class
Closure Resolution, to be proposed at each Class Closure Meeting,
is in the best interests of Shareholders as a whole. All directors
intend to vote their own beneficial holdings
AGAINST the Class
Closure Resolution to be proposed at each Class Closure
Meeting.
The Board
unanimously recommends Shareholders to vote
AGAINST the Class
Closure Resolution to be proposed at each Class Closure
Meeting.
Class
Closure Resolutions
The Class
Closure Resolution to be proposed at each Class Closure Meeting is
a special resolution, which requires not less than seventy-five per
cent. of the members of the relevant class of Shares and duly
appointed proxies attending the meeting and voting on a show of
hands to vote in favour (excluding any votes that are withheld) or,
if a poll is demanded, not less than seventy-five per cent. of the
total voting rights cast on the relevant resolution (excluding any
votes that are withheld) to be in favour. Each Class Closure
Resolution will be conducted by poll.
Action
to be taken
Holders of
US Dollar Shares should complete and return the Form of Proxy
featuring a blue band for the Class Closure Meeting of the US
Dollar Shares to the Registrar, Computershare Investor Services
(Guernsey) Limited, c/o The Pavilions, Bridgwater Road, Bristol,
BS99 6ZY as soon as possible and, in any event, not later than 9.00
a.m. on 14 February 2025 and/or attend and vote at the meeting on
18 February 2025.
Holders of
Sterling Shares should complete and return the Form of Proxy
featuring a purple band for the Class Closure Meeting of the
Sterling Shares to the registrar, Computershare Investor Services
(Guernsey) Limited, c/o The Pavilions, Bridgwater Road, Bristol,
BS99 6ZY as soon as possible and, in any event, not later than 9.15
a.m. on 14 February 2025 and/or attend and vote at the meeting on
18 February 2025.
The
Form(s) of Proxy may also be sent to Computershare Investor
Services (Guernsey) Limited by email at
externalproxyqueries@computershare.co.uk. The
lodging of a Form of Proxy will not prevent you from attending the
relevant Class Closure Meeting and voting in person if you so
wish.
Expected
Timetable
Latest
time and date for receipt of Forms of Proxy for the US Dollar Class
Closure Meeting
|
|
9.00 a.m.
on 14 February 2025
|
Latest
time and date for receipt of Forms of Proxy for the Sterling Class
Closure Meeting
|
|
9.15 a.m.
on 14 February 2025
|
US Dollar
Class Closure Meeting
|
|
9.00 a.m.
on 18 February 2025
|
Sterling
Class Closure Meeting
|
|
9.15 a.m.
on 18 February 2025
|
All
references are to Guernsey time.
Company
website: www.bhmacro.com
Enquiries:
The
Company Secretary
Northern
Trust International Fund Administration Services (Guernsey)
Limited
Tel: +44
(0) 1481 745001
Manager
Brevan
Howard Capital Management LP
Email: bhmacro.ir@brevanhoward.com
Corporate
Broker
J.P.
Morgan Cazenove
William
Simmonds / Rupert
Budge
Tel: +44
(0)20 3493 8000