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10 July 2024

EJF Investments Ltd ("EJFI" or the "Company")

CORPORATE UPDATE

 

The Board of EJFI, which provides investors exposure to a diversified
portfolio of debt issued by smaller US banks and insurance companies and
participation in certain management fee income streams of EJF Capital LLC
("EJF"), is pleased to announce that John Kingston will be  appointed as a
non-executive director to take effect on the date on which the Jersey
Financial Services Commission confirms that it has no objection to such
appointment, or such later date as the Board may determine.

 

It is expected that Mr. Kingston will also be appointed as the Chair of the
Board of Directors of the Company following a short handover period from the
Interim Chair, Alan Dunphy.

 

After graduating from Harvard Law School and the University of Pennsylvania's
Wharton School of Business, Mr. Kingston began his career with legal positions
at Ropes & Gray (a global law firm) and Morgan Stanley.  In 1999, Mr.
Kingston joined Affiliated Managers Group (NYSE: AMG), becoming part of the
senior leadership team that grew a small investment management platform into a
global asset management firm with (at the time of his departure) approximately
$700 billion in AUM and an enterprise value of nearly $15 billion. Mr.
Kingston retired as Vice Chairman of AMG in 2015, having overseen all
corporate governance, risk management and controls, and legal, regulatory, and
compliance functions.

 

Mr. Kingston has founded and/or overseen (stewarding through governing and
advisory boards) a variety of for-profit, not-for-profit and political
initiatives, including the AMG Mutual Funds, Mangrove Management Partners,
Lattice Capital Management, the Pioneer Institute, Veritas Forum, the Forward
Party, Foundation for Excellence in Higher Education, Committee to Fix the
Debt, and the American Enterprise Institute.

 

There are no matters in respect of Mr. Kingston requiring disclosure under
paragraphs 9.6.13 (1) to (6) of the Listing Rules.

 

Mr. Kingston is a member of the supervisory body of two private funds
(organised as limited partnerships), managed by affiliates of EJF. The
Directors believe that it is appropriate to treat Mr. Kingston as an
Independent Non-Executive Director and Chair for the purposes of the AIC Code,
notwithstanding his membership of such supervisory bodies (as their primary
role is to resolve conflicts, if any, between the funds and EJF and not, for
the avoidance of doubt, the oversight of the funds). Neal Wilson, Co-Chief
Executive Officer and Co-Chief Investment Officer of EJF is also a member of
the supervisory bodies of these two funds. Mr. Kingston is not a director of
the general partner of either fund. Any fees Mr. Kingston receives for serving
on these supervisory bodies are paid to Mr. Kingston by the funds directly.
The Directors do not believe that Mr. Kingston's existing position as member
of the aforementioned supervisory bodies gives rise to any relationships that
may create a conflict of interest between Mr. Kingston's interest and those of
EJFI's shareholders.

 

Further, the Board of EJFI, has been informed by EJF Investment Manager LLC
(the "Manager") that Peter Stage, the Co-Chief Investment Officer of the
Manager has decided to leave the Manager effective 31 August 2024, to pursue
other career opportunities. Neal Wilson, Co-Chief Executive Officer of EJF and
Chief Executive Officer of the Manager will continue to lead the management of
the portfolio of EJFI.

 

The Board and EJF would like to thank Mr. Stage for the role he has played
since the listing of the Company in April 2017 and wish him the best for the
future.

 

ENQUIRIES

For the Manager

EJF Investments Manager LLC

Adeeb Ahmed / Jay Ghatalia

aahmed@ejfcap.com (mailto:aahmed@ejfcap.com) / jghatalia@ejfcap.com

+44 203 752 6774 / +44 203 752 6776

 

For the Company Secretary and Administrator

Apex Financial Services (Alternative Funds) Limited

EJFIcosec@apexgroup.com

+44 204 549 0721

 

For the Brokers

Barclays Bank PLC

Dion Di Miceli / Stuart Muress

BarclaysInvestmentCompanies@barclays.com

 +44 20 7623 2323

 

Liberum Capital Limited

Darren Vickers

ejfinvestments@liberum.com

+44 203 100 2222

 

About EJF Investments Ltd

EJFI's objective is to provide shareholders with attractive risk adjusted
returns through regular dividends and capital growth over the long term. EJFI
generates exposure primarily to a diversified portfolio of loans issued by
financial institutions and related or similar assets in the U.S., U.K. and
Europe.

EJFI currently invests primarily in CDO Equity Tranches structured by an
affiliate of EJF Capital LLC, providing levered exposure to a highly
diversified portfolio of securities issued by U.S. financial institutions
(banks and insurance companies), these being Risk Retention Investments.

EJFI is a registered closed-ended limited liability company incorporated in
Jersey under the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991, as amended, on 20 October 2016
with registered number 122353. The Company is regulated by the Jersey
Financial Services Commission (the "JFSC"). The JFSC is protected by both the
Collective Investment Funds (Jersey) Law 1988 and the Financial Services
(Jersey) Law 1998, as amended, against liability arising from the discharge of
its functions under such laws.

The JFSC has not reviewed or approved this announcement.

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