Notices

The information on this site is issued by CORDET Capital Partners LLP (“CORDET”), an Alternative Investment Fund Manager (AIFM), whose registered office is at 4th Floor, Reading Bridge House, George Street, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 8LS. CORDET is registered in England and Wales with company number OC385212.

The information contained on www.cordet.com (the “Website”) is not intended to be construed as an offer, inducement, invitation to engage in investment activity, or investment advice or recommendation, in respect of any funds, managed accounts or any similar investment products which may be managed or advised by CORDET, and should not be relied upon as such by any person. You are encouraged to seek individual advice from your personal, financial, legal and other advisers before making any investment decision.

The information contained on the Website is provided for general information for persons in the UK, is not comprehensive and has not been prepared for any other purpose.

Please read the terms below carefully before using this Website. By using or visiting this Website you accept and agree to the terms of this legal notice. If you do not accept these terms, do not use this Website.

Updates CORDET may revise this legal notice at any time by updating this posting. You should check this Website from time to time to review the current legal notice because it is binding on you.

Risk Considerations

You should remember that the value of investments, and the income from them, may go down as well as up, and is not guaranteed, and investors may not get back the amount of money invested. Past performance cannot be relied on as a guide to future performance. Exchange rate changes may cause the value of overseas investments or investments denominated in different currencies to rise or fall.

These are not all the risks of an investment in CORDET. Investors should take advice from their own independent, professional financial advisers before making an investment decision and are responsible for ascertaining any income tax or other tax consequences which may affect their acquisition of any investment.

Access CORDET shall not be liable if for any reason this Website is unavailable at any time or for any period. CORDET reserves the right to make changes or corrections, alter, suspend or discontinue any aspect of the Website including, but not limited to, the content available through the Website and your access to it.

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While CORDET takes reasonable care to minimise the risk of viruses and technological harmful material existing on our Website, use of this Website is made at your own risk. Accordingly, CORDET will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by viruses, a distributed denial-of-service attack or any other technologically harmful material that may infect your computer equipment, computer programs, data or other proprietary material due to your use of the Website or to your downloading of any material posted on the Website, or on any website linked to it.

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Nothing in this legal notice shall exclude or limit CORDET’s liability for a) death or personal injury caused by negligence (as such term is defined by the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977); or b) fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; or c) any liability which cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.

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Financial Promotion Restrictions This Website has not been approved for the purpose of Section 21 of The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (”FSMA 2000”). This Website is directed in the UK only at persons to whom financial promotions can be made under the FSMA 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (“the Financial Promotions Order”), such as:

(a) persons who have professional experience in matters relating to investments and who are investment professionals as specified in article 19(5) of the Financial Promotions Order;

(b) high net worth companies, unincorporated associations and other persons who fall within the provisions of article 49 of the Financial Promotions Order; and

(c) persons who can be classified as Professional Clients under FCA rules.

If you are not such a person, you should not read the content of this Site, rely on it or take any other action in consequence of it.

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Governing Law and Jurisdiction This legal notice and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with it or its subject matter, whether of a contractual or non-contractual nature, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales. The courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute arising out of or in connection with this legal notice.

UK Stewardship Code and Shareholder Rights Directive Disclosure

The FCA’s Conduct of Business Sourcebook rule 2.2.3R requires CORDET Capital Partners LLP (”CORDET”) to make a disclosure regarding the nature of its commitment to the UK Stewardship Code 2020 (“the Code”) issued by the Financial Reporting Council. Similarly COBS 2.2B.5R requires CODET to make a disclosure regarding its approach to its engagement policy under the EU Shareholder Rights Directive (“SRDII Code”). Both codes are voluntary and set out a number of principles relating to stewardship and engagement by firms over asset classes invested in. Where firms do not commit to these codes then a disclosure on why it has chosen not to comply along with its alternative strategy should be made.

CORDET is an alternative credit specialist offering responsible private capital to smaller mid-market companies in Northern Europe, and credit investment management for institutional investors. We note the contents of the 2020 Stewardship Code but do not believe it is appropriate to the Code at this time. CORDET is monitoring communications from our regulator, the FCA, on how they intend to impose further stewardship requirements on asset managers as the new Code takes effect. The FCA has confirmed it will not be imposing further stewardship related requirements on asset managers at this point. Therefore, whilst the firm readily supports the objectives of the Code, it believes that it is not appropriate to conform to the Code until such time as the FCA issues further guidance. The firm is currently in the process of implementing relevant aspects of the Sustainability Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), which we believe is similar in scope and intent to the Stewardship Code. Further the firm already has in place a range of bespoke practices that result in effective stewardship which has been factored into its own investment due diligence and monitoring process to oversee investments.

In terms of the SRDII Code, CORDET does not comply with this since the focus is on investment managers who invest in shares traded on a regulated market.