VOLTA FINANCE - DECEMBER MONTHLY REPORT

NOT FOR RELEASE, DISTRIBUTION OR PUBLICATION, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES ***** Guernsey, 17 January 2014 - Volta Finance Limited (the "Company" or "Volta Finance" or "Volta") has published its monthly report. The full report is attached to this release and is available on Volta Finance Limited's financial website (www.voltafinance.com). Gross Asset Value +-------------------------------------+-------------+-------------+ |   | At 31.12.13 | At 29.11.13 | +-------------------------------------+-------------+-------------+ | Gross Asset Value (GAV / € million) | 266.8 | 270.0 | +-------------------------------------+-------------+-------------+ | GAV per share (€) | 7.36 | 7.57 | +-------------------------------------+-------------+-------------+ At the end of December 2013, the Gross Asset Value* (the "GAV") of Volta Finance Limited (the "Company", "Volta Finance" or "Volta") was €266.8 m or €7.36 per share, a decrease of €0.21 per share from the end of November 2013 after the payment of €0.31 per share in December. Including the dividend payment it reflects a +1.2% monthly performance. For 2013, the performance is +25.3%. The December mark-to-market variations* of Volta's asset classes have been: +0.8% for Synthetic Corporate Credit deals, +2.9% for CLO Equity tranches; +0.7% for CLO Debt tranches, -2.1% for Cash Corporate Credit deals and +2.0% for ABS. The positive performance of assets in December is explained by positive credit markets as well as by ongoing payments from the assets. Volta's assets generated the equivalent of €1.8m cash flows in December 2013 (non-Euro amounts converted to Euro using end-of-month cross currency rates and excluding principal payments from debt assets) bringing the total cash generated during the last six months to €15.2m compared with €16.0m for the previous six- month period ended in June 2013. In December, the Company purchased 3 assets for the equivalent of €14.1m from which €10.5m will be settled in February 2014 (1 equity CLO position and 2 debts of CLOs) and unwound one synthetic position for €4.8m. Under standard assumptions the average projected IRR of these purchases was 9.1%, the projected IRR on the unwound position was 2.3%. At the end of December, Volta held €19.1m in cash, including €0.3m in relation to the Liquidity Enhancement Contract and excluding €0.4m paid in relation to its currency hedge and T-Notes positions. Volta could be considered to have €7m available to invest when considering the need to finance the already known €10.5 late settlement. MARKET ENVIRONMENT In December 2013, credit spreads pursued their tightening in Europe and in the US. The 5 year iTraxx European Main index and 5 year iTraxx European Crossover Index (series 20) spreads went respectively, from 79 and 320 bps at the end of November 2013 to 70 and 286 bps at the end of December 2013. During the same period, credit spreads in the US, as illustrated by the 5y CDX main index (series 21) went  from 70 to 62 bps. According to the CSFB Leverage Loan Index, the average price for USA liquid first lien loans increased from 98.44% at the end of November 2013 to 98.54% at the end of December 2013. In Europe, the price of the S&P European Leveraged Loan Index increased from 95.15% to 95.27% at the end of December 2013.** VOLTA FINANCE PORTFOLIO In December 2013, no particular event materially affected the situation of the Synthetic Corporate Credit deals. Regarding the Cash Corporate Credit Deals, no particular event or information materially affected the situation of the positions in this bucket during the month. Regarding the Company's investments in Equity or Debt tranches of CLOs, in December 2013, no particular event materially affected the situation of the positions in this bucket. All the positions are currently paying coupons. Regarding the Company's ABS investments, no particular event affected the situation of these investments. The Company considers that opportunities could arise in several structured credit sectors in the current market environment. Amongst others, mezzanine or equity tranches of CLOs, RMBS tranches as well as tranches of Cash or Synthetic Corporate Credit portfolios could be considered for investment. The Company took the opportunity of this summer's increases in US government rates to put in place a long position on US December T-notes futures generating a USD1m gain. A more modest position was put in place on the March contract as opportunities to enter into a fixed rate position have been considered weak in November and December. At the end of December the P&L of this position was slightly positive and this position was comparable to a long USD10m position on the US T-notes. * "Mark-to-market variation" is calculated as the Dietz-performance of the assets in each bucket, taking into account the Mark-to-Market of the assets at month-end, payments received from the assets over the period, and ignoring changes in cross currency rates Nevertheless, some residual currency effects could impact the aggregate value of the portfolio when aggregating each bucket. ** Index data source: Markit, Bloomberg. (Full monthly report in attachment or on www.voltafinance.com) ***** ABOUT VOLTA FINANCE LIMITED Volta Finance Limited is incorporated in Guernsey under the Companies (Guernsey) Law, 2008 (as amended) and listed on NYSE Euronext Amsterdam. Its investment objectives are to preserve capital and to provide a stable stream of income to its shareholders through dividends. For this purpose, it pursues a multi-asset investment strategy targeting various underlying assets. The assets that the Company may invest in either directly or indirectly include, but are not limited to: corporate credits; sovereign and quasi-sovereign debt; residential mortgage loans; automobile loans. Volta Finance Limited's basic approach to its underlying assets is through vehicles and arrangements that provide leveraged exposure to some of those underlying assets. Volta Finance Limited has appointed AXA Investment Managers Paris, an investment management company with a division specialised in structured credit, for the investment management of all its assets. ABOUT AXA INVESTMENT MANAGERS AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) is a multi-expert asset management company within the AXA Group, a global leader in financial protection and wealth management. AXA IM is one of the largest European-based asset managers with €553 billion in assets under management as of the end of December 2012. AXA IM employs approximately 2,450 people around the world and operates out of 21 countries. CONTACTS Company Secretary Sanne Group (Guernsey) Limited voltafinance@sannegroup.com +44 (0) 1481 739810 Portfolio Administrator Deutsche Bank voltaadmin@list.db.com For the Investment Manager AXA Investment Managers Paris Serge Demay serge.demay@axa-im.com +33 (0) 1 44 45 84 47 ***** This press release is for information only and does not constitute an invitation or inducement to acquire shares in Volta Finance. Its circulation may be prohibited in certain jurisdictions and no recipient may circulate copies of this document in breach of such limitations or restrictions. This document is not an offer for sale of the securities referred to herein in the United States or to persons who are "U.S. persons" for purposes of Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or otherwise in circumstances where such offer would be restricted by applicable law.  Such securities may not be sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from registration from the Securities Act.  The company does not intend to register any portion of the offer of such securities in the United States or to conduct a public offering of such securities in the United States. ***** This communication is only being distributed to and is only directed at (i) persons who are outside the United Kingdom or (ii) investment professionals falling within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (the "Order") or (iii) high net worth companies, and other persons to whom it may lawfully be communicated, falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order (all such persons together being referred to as "relevant persons").  The securities referred to herein are only available to, and any invitation, offer or agreement to subscribe, purchase or otherwise acquire such securities will be engaged in only with, relevant persons.  Any person who is not a relevant person should not act or rely on this document or any of its contents. Past performance cannot be relied on as a guide to future performance. ***** This press release contains statements that are, or may deemed to be, "forward- looking statements". These forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology, including the terms "believes", "anticipated", "expects", "intends", "is/are expected", "may", "will" or "should". They include the statements regarding the level of the dividend, the current market context and its impact on the long-term return of Volta's investments. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties and readers are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance. Volta Finance's actual results, portfolio composition and performance may differ materially from the impression created by the forward-looking statements. Volta Finance does not undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise forward-looking statements. Any target information is based on certain assumptions as to future events which may not prove to be realised. Due to the uncertainty surrounding these future events, the targets are not intended to be and should not be regarded as profits or earnings or any other type of forecasts. There can be no assurance that any of these targets will be achieved. In addition, no assurance can be given that the investment objective will be achieved. ***** December Monthly Report: http://hugin.info/137695/R/1755530/592759.pdf This announcement is distributed by GlobeNewswire on behalf of GlobeNewswire clients. The owner of this announcement warrants that: (i) the releases contained herein are protected by copyright and other applicable laws; and (ii) they are solely responsible for the content, accuracy and originality of the information contained therein. Source: Volta Finance Limited via GlobeNewswire [HUG#1755530]