Da Vinci Capital Management is a group of companies that focus on alternative investments, private equity and structured products in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS: comprising Russia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan and nine other countries of the former Soviet Union, and other global emerging markets. With a licensed investment manager in Guernsey, an advisory office in Moscow, and a rep office in London, Da Vinci Capital Management recently completed a private placing of the Da Vinci CIS Private Sector Growth Fund at the end of 2007, and has just launched the first in a series of Cayman registered hedge funds, the Da Vinci CIS Special Opportunities Fund: Equity.

Da Vinci Capital was established in the summer of 2007 by a management team led by Oleg Jelezko, in partnership with BSG, a privately owned multi-billion dollar enterprise with focus in natural resources, real estate and global financial investments. The partners in the Da Vinci Capital team are entrepreneurial professionals with extensive investment management, trading and private equity experience from some of the leading financial institutions in the emerging European markets. Da Vinci Capital currently employs 17 professionals in its three local offices, focused on four products area: private equity, public equity, fixed income and real estate.

Da Vinci CIS Private Sector Growth Fund is a closed-ended fund (Guernsey registered company) targeting private companies in the CIS planning an IPO, strategic sale or management buy-out in the next two to four years, as well as small cap companies already listed on the region's markets. Da Vinci CIS Private Sector Growth Fund Limited intends to list on the SFM segment of the LSE in February 2008.

Da Vinci CIS Special Opportunities Fund: Equity is an open-ended long/short hedge fund investing in event driven, momentum and relative value plays in the CIS equity markets. The fund will seek to generate stable risk adjusted return by actively hedging its positions.

Da Vinci CIS Special Opportunities Fund: Debt is an open-ended long/short hedge fund investing in a portfolio of CIS corporate bonds, plus other high yield strategies targeting higher returns with a maximum risk diversification strategy. This Fund has a target launch of March 2008.

Da Vinci Capital’s competitive advantages are:

• Excellent knowledge of Russian and CIS securities markets and practices
• Local presence provides crucial link to capturing local market sentiment
• Extensive use of derivatives to hedge and enhance yield
• Broad network of local brokers to collect ideas and achieve best execution
• Sound proven track record in both bull and bear markets
• Mandate to build diversified exposure to both blue chips and small caps
• Complementary skill sets of public and private equity teams

Oleg Jelezko, Managing Partner, Chief Executive Officer
Responsible for the investment strategy and all aspects of operations of the Da Vinci Capital Group Ltd companies. Oleg has 16 years of investment management, banking and management consulting experience in the UK, Russia and other emerging markets. Prior to Da Vinci Capital, Oleg was a Managing Director at Renaissance Capital, Moscow, Head of Equity Structured Products Group, where he built a leading alternative investment franchise in CIS markets with 40 people in several teams, significant AUM, above-market returns and 30 funds and investment products. Prior to Renaissance, Oleg was a Director in Emerging Markets Equities Sales and Trading in Credit Suisse First Boston in London. From 1992 to 1998, Oleg worked as a consultant in Andersen Consulting and McKinsey & Co in the UK, the Czech Republic and Russia. Oleg’s experience includes investment management, structuring, principal investment and M&A deals in Russia, Europe and South Africa, private equity activities, development of equity – linked products, corporate strategy and operational management.

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