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RNS Announcement

Carador Income Fund PLC

29 April 2014

Annual Financial Report 2013

NOT FOR RELEASE, DISTRIBUTION OR PUBLICATION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, TO U.S. PERSONS OR INTO OR IN THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA, CANADA OR JAPAN.

Carador Income Fund PLC (the "Company"), a closed-ended limited liability investment company listed on the London Stock Exchange and managed by GSO / Blackstone Debt Funds Management LLC (the "Manager"), investing in senior secured loan portfolios via collateralised loan obligations ("CLOs"), today announces its audited results for the twelve months ended 31 December 2013.

Financial Highlights

· Strong dividend income payments of $0.1310 per share.

· Historic dividend yield of 13.8% based on the 31 December 2013 share price.

· Total NAV return of 3.99%.

· US$ shares traded at a 3.02% premium to NAV over the year.

Company Highlights

· A strong mandate from the EGM in June allowed the Company to realign its investment approach with the evolving primary market and secondary CLO markets.

· The Company signed a $50m short term liquidity facility to allow it to operate more efficiently in the primary and secondary CLO markets.

· The Investment Manager increased the Performance Fee Hurdle Rate to the greater of 12 month US Dollar Libor or 4%, plus, in each case, 2%, effective from 1 January 2014.

· Market capitalisation of US$517 million as at 31 December 2013.

Portfolio Highlights

· The Company traded its first European CLO for 33 months purchasing Income Notes from Richmond Park CLO.

· As at 31 December 2013, the Company held 74 CLO tranches managed by 24 different loan managers.

· The Company had look through exposure to over 1,300 corporates as at 31 December 2013.

· The Company was fully invested as at the year end.

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For further information, please contact:

Mark Moffat

GSO Capital Partners (UK) Limited

+44 (0) 207 104 4668

Notes to Editors

The Company's investment objective is to produce attractive and stable returns with low volatility compared to equity markets, by investing in a diversified portfolio of senior notes of CLOs collateralised by senior secured bank loans and equity and mezzanine tranches of CLOs.

The Company, through its investments, has exposure to a diversified portfolio of primarily senior secured loans, financed on a term, non-recourse basis.

As referred to above the Company's portfolio is managed by GSO / Blackstone Debt Funds Management LLC which is an affiliate of GSO Capital Partners LP (together, "GSO Capital Partners"). As of 28 February 2014, GSO Capital Partners is a $64 billion credit orientated alternative investment manager and the credit platform of The Blackstone Group LP.

NOTE: PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT NECESSARILY INDICATIVE OF FUTURE PERFORMANCE RESULTS AND THERE CAN BE NO ASSURANCE THAT CARADOR WILL ACHIEVE COMPARABLE RESULTS.

Important Information

Any reference herein to future returns or distributions is a target and not a forecast and there can be no guarantee or assurance that it will be achieved. The actual principal and income in any particular case will be determined by the cash flows received.

This document has been issued by GSO / Blackstone Debt Funds Management LLC (the "Manager"), a wholly owned subsidiary of GSO Capital Partners LP, which is registered as an investment adviser with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. It does not constitute an invitation and should not be taken as an inducement to engage in any investment activity and is for the purpose of providing information about the Manager and certain of the Manager's affiliates, including without limitation, the Blackstone Group LP, GSO Capital Partners LP and GSO Capital Partners International LLP, collectively the "Manager's Affiliates". It may not be relied upon and should not be used for the purpose of making any investment decision. This document and the information contained herein is not for release, publication or distribution (directly or indirectly) in or into the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan or to any "U.S. person" as defined in Regulation S under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") or into any other jurisdiction where applicable laws prohibit its release, distribution or publication. It does not constitute or contain an offer of, or the solicitation of an offer to buy or subscribe for, securities for sale anywhere in the world, including in or into the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan. This document is being furnished to you solely for your information and no recipient may forward, reproduce, distribute, or make available in whole or in part, this document (directly or indirectly) to any other person. The distribution of this document in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law and recipients of this document should inform themselves about and observe any such restrictions and other applicable legal requirements in their jurisdictions. Accordingly, recipients represent that they are able to receive this document without contravention of any applicable legal or regulatory restrictions in the jurisdiction in which they reside or conduct business. By accepting this document, you agree to be bound by the foregoing limitations. This document has been prepared by Carador Income Fund PLC ("Carador") and is the sole responsibility of Carador. No liability whatsoever (whether in negligence or otherwise) arising directly or indirectly from the use of this document is accepted and no representation, warranty or undertaking, express or implied, is or will be made by Carador, the Manager or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, advisers, representatives or other agents ("Agents") for any information or any of the opinions contained herein or for any errors, omissions or misstatements. None of the Manager nor any of its respective Agents makes or has been authorised to make any representation or warranties (express or implied) in relation to Carador or as to the truth, accuracy or completeness of this document, or any other written or oral statement provided. In particular, no representation or warranty is given as to the achievement or reasonableness of, and no reliance should be placed on any projections, targets, estimates or forecasts contained in this document and nothing in this document is or should be relied on as a promise or representation as to the future.

Although the portfolio reflected in this document (the "Portfolio") is consistent with the investment strategy of Carador, there is no guarantee that the portfolio acquired will be identical to the make-up of the Portfolio. Moreover, the future investments to be made by Carador may differ substantially from the investments included in the Portfolio. Therefore, the Portfolio parameters, industry concentration, rating concentration, spread distribution and other factors related to the Portfolio could all be materially different than those of the future portfolio acquired by Carador.

Carador has not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "Investment Company Act") and investors will not be entitled to the benefits of that Act. The securities described in this document have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act, or the laws of any state of the United States. Consequently, such securities may not be offered, sold or otherwise transferred within the United States or to or for the account or benefit of U.S. persons (as such term is defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act) except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act, applicable state laws and under circumstances which will not require Carador to register under the Investment Company Act. No public offering of the securities is being made in the United States. If you are in the United States and are not either (a) a "qualified institutional buyer" (as defined in Rule 144a under the Securities Act) who is also a "qualified purchaser" (as defined in Section 2(a)(51) of the Investment Company Act) for purposes of Section 3(c)(7) of the Investment Company Act; or (b) an "accredited investor" (as defined in Rule 501 of the Securities Act) who is either a qualified purchaser or an eligible Investment Company Act investor, you should not open this document and should destroy it.

Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results, and there can be no assurance that Carador will be able to implement its investment strategy or achieve its investment objectives.

Carador is under no obligation to update or keep current such information. Unless otherwise indicated, the information provided herein is based on matters as they exist as of the date of preparation and not as of any future date. Recipients of this document are encouraged to contact Carador's representatives to discuss the procedures and methodologies used to make the projections and other information provided herein.

Carador is an investment company with variable capital incorporated under the laws of Ireland and authorised by the Central Bank of Ireland as a professional investor fund. A copy of the Carador prospectus may be obtained from the website of the Company at www.carador.co.uk.