Acquisition

Wednesday 4th December 2013

Charles Stanley Group PLC acquisition of Evercore Pan Asset Capital Management Limited

Further to the announcement made on 14th November 2013 that Charles Stanley Group PLC (Charles Stanley) had exchanged a conditional contract to acquire the entire issued share capital of Evercore Pan Asset Capital Management Limited (Pan Asset), Charles Stanley is pleased to announce that all outstanding conditions have now been fulfilled and that the acquisition consequently completed on 3rd December 2013.

For additional information, please contact:

Mike Lilwall

Director, Charles Stanley Group PLC

020 7149 6273 (c/o Magnus Wheatley)

Ben Money-Coutts

Chief Operating Officer - Charles Stanley Financial Services

020 7149 6833

ben.money-coutts@charles-stanley.co.uk

Christopher Aldous

Chief Executive - Pan Asset

020 7799 5454

christopher.aldous@pan-asset.co.uk 

Magnus Wheatley

Head of Press & Public Relations - Charles Stanley Group PLC

Tel: 020 7149 6273

Email: magnus.wheatley@charles-stanley.co.uk

Notes:

Charles Stanley is one of the UK's leading independently owned, full service stockbroking, corporate finance and institutional advisory groups.

Charles Stanley is one of the oldest firms on the London Stock Exchange. Its origins lie in a banking partnership established in Sheffield in January 1792. 

Charles Stanley currently has £18.5 billion of client funds under management and administration (at 30th September 2013) through its regional network of 32 offices across England and Scotland.

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Evercore Pan Asset Capital Management Limited

Evercore Pan Asset was founded in 2007 by John Redwood and Christopher Aldous with the aim of providing a new and different approach to investment management, offering specialist asset allocation advice across an extensive range of global asset classes and the use of passive (index-tracking) investments.

The company's investment methodology can be applied to all types of funds whether charitable endowments, institutional funds, pensions, or family wealth. The founders have extensive investment knowledge gained in a variety of market conditions and have over 50 years aggregate experience in the investment industry.