CATCo Reinsurance Opportunities Fund Ltd. - Side Pocket Release Update

Hamilton, Bermuda– 15^th, April 2021 – In a filing with the Bermuda Stock Exchange CATCo Reinsurance Opportunities Fund Ltd. (the "Company”; Ticker: CAT.BH) announced information on their Side Pocket Release. The full filing stated:

15 April 2021

                   CATCo Reinsurance Opportunities Fund Ltd. (the "Company")

Side Pocket Release Update

To: SFS, London Stock Exchange and Bermuda Stock Exchange

The Company is pleased to announce that it has been advised of a further release of Side Pocket Investment (“SPI”) capital amounting to approximately $19.2 million. This is expected to be paid to the Company during May 2021, following which the Company intends to use it to carry out a seventh compulsory redemption of its shares.

The updated breakdown of the payments to the Ordinary Shareholders and C Shareholders is approximately $3.4 million and approximately $15.8 million respectively.

Subsequent to Shareholder approval being given on 26 March 2019 to put the Company’s portfolios into run-off, and including this seventh compulsory redemption, the Company will have returned a total of approximately $287.1 million to Shareholders by way of compulsory redemptions, dividend, a tender offer and share buybacks, of which approximately $63.0 million will have been paid to the Ordinary Shareholders and approximately $227.5 million to the C Shareholders

The Company will issue further details of the expected timetable for this seventh compulsory redemption shortly.

This announcement contains Inside Information as defined under the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014.

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