Side-Pocket Investment Update




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


Side-Pocket Investment Update



To: SFM, London Stock Exchange and Bermuda Stock Exchange


Date: 7 March 2016



Markel CATCo Investment Management Ltd., as Investment Manager, announces that a portion of the side pocket investments established in late December 2015 to cover the UK floods and

U.S. convective storms are being released.


The 2015 side pocket investment, which represented approximately 5.5% of NAV as at 31 December 2015, will be reduced to approximately 4.5% with a corresponding reduction in the side pocket investment loss reserve of approximately 0.90% reflecting the reduction in the level of collateral that is required to be retained by insured counterparties.


The release of the side pocket investment loss reserve will be reflected in the February 2016 Ordinary Share Net Asset Value.


For investor enquiries:

Judith Wynne General Counsel

Markel CATCo Investment Management Ltd. Telephone: +1 441 493 9000

Email: judith.wynne@markelcatco.com


Mark Way

Chief Operating Officer

Markel CATCo Investment Management Ltd. Telephone: +1 441 493 9000

Email: mark.way@markelcatco.com


David Benda / Hugh Jonathan Numis Securities Limited Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7260 1000

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