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Guernsey, 20 October 2015
The Board of Volta Finance Limited (the "Company") has appointed Graham Michael Harrison to the Board as an Independent Director with effect from today's date. Mr Harrison (50) is co-founder and Group Managing Director of ARC Group Limited ("ARC"), a specialist investment advisory and research company. ARC was established in 2002 and provides investment advice to ultra-high net worth families, complex trust structures, charities and similar institutions.

Mr Harrison has fund board experience spanning a wide range of asset classes including hedge funds, commodities, property, structured finance, equities, bonds and money market funds. Prior to setting up ARC, he worked for HSBC in their corporate finance division, specialising in financial engineering.

Mr Harrison is a Chartered Wealth Manager and a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Securities and Investment. He holds a BA in Economics from Exeter University and an MSc in Economics from the London School of Economics.

The Company will seek confirmation from shareholders of Mr Harrison's appointment at the annual general meeting ("AGM") on 23 November 2015 together with re-election of all existing Board members except for the current Chairman, James Gilligan.

As previously announced on 10 September 2015, Mr Gilligan will resign as Chairman of the Company at the Company's forthcoming AGM, following which Paul Meader will be appointed as Chairman and Paul Varotsis will assume the role of Senior Independent Director, subject to the re-election of each of Paul Meader and Paul Varotsis at the AGM. Mr Gilligan has served the Company since 2010 as Chairman and the Board would like to express their gratitude for his valuable contribution to the Company over the past five years.

Mr Harrison currently serves as an Independent Director on the Boards of the following companies that are publicly quoted or that were publicly quoted within the past five years:

BH Global Limited

Real Estate Credit Investments PCC Ltd

Absolute Return Trust Limited

Close Enhanced Commodities Fund II Ltd

Mr Harrison previously served as an Independent Director on the Boards of the following companies that are publicly quoted or that were publicly quoted within the past five years:

F&C UK Real Estate Investments Limited

ISIS Property Trust Limited

There are no other disclosures required under UKLA Listing Rule 9.6.13