FORTIS L FUND (BNP Paribas L1 as of August 1, 2010)
FORTIS L FUND (BNP Paribas L1 as of August 1, 2010)
FORTIS L FUND (BNP Paribas L1 as of August 1, 2010)
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<strong>FORTIS</strong> L <strong>FUND</strong> (<strong>BNP</strong> <strong>Parib<strong>as</strong></strong> <strong>L1</strong> <strong>as</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>August</strong> 1, <strong>2010</strong>)<br />
SICAV under Luxembourg law – UCITS<br />
Registered <strong>of</strong>fice: 46, avenue J.F. Kennedy, L-1855 Luxembourg<br />
Luxembourg Trade Register n° B 32.327<br />
Notice to Shareholders<br />
The Board <strong>of</strong> Directors hereby informs the shareholders <strong>of</strong> the following changes in the investment<br />
managers:<br />
- <strong>FORTIS</strong> L <strong>FUND</strong> BOND CONVERTIBLE ASIA:<br />
Change <strong>of</strong> the investment manager from Fortis Investment Management UK Ltd to <strong>BNP</strong> <strong>Parib<strong>as</strong></strong><br />
Investment Partners UK Ltd on October 1, <strong>2010</strong>.<br />
- <strong>FORTIS</strong> L <strong>FUND</strong> BOND CORPORATE EURO:<br />
Change <strong>of</strong> the investment manager from Fortis Investment Management UK Ltd to <strong>BNP</strong> <strong>Parib<strong>as</strong></strong> Asset<br />
Management on September 1, <strong>2010</strong>.<br />
- <strong>FORTIS</strong> L <strong>FUND</strong> BOND EURO:<br />
<strong>BNP</strong> <strong>Parib<strong>as</strong></strong> Asset Management will be added <strong>as</strong> new investment manager on September 1, <strong>2010</strong>.<br />
<strong>BNP</strong> <strong>Parib<strong>as</strong></strong> Investment Partners UK Ltd will be added <strong>as</strong> new investment manager on October 1,<br />
<strong>2010</strong>.<br />
Fortis Investment Management UK Ltd will be renamed Fischer Francis Trees & Watts UK Limited,<br />
on October 1, <strong>2010</strong>.<br />
- <strong>FORTIS</strong> L <strong>FUND</strong> BOND EUROPE PLUS:<br />
<strong>BNP</strong> <strong>Parib<strong>as</strong></strong> Asset Management will be added <strong>as</strong> new investment manager on September 1, <strong>2010</strong>.<br />
Fortis Investment Management UK Ltd will be renamed Fischer Francis Trees & Watts UK Limited,<br />
on October 1, <strong>2010</strong>.<br />
- <strong>FORTIS</strong> L <strong>FUND</strong> BOND GOVERNMENT EURO:<br />
Change <strong>of</strong> the investment manager from Fortis Investment Management UK Ltd to <strong>BNP</strong> <strong>Parib<strong>as</strong></strong> Asset<br />
Management on September 1, <strong>2010</strong>.<br />
- <strong>FORTIS</strong> L <strong>FUND</strong> BOND HIGH YIELD WORLD:<br />
Fortis Investment Management UK Ltd will no longer be investment manager <strong>as</strong> <strong>of</strong> September 1,<br />
<strong>2010</strong>.<br />
- <strong>FORTIS</strong> L <strong>FUND</strong> BOND USD:<br />
Fortis Investment Management USA Inc will be added <strong>as</strong> new investment manager on September 1,<br />
<strong>2010</strong>.<br />
Fortis Investment Management UK Ltd will be renamed Fischer Francis Trees & Watts UK Limited,<br />
on October 1, <strong>2010</strong>.<br />
- <strong>FORTIS</strong> L <strong>FUND</strong> BOND WORLD:<br />
<strong>BNP</strong> <strong>Parib<strong>as</strong></strong> Asset Management will be added <strong>as</strong> new investment manager on September 1, <strong>2010</strong>.<br />
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Fortis Investment Management UK Ltd will be renamed Fischer Francis Trees & Watts UK Limited,<br />
on October 1, <strong>2010</strong>.<br />
- <strong>FORTIS</strong> L <strong>FUND</strong> COMMODITY WORLD:<br />
Change <strong>of</strong> the investment manager from <strong>BNP</strong> <strong>Parib<strong>as</strong></strong> Investment Partners Netherlands NV to <strong>BNP</strong><br />
<strong>Parib<strong>as</strong></strong> Asset Management on September 1, <strong>2010</strong>.<br />
- <strong>FORTIS</strong> L <strong>FUND</strong> CURRENCY WORLD:<br />
Change <strong>of</strong> the investment manager from Fortis Investment Management UK Ltd to Overlay Asset<br />
Management France on September 1, <strong>2010</strong>.<br />
- <strong>FORTIS</strong> L <strong>FUND</strong> EQUITY BEST SELECTION EUROPE:<br />
Fortis Investment Management UK Ltd will be added <strong>as</strong> new investment manager on September 1,<br />
<strong>2010</strong>.<br />
<strong>BNP</strong> <strong>Parib<strong>as</strong></strong> Investment Partners UK Ltd will be added <strong>as</strong> new investment manager on October 1,<br />
<strong>2010</strong>.<br />
Fortis Investment Management UK Ltd will be renamed Fischer Francis Trees & Watts UK Limited,<br />
on October 1, <strong>2010</strong>.<br />
- <strong>FORTIS</strong> L <strong>FUND</strong> EQUITY BEST SELECTION WORLD:<br />
Alfred Berg Kapitalforvaltning AS will be added <strong>as</strong> new investment manager on September 1, <strong>2010</strong>.<br />
- <strong>FORTIS</strong> L <strong>FUND</strong> EQUITY EUROPE<br />
Fortis Investment Management UK Ltd will be added <strong>as</strong> new investment manager on September 1,<br />
<strong>2010</strong>.<br />
<strong>BNP</strong> <strong>Parib<strong>as</strong></strong> Investment Partners UK Ltd will be added <strong>as</strong> new investment manager on October 1,<br />
<strong>2010</strong>.<br />
Fortis Investment Management UK Ltd will be renamed Fischer Francis Trees & Watts UK Limited,<br />
on October 1, <strong>2010</strong>.<br />
- <strong>FORTIS</strong> L <strong>FUND</strong> EQUITY EUROPE EMERGING:<br />
Change <strong>of</strong> the investment manager from Fortis Investment Management UK Ltd to <strong>BNP</strong> <strong>Parib<strong>as</strong></strong> Asset<br />
Management on September 1, <strong>2010</strong>.<br />
- <strong>FORTIS</strong> L <strong>FUND</strong> EQUITY GERMANY:<br />
Change <strong>of</strong> the investment manager from <strong>BNP</strong> <strong>Parib<strong>as</strong></strong> Investment Partners Belgium S.A.<br />
Zweiniederl<strong>as</strong>sung Deutschland to <strong>BNP</strong> <strong>Parib<strong>as</strong></strong> Asset Management on September 1, <strong>2010</strong>.<br />
- <strong>FORTIS</strong> L <strong>FUND</strong> EQUITY GROWTH EUROPE:<br />
Change <strong>of</strong> the investment manager from Fortis Investment Management UK to <strong>BNP</strong> <strong>Parib<strong>as</strong></strong><br />
Investment Partners UK Ltd on October 1, <strong>2010</strong><br />
- <strong>FORTIS</strong> L <strong>FUND</strong> EQUITY HIGH DIVIDEND WORLD:<br />
Fortis Investment Management USA Inc will no longer be investment manager <strong>as</strong> <strong>of</strong> September 1,<br />
<strong>2010</strong>.<br />
- <strong>FORTIS</strong> L <strong>FUND</strong> EQUITY MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA:<br />
Change <strong>of</strong> the investment manager from Fortis Investment Management USA Inc to <strong>BNP</strong> <strong>Parib<strong>as</strong></strong><br />
Asset Management on September 1, <strong>2010</strong>.<br />
- <strong>FORTIS</strong> L <strong>FUND</strong> EQUITY RUSSIA:<br />
Change <strong>of</strong> the investment manager from Fortis Investment Management UK Ltd to <strong>BNP</strong> <strong>Parib<strong>as</strong></strong> Asset<br />
Management on September 1, <strong>2010</strong>.<br />
- <strong>FORTIS</strong> L <strong>FUND</strong> EQUITY SMALL CAPS EUROPE:<br />
Change <strong>of</strong> the investment manager from Fortis Investment Management UK Ltd to <strong>BNP</strong> <strong>Parib<strong>as</strong></strong> Asset<br />
Management on September 1, <strong>2010</strong>.<br />
- <strong>FORTIS</strong> L <strong>FUND</strong> EQUITY SRI WORLD:<br />
Change <strong>of</strong> the investment manager from <strong>BNP</strong> <strong>Parib<strong>as</strong></strong> Investment Partners Belgium S.A.<br />
Zweiniederl<strong>as</strong>sung Deutschland to <strong>BNP</strong> <strong>Parib<strong>as</strong></strong> Asset Management on September 1, <strong>2010</strong>.<br />
- <strong>FORTIS</strong> L <strong>FUND</strong> EQUITY TURKEY:<br />
Change <strong>of</strong> the investment manager from Fortis Investment Management UK Ltd to <strong>BNP</strong> <strong>Parib<strong>as</strong></strong> Asset<br />
Management on September 1, <strong>2010</strong>.<br />
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- <strong>FORTIS</strong> L <strong>FUND</strong> GLOBAL ASSET OPPORTUNITIES :<br />
<strong>BNP</strong> <strong>Parib<strong>as</strong></strong> Asset Management France, <strong>BNP</strong> <strong>Parib<strong>as</strong></strong> Investment Partners Asia Ltd, <strong>BNP</strong> <strong>Parib<strong>as</strong></strong><br />
Investment Partners Singapore, <strong>BNP</strong> <strong>Parib<strong>as</strong></strong> Investment Partners Netherlands NV and Fortis<br />
Investment Management USA Inc will be added <strong>as</strong> investment manager on September 1, <strong>2010</strong>.<br />
<strong>BNP</strong> <strong>Parib<strong>as</strong></strong> Investment Partners UK Ltd will be added <strong>as</strong> new investment manager on October 1,<br />
<strong>2010</strong>.<br />
Fortis Investment Management UK Ltd will be renamed Fischer Francis Trees & Watts UK Limited,<br />
on October 1, <strong>2010</strong>.<br />
- <strong>FORTIS</strong> L <strong>FUND</strong> GREEN FUTURE:<br />
Change <strong>of</strong> the investment manager from <strong>BNP</strong> <strong>Parib<strong>as</strong></strong> Investment Partners Belgium S.A.<br />
Zweiniederl<strong>as</strong>sung Deutschland to <strong>BNP</strong> <strong>Parib<strong>as</strong></strong> Asset Management on September 1, <strong>2010</strong>.<br />
- <strong>FORTIS</strong> L <strong>FUND</strong> GREEN TIGERS:<br />
Change <strong>of</strong> the investment manager from <strong>BNP</strong> <strong>Parib<strong>as</strong></strong> Investment Partners Belgium S.A.<br />
Zweiniederl<strong>as</strong>sung Deutschland to <strong>BNP</strong> <strong>Parib<strong>as</strong></strong> Investment Partners Asia Ltd on September 1, <strong>2010</strong>.<br />
- <strong>FORTIS</strong> L <strong>FUND</strong> OPPORTUNITIES WORLD:<br />
Fortis Investment Management USA Inc, Fortis Investment Management Singapore Ltd, <strong>BNP</strong> <strong>Parib<strong>as</strong></strong><br />
Investment Partners Japan Ltd, will no longer be investment manager <strong>as</strong> <strong>of</strong> September 1, <strong>2010</strong>.<br />
<strong>BNP</strong> <strong>Parib<strong>as</strong></strong> Asset Management, <strong>BNP</strong> <strong>Parib<strong>as</strong></strong> Investment Partners Singapore, <strong>BNP</strong> <strong>Parib<strong>as</strong></strong><br />
Investment Partners Asia Ltd will be added <strong>as</strong> new investment manager on September 1, <strong>2010</strong>.<br />
Fortis Investment Management UK Ltd will be renamed Fischer Francis Trees & Watts UK Limited,<br />
on October 1, <strong>2010</strong>.<br />
- <strong>FORTIS</strong> L <strong>FUND</strong> REAL ESTATE SECURITIES PACIFIC:<br />
Change <strong>of</strong> the investment manager from Fortis Investment Management Singapore Ltd to <strong>BNP</strong><br />
<strong>Parib<strong>as</strong></strong> Investment Partners Singapore Limited on September 1, <strong>2010</strong>.<br />
- <strong>FORTIS</strong> L <strong>FUND</strong> REAL ESTATE SECURITIES WORLD:<br />
Fortis Investment Management Singapore Ltd will no longer be investment manager <strong>as</strong> <strong>of</strong> September<br />
1, <strong>2010</strong>.<br />
<strong>BNP</strong> <strong>Parib<strong>as</strong></strong> Investment Partners Asia Ltd and <strong>BNP</strong> <strong>Parib<strong>as</strong></strong> Investment Partners Singapore Limited<br />
will be added <strong>as</strong> new investment manager on September 1, <strong>2010</strong>.<br />
- <strong>FORTIS</strong> L <strong>FUND</strong> SHORT TERM EURO:<br />
Change <strong>of</strong> the investment manager from Fortis Investment Management UK Ltd to <strong>BNP</strong> <strong>Parib<strong>as</strong></strong> Asset<br />
Management on September 1, <strong>2010</strong>.<br />
- <strong>FORTIS</strong> L <strong>FUND</strong> SHORT TERM USD:<br />
Change <strong>of</strong> the investment manager from Fortis Investment Management USA Inc to <strong>BNP</strong> <strong>Parib<strong>as</strong></strong><br />
Asset Management on September 1, <strong>2010</strong>.<br />
The above-mentioned changes will be reflected in the next version <strong>of</strong> the Fortis L Fund Prospectus. Copies<br />
<strong>of</strong> the current Fortis L Fund Prospectus are available upon request for each shareholder, free <strong>of</strong> charge, at<br />
the Singapore Representative – <strong>BNP</strong> <strong>Parib<strong>as</strong></strong> Investment Partners Singapore Limited’s <strong>of</strong>fice.<br />
The Board <strong>of</strong> Directors <strong>of</strong> the Company accepts responsibility for the accuracy <strong>of</strong> the contents <strong>of</strong> this notice.<br />
Shareholders should contact their relationship manager or the Singapore Representative, <strong>BNP</strong> <strong>Parib<strong>as</strong></strong><br />
Investment Partners Singapore Limited at their business <strong>of</strong>fice 16 Collyer Quay #32-01, Singapore 049318<br />
(Tel no: 6210 3976), if they have any queries on the matters set out in this notice.<br />
On behalf <strong>of</strong> the Board <strong>of</strong> Directors<br />
30 July <strong>2010</strong><br />
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