CRS Crystal Amber Fund Limited

                                                                 2 January 2013

                          Crystal Amber Fund Limited                           

                                (the "Company")                                

                           Transaction in Own Shares                           

The Board of Crystal Amber Fund Limited announces that on 31 December 2012, the Company purchased 145,000 of its own ordinary shares of 1p each ("Ordinary Shares") at a price of 110p per share. These shares will be held as treasury shares.

Following this transaction, the total number of Ordinary Shares held as treasury shares by the Company is 1,000,000. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 59,000,000.

For further enquiries please contact:                                          
                                                                               
Crystal Amber Fund Limited                                                     
William Collins (Chairman)                                                     
Tel: 01481 716 000                                                             
                                                                               
Merchant Securities Limited - Nominated Adviser                                
David Worlidge/Simon Clements                                                  
Tel: 020 7628 2200                                                             
                                                                               
Numis Securities Limited - Broker                                              
Nathan Brown/Hugh Jonathan                                                     
Tel: 020 7260 1426                                                             
                                                                               
Crystal Amber Advisers (UK) LLP - Investment Adviser                           
Richard Bernstein                                                              

Tel: 020 7478 9080