TIDMCRS 
 
7 March 2019 
 
                          Crystal Amber Fund Limited 
 
             Interim results for the period ended 31 December 2018 
 
The Company announces its interim results for the six months ended 31 December 
2018. 
 
                                  Highlights 
 
  * Net Asset Value ("NAV")(1) per share fell by 9.4% over the period or 7.4% 
    after adjusting for dividends paid. 
 
  * Over the 2018 calendar year, NAV per share grew by 18.8%, after adjusting 
    for the dividends paid. Over the same period, the Numis Small Cap Index 
    fell by 11.0%. 
 
  * NAV per share of 221.67 pence at 31 December 2018 (244.62 pence at 30 June 
    2018, 190.69 pence at 31 December 2017). 
 
  * In the first half of the year, the Fund realised gains in Hurricane Energy 
    plc, NCC Group plc, Boku Inc and Woodford Patient Capital Trust. 
 
  * Share price discount to NAV averaged 8.4 per cent throughout the period as 
    the Fund continued its buy-back programme. 
 
Christopher Waldron, Chairman of the Fund, commented: "Despite difficult equity 
markets, I am pleased to report a creditable performance over the six-month 
period, and an excellent performance for 2018. We continue to engage with 
management teams of our main holdings and remain confident of making additional 
progress in 2019." 
 
For further enquiries please contact: 
 
Crystal Amber Fund Limited 
 
Christopher Waldron (Chairman)                           Tel: 01481 742 742 
 
Allenby Capital Limited - Nominated Adviser 
 
David Worlidge/Liz Kirchner                              Tel: 020 3328 5656 
 
Winterflood Investment Trusts - Broker 
 
Joe Winkley/Neil Langford                                Tel: 020 3100 0160 
 
Crystal Amber Advisers (UK) LLP - Investment Adviser 
 
Richard Bernstein                                        Tel: 020 7478 9080 
 
(1) All capitalised terms are defined in the Glossary of Capitalised Defined 
Terms unless separately defined. 
 
                             Chairman's Statement 
 
I am pleased to present the unaudited interim results of Crystal Amber Fund 
Limited ("the Fund"), for the six-month period to 31 December 2018 ("the 
period"). 
 
Against a background of generally weaker equity markets, Net Asset Value 
("NAV") fell from GBP238.1 million (244.62 pence per share) at 30 June 2018 to an 
unaudited NAV of GBP213.8 million (221.67 pence per share) at 31 December 2018. 
After adjusting for dividends, the Fund's fall in NAV of 7.4% compares to an 
11.1% fall by the Numis Small Cap Index. The Fund is making good activist 
progress with several of its largest positions and this is discussed further in 
the Investment Manager's Report. 
 
The fourth quarter of 2018 saw significant falls in US equities, as the pace of 
monetary tightening by the Federal Reserve prompted investors to rebalance 
portfolios away from relatively expensive growth stocks. This weakness spread 
quickly to all major markets, but UK investors also had to contend with the 
tortuous Brexit process. At the time of writing, we are no closer to 
understanding what Brexit will mean. All we currently have is a negotiated deal 
that has so far failed to win parliamentary approval and while leaving the EU 
with "no deal" seems an incredible prospect, it will happen on 29 March 2019 
unless a new deal or a deferral of Brexit is agreed. 
 
This uncertainty has eroded business confidence in the UK as investment 
decisions are deferred. Forecasts of economic growth have been downgraded and 
the Bank of England's first steps to increase interest rates have been placed 
on hold. This is a matter of concern for investors as uncertainty over outcomes 
deters investment and increases market volatility. The protracted nature of the 
process is likely to damage future growth. Although domestic UK equities are by 
many measures relatively cheap, a policy mistake could still result in a market 
sell-off. 
 
As markets weakened, the Fund continued its proactive and accretive discount 
management policy of share buy-backs; during the period 995,000 shares were 
acquired at an average price of 214.48 pence per share. The Fund's shares 
traded at an average discount of 8.4% over the period. 
 
During the period under review, the Fund issued and donated 125,000 ordinary 
shares of GBP0.01 each ("Ordinary shares") to five different charities. Today, 
the Board has resolved to issue 25,000 Ordinary shares each to the following 
five charitable organisations: Royal Marsden Cancer Charity, Royal British 
Legion, Royal Irish Academy of Music, Spread a Smile and Eleanor Foundation. 
The par value of these 125,000 shares has been paid by Richard Bernstein. 
 
Today's combined donation of over GBP250,000 in value of Ordinary shares brings 
the total value of shares gifted since March 2018 to more than GBP750,000. The 
Fund is delighted to support such worthy causes. 
 
Overall, I am happy to report a solid performance of the Fund over a difficult 
period and excellent returns for 2018. Whilst mindful of increased political 
risks, we are confident that we will make further progress in 2019. 
 
 
Christopher Waldron 
Chairman 
 
6 March 2019 
 
                          Investment Manager's Report 
 
Strategy and performance 
 
During the period the Fund maintained close engagement with the management 
teams of its major holdings, initiated new investments and took profits from 
holdings as they reached the Fund's target price. 
 
At 31 December 2018, equity investments in 18 companies represented 88.9% of 
NAV. The Fund also held other investments in those companies, including 
warrants, loan notes and convertible investments that accounted for 8.1% of the 
NAV. The Fund's net cash and accruals position was GBP6.3 million, net of GBP2.4 
million accrued for the 2.5 pence per share dividend paid in January 2019. 
 
During the period, the Fund reduced its position in Hurricane by 22% as it sold 
into market demand and booked a profit of GBP11.3 million. GBP5.8 million was 
received from a capital redemption out of Leaf Clean Energy Company ("Leaf"), 
as explained in the Fund's previous Annual Report. The positions in NCC Group 
plc and Woodford Patient Capital Trust were sold outright, realising gains of GBP 
2.5 million and GBP1.0 million respectively. Cash realised from those holdings 
was used principally to increase the De la Rue holding by GBP11.5 million and add 
to investments forming part of the Fund's top ten positions. 
 
After adjusting for dividends paid, the Fund's fall in value of 7.4% compares 
to an 11.1% fall by the Numis Small Cap index. Over the 2018 calendar year NAV 
grew by 18.8%, after adjusting for the dividends paid. The Numis Small Cap 
index fell by 11.0% over the same period. 
 
The table below lists top holdings as at 31 December 2018, showing the 
performance contribution of each company during the six-month period. In 
addition to these, trading in FTSE100 put options contributed 0.2% to the NAV. 
 
Portfolio 
 
Top ten shareholdings      Pence per  Percentage of   Total return  Contribution 
                               share       investee       over the        to NAV 
                                        equity held         period   performance 
                                                                             (1) 
 
Hurricane Energy plc            45.0           5.1%         (7.0%)        (0.3%) 
 
Fair FX Group plc               38.7          20.2%           4.4%          0.8% 
 
Northgate plc                   32.7           6.4%         (2.5%)        (0.7%) 
 
STV Group plc                   27.7          19.7%        (19.4%)        (2.7%) 
 
De La Rue plc                   24.3           5.4%        (20.0%)        (2.3%) 
 
Board Intelligence Ltd           4.8              *          25.4%          0.4% 
 
GI Dynamics Inc.                 4.6          48.4%        (53.5%)        (0.7%) 
 
Sutton Harbour Holdings          3.1          10.0%        (19.7%)        (0.3%) 
plc 
 
Cenkos plc                       2.8           6.9%        (28.9%)        (0.5%) 
 
Leaf Clean Energy Co.            2.8          30.0%         (3.0%)        (0.1%) 
 
Total of ten largest           186.5 
shareholdings 
 
Other investments               28.6 
 
Cash and accruals                6.6 
 
Total NAV                      221.7 
 
(1)     Percentage contribution stated for equity holdings only. 
 
*Board Intelligence Ltd is a private company and its shares are not listed on a 
stock exchange. Therefore, the percentage held is not disclosed. 
 
Investee companies 
 
Our comments on a number of our principal investments are as follows: 
 
Hurricane Energy plc ("Hurricane") 
 
Over the period, Hurricane reported continued good progress with its Lancaster 
Early Production System ("Lancaster EPS") and announced Spirit Energy's 
("Spirit") farm-in to 50% of the Greater Warwick Area ("Warwick"). 
 
Hurricane's Lancaster EPS remains on time and on budget for first oil in the 
first quarter of 2019. Well completion operations concluded in July, the 
mooring system was installed in August and the subsea infrastructure was 
completed in September. The infrastructure is now ready to connect with the 
Aoka Mizu, the floating production storage and offloading vessel. The EPS's 
Floating Production and Storage Vessel ("FPSO") Aoka Mizu sailed from Dubai in 
October after completing a programme of repair, upgrade and life extension. The 
FPSO is now at the port of Cromarty, near Inverness, awaiting a favourable 
weather window to hook up with the buoy and initiate commissioning. 
 
We believe that the deal with Spirit is transformational for Hurricane. As 
Warwick had only been drilled once by Hurricane in 2016, it was behind 
Lancaster in the appraisal and development process. Spirit's commitment of $387 
million to a detailed three-year work programme aims to rectify this. It 
targets an initial development of 500 million barrels of reserves. To achieve 
this goal, rig contracts have been signed to drill three horizontal wells in 
2019, fully funded by Spirit. Long lead items have been ordered so that in 2020 
one of those wells will be tied back to the FPSO for production appraisal. As 
with the Lancaster EPS, this step will enable collection of additional 
reservoir data ahead of full field development. It is expected to leverage 
Hurricane's Lancaster EPS infrastructure, and so generate incremental revenues 
at little additional cost. 
 
The Fund is pleased that Spirit's commitments validate Hurricane's belief that 
Warwick is analogous to Lancaster, and also contains significant reserves of 
oil. With this deal, the cash expected to be generated by the Lancaster EPS 
will be available to further the appraisal of the Greater Lancaster Area, in 
which Hurricane retains a 100% interest. 
 
Over the period, the Fund reduced its holding in Hurricane by 22% and realised 
GBP11.3 million. This reduction takes into account the subsequent reinvestment of 
GBP3 million in the company at the end of the period, following share price 
weakness. 
 
In 2019, the Fund looks forward to the commissioning of the EPS in addition to 
the three wells that will be drilled by Hurricane and Spirit. 
 
FairFX Group plc ("FairFX") 
 
In December, FairFX announced an agreement with Metropolitan Commercial Bank to 
offer its services to the US market. The agreement is subject to additional due 
diligence and will cover FairFX's corporate expense platform as well as its 
international payments service. Both are expected to go live in the first half 
of 2019. 
 
The company has continued to rationalise its supply chain, extracting synergies 
from its acquisitions of CardOne Banking in 2017 and City Forex in 2018. 
 
Northgate plc ("Northgate") 
 
At Northgate's annual general meeting on 18 September, shareholders rejected 
the directors' remuneration report, with 58% of votes cast against. More than 
10% of votes cast opposed the re-election of the chairman and three of 
Northgate's other non-executive directors. The Fund voted against the 
remuneration report and the re-election of the chairman and the senior 
independent director. 
 
We believe that the board should be held accountable for this heightened 
shareholder discontent, and particularly the chairman Andrew Page for his lack 
of strategic leadership and failure to take responsibility for the 
underperformance of the company during his tenure, both operationally and for 
shareholders. Despite enjoying the tailwind of a growth market, Northgate's 
number of vehicles on hire in the UK and Ireland is lower in organic terms than 
in autumn 2015, when Mr Page was appointed chairman. The company's total 
shareholder return over this period has been -13%, whilst UK equities have 
delivered over 25%. 
 
With the announcement of Northgate's interim results on 4 December, the 
company's prior overly-conservative guidance for UK and Ireland growth was 
upgraded. However, this was accompanied by a downgrade to margin guidance. We 
are increasingly concerned that Northgate is expanding its fleet with 
insufficient regard to margins and return on capital. 
 
The value of Northgate's substantial Spanish business remains unrecognised by 
the UK equity market, despite repeated evidence of strong trading and financial 
performance. The Fund continues to press Northgate's board to realise some of 
this value at a time of high investor interest in Spanish businesses and 
assets. During the period, a significant flexible rental competitor of 
Northgate's completed a successful IPO on the Spanish market, at a material 
premium to net asset value. If Northgate was to achieve a comparable rating for 
its Spanish division, we believe its UK division would be implicitly valued at 
just one third of book value. For more than a year, the Fund has repeatedly 
requested that Northgate seriously assesses this path as a means of releasing 
shareholder value. 
 
During the period, Northgate reached out to Crystal Amber on several occasions. 
Regrettably and tellingly, this engagement was limited to the company lobbying 
for its remuneration report and following the shareholder vote against, how 
best to resurrect it. It is evidential where the board's focus lies. The Fund 
has been contacted by several institutional shareholders in Northgate who 
independently share the Fund's concerns regarding lack of strategic leadership 
and engagement, and the company's financial performance. 
 
STV Group plc ("STV") 
 
Over the period, STV completed the hiring for its new divisional structure and 
announced deals with two retransmission partners, Virgin TV and Sky. 
 
In July, STV announced Richard Williams as the managing director of its newly 
formed digital division. Williams will focus on driving the growth of STV's 
player by improving consumer experience and maximising the digital value of 
STV's content. In September, STV announced David Mortimer as managing director 
of STV Productions. Both divisions have since announced new partnerships in 
support of STV's growth strategy. 
 
In December, STV announced the launch of its player on the Virgin TV platform. 
In January, STV announced that its player would become available on the Sky 
platform in the second half of 2019. The increased availability of STV's own 
player product on additional platforms will give the company more digital video 
advertising inventory to sell. This inventory has achieved and sustained 
premium rates relative to other digital channels. 
 
Board Intelligence Ltd ("Board Intelligence") 
 
Board Intelligence is a private British company with a mission to improve the 
quality of board decision-making. 
 
Based on their consulting experience to company boards, the Board Intelligence 
founders launched a software tool in 2013. This encompasses workflow management 
for drafting meeting packs and structured communication templates to improve 
the effectiveness of meetings. The primary audience is boards of directors, but 
the tool can also be used for other committees. The company fills a gap in an 
attractive niche market. 
 
Board Intelligence continued its record of strong revenue growth in 2018. The 
business has an impressive client list and has received emphatic public 
testimonials from leading large-cap companies. 
 
The Fund invested in Board Intelligence in March 2018 and carried the 
investment in this private company at cost. The holding was revalued at the end 
of December resulting in an increase in its value as discussed in the Interim 
Financial Statements. This reflects the growth acceleration seen in the 
business. As activist investors, we are keen to support improvements in UK 
corporate governance. 
 
GI Dynamics Inc ("GI Dynamics") 
 
Over the period, the company took its first steps to rebuild its strategy by 
securing a US FDA pivotal trial, appointing a new CE Mark notified body and 
reaching an agreement with Apollo Sugar for a trial in India. 
 
In August, the US FDA approved a pivotal trial for the EndoBarrier, GI 
Dynamics's medical device for the treatment of type 2 diabetes and obesity. The 
company expects to complete the first phase enrolment during the first half of 
2019, with a primary endpoint of reduced blood sugar levels one-year 
post-implant. The Fund participated in a preliminary $5 million capital raising 
and the company expects to raise funding for the remainder of the trial costs 
over the coming months. 
 
In October, GI Dynamics appointed Intertek as its European notified body and 
expects to achieve a CE Mark for the EndoBarrier in H2 2019. 
 
In November, the company announced its agreement with Apollo Sugar, a joint 
venture between India's largest hospital system Apollo and Sanofi. The 
agreement covers a clinical trial that would enable commercialisation of the 
EndoBarrier in India. 
 
Sutton Harbour Holdings plc ("Sutton") 
 
In November, Sutton Harbour received planning approval for its Sugar Quay 
project. Interim results reported 37.4 pence NAV per share versus a then share 
price of 28.5 pence. The company launched a GBP3 million open offer to fund post 
planning pre-construction phase project costs, capital maintenance project 
costs and to provide cash headroom. The Fund took its full entitlement and has 
continued to grow this position. 
 
Further comments on the operations of investments previously disclosed can be 
found in the Fund's 2018 Annual Report (available at www.crystalamber.com). 
 
Hedging activity 
 
During the period, the Fund purchased put options on the FTSE100 index as 
insurance against a significant market sell-off and to protect unrealised gains 
in the portfolio. As the market sold off, puts were sold, and profits were 
realised. Due to the increased market volatility and costs of the puts, the 
Fund closed the period unhedged. FTSE100 puts contributed 0.2% to NAV growth. 
 
Activist investment process 
 
The Fund originates ideas mainly from its screening processes and its network 
of contacts, including its institutional shareholders. Companies are valued 
with focus on their replacement value, cash generation ability and balance 
sheet strength. In the process, the Fund's goal is to examine the company both 
'as it is' and also under the lens of 'as it could be' to maximise shareholder 
value. 
 
Investments are typically made after an initial engagement, which in some cases 
may have been preceded by the purchase of a modest position in the company. 
This position allows us to meet the company as a shareholder. Engagement 
includes dialogue with the company chairman and management, and normally also 
several non-executive directors, as we build a network of knowledge around our 
holdings. Site visits are undertaken to deepen our research and where 
appropriate, independent research is commissioned. We attend investee company 
annual general meetings to maintain close contact with the board and other 
stakeholders. 
 
For all companies in the portfolio, the Fund strives to develop an activist 
angle and aims to contribute to each company's strategy with the goal of 
maximising shareholder value. Where value is hidden or trapped, the Fund looks 
for ways to realise it. Throughout the period, most of the Fund's activism has 
taken place in private, but the Fund remains willing to make its concerns 
public when appropriate. The responses of management and boards to our 
suggestions have generally been encouraging. We remain determined to ensure 
that our investments deliver their full potential for all shareholders, and are 
committed to engage to the degree required to achieve this. 
 
Realisations 
 
Over the period, the Fund realised profits of GBP11.2 million from Hurricane, GBP 
2.5 million from NCC Group Plc, GBP2.3 million from Boku Inc, GBP1.9 million from 
FairFX and GBP1.0 million from Woodford Patient Capital Trust. A loss of GBP0.8 
million was incurred as part of the capital redemption of Leaf. The Fund 
remains confident on the outlook for additional profitable returns from Leaf, 
as discussed in our 2018 Annual Report. 
 
Outlook 
 
Whilst at the period end, equity markets were in 'risk off' mode, in recent 
weeks, the cocktail of the volte-face from the US Federal Reserve and its new 
found patience regarding the pace of interest rate rises and normalisation of 
its balance sheet, hopes of a trade deal between the US and China and increased 
share buybacks has seen US equity markets rally sharply. The Dow Jones 
Industrial Average has risen by 20% since Christmas. Whilst the broader S&P 500 
Index currently trades above its June 2017 levels, UK equity indices remain 
well below levels at that time, as Brexit uncertainties have prevailed. UK 
equity markets would also be susceptible to downside risk from a resumption of 
global macro-economic or political concerns. 
 
UK political uncertainty has depressed the willingness of companies to invest. 
Whilst the trading performances of several of the Fund's holdings are 
inevitably affected by this lack of clarity, we believe that the Fund is both 
defensively and securely positioned, with its focus on special situation and 
strategic holdings, which are ultimately less dependent upon macroeconomic 
developments and more upon a combination of self-help and active engagement. 
 
Crystal Amber Asset Management (Guernsey) Limited 
6 March 2019 
 
     Condensed Statement of Profit or Loss and Other Comprehensive Income 
                                  (Unaudited) 
                   For the six months ended 31 December 2018 
 
                                Six months ended 31 December         Six months ended 31 December 
 
                                            2018                                 2017 
 
                                         (Unaudited)                          (Unaudited) 
 
                               Revenue      Capital        Total     Revenue     Capital       Total 
 
                       Notes         GBP            GBP            GBP           GBP           GBP           GBP 
 
Income 
 
Dividend income from         3,048,961            -    3,048,961   1,980,590           -   1,980,590 
listed equity 
investments 
 
Interest income from                 -            -            -      99,072           -      99,072 
listed debt 
instruments 
 
Arrangement fee                      -            -            -      46,531           -      46,531 
received from debt 
instruments 
 
Interest received                2,172            -        2,172           -           -           - 
 
                             3,051,133            -    3,051,133   2,126,193           -   2,126,193 
 
Net losses on 
financial assets 
designated at FVTPL 
and derivatives held 
for trading 
 
Equities 
 
Net realised gains       4           -   18,567,453   18,567,453           -     202,555     202,555 
 
Movement in unrealised   4           - (36,142,677) (36,142,677)           - (4,348,174) (4,348,174) 
losses 
 
Debt instruments 
 
Movement in unrealised   4           -      564,244      564,244           -     381,233     381,233 
gains 
 
Derivative financial 
instruments 
 
Realised losses          4           -  (2,426,731)  (2,426,731)           - (3,045,990) (3,045,990) 
 
Movement in unrealised   4           -    1,553,631    1,553,631           -   (227,407)   (227,407) 
gains/(losses) 
 
                                     - (17,884,080) (17,884,080)           - (7,037,783) (7,037,783) 
 
Total income/(loss)          3,051,133 (17,884,080) (14,832,947)   2,126,193 (7,037,783) (4,911,590) 
 
Expenses 
 
Transaction costs                    -      271,340      271,340           -     119,851     119,851 
 
Exchange movements on        (214,674)      118,654     (96,020)           -     518,127     518,127 
revaluation of 
investments and 
working capital 
 
Management fees          9   1,816,362            -    1,816,362   1,649,074           -   1,649,074 
 
Performance fees         9           -            -            -           -     983,800     983,800 
 
Directors'                      72,500            -       72,500      81,232           -      81,232 
remuneration 
 
Administration fees            144,159            -      144,159     106,441           -     106,441 
 
Custodian fees                  61,036            -       61,036      45,091           -      45,091 
 
Audit fees                      12,702            -       12,702      12,320           -      12,320 
 
Other expenses                 169,881            -      169,881     154,426           -     154,426 
 
                             2,061,966      389,994    2,451,960   2,048,584   1,621,778   3,670,362 
 
Return/(Loss) for the          989,167 (18,274,074) (17,284,907)      77,609 (8,659,561) (8,581,952) 
period 
 
Basic and diluted        2        1.02      (18.82)      (17.80)        0.08      (8.83)      (8.75) 
earnings/(loss) per 
share (pence) 
 
All items in the above statement derive from continuing operations. 
 
The total column of this statement represents the Company's Statement of Profit 
or Loss and Other Comprehensive Income prepared in accordance with IFRS. The 
supplementary information on the allocation between revenue return and capital 
return is presented under guidance published by the AIC. 
 
The Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Financial Statements form an integral part 
of these Interim Financial Statements. 
 
             Condensed Statement of Financial Position (Unaudited) 
                            As at 31 December 2018 
 
                                                      As at         As at          As at 
 
                                                31 December       30 June    31 December 
 
                                                       2018          2018           2017 
 
                                                (Unaudited)     (Audited)    (Unaudited) 
 
Assets                                 Notes              GBP             GBP              GBP 
 
Cash and cash equivalents                         8,916,616     1,168,729        835,330 
 
Trade and other receivables                         985,834        57,873        448,599 
 
Financial assets designated at FVTPL     4      207,465,843   249,009,853    187,669,649 
and derivatives held for trading 
 
Total assets                                    217,368,293   250,236,455    188,953,578 
 
Liabilities 
 
Trade and other payables                          3,555,118    12,158,971      2,623,425 
 
Total liabilities                                 3,555,118    12,158,971      2,623,425 
 
Equity 
 
Capital and reserves attributable to 
the Company's equity shareholders 
 
Share capital                            6          992,498       991,248        989,998 
 
Treasury shares reserve                  7      (5,346,498)   (3,212,448)    (2,182,262) 
 
Distributable reserve                            95,309,557   100,156,159    100,156,159 
 
Retained earnings                               122,857,618   140,142,525     87,366,258 
 
Total equity                                    213,813,175   238,077,484    186,330,153 
 
Total liabilities and equity                    217,368,293   250,236,455    188,953,578 
 
NAV per share (pence)                    3           221.67        244.62         190.69 
 
The Interim Financial Statements were approved by the Board of Directors and 
authorised for issue on 6 March 2019. 
 
Christopher Waldron                                                Jane Le 
Maitre 
Chairman 
         Director 
6 March 2019 
      6 March 2019 
 
 
             Condensed Statement of Changes in Equity (Unaudited) 
                   For the six months ended 31 December 2018 
 
                          Share    Treasury Distributable    Retained earnings                         Total 
                                     shares 
 
                  Notes capital     reserve       reserve      Capital     Revenue        Total       equity 
 
                              GBP           GBP             GBP            GBP           GBP            GBP            GBP 
 
Opening balance         991,248 (3,212,448)   100,156,159  143,277,348 (3,134,823)  140,142,525  238,077,484 
at 1 July 2018 
 
Issue of Ordinary   6     1,250           -             -            -           -            -        1,250 
shares 
 
Purchase of         7         - (2,134,050)             -            -           -            -  (2,134,050) 
Ordinary shares 
into Treasury 
 
Dividends paid in   8         -           -   (4,846,602)            -           -            -  (4,846,602) 
the period 
 
(Loss)/Return for             -           -             - (18,274,074)     989,167 (17,284,907) (17,284,907) 
the period 
 
Balance at 31           992,498 (5,346,498)    95,309,557  125,003,274 (2,145,656)  122,857,618  213,813,175 
December 2018 
 
 
                   For the six months ended 31 December 2017 
 
                           Share    Treasury Distributable    Retained earnings                      Total 
                                      shares 
 
                   Notes capital     reserve       reserve     Capital     Revenue       Total     capital 
 
                               GBP           GBP             GBP           GBP           GBP           GBP           GBP 
 
Opening balance at       989,998   (972,800)   105,058,397  98,217,020 (2,268,810)  95,948,210 201,023,805 
1 July 2017 
 
Purchase of          7         - (1,209,462)             -           -           -           - (1,209,462) 
Ordinary shares 
into Treasury 
 
Dividends paid in    8         -           -   (4,902,238)           -           -           - (4,902,238) 
the period 
 
(Loss)/Return for              -           -             - (8,659,561)      77,609 (8,581,952) (8,581,952) 
the period 
 
Balance at 31            989,998 (2,182,262)   100,156,159  89,557,459 (2,191,201)  87,366,258 186,330,153 
December 2017 
 
 
                 Condensed Statement of Cash Flows (Unaudited) 
                   For the six months ended 31 December 2018 
 
                                                              Six months     Six months 
 
                                                                   ended          ended 
 
                                                             31 December    31 December 
 
                                                                    2018           2017 
 
                                                             (Unaudited)    (Unaudited) 
 
                                                                       GBP              GBP 
 
Cash flows from operating activities 
 
Dividend income received from listed equity                    2,116,794      1,584,253 
investments 
 
Interest income received from listed debt                              -         99,072 
instruments 
 
Arrangement fee received from debt instruments                         -         46,531 
 
Bank interest received                                             4,498              - 
 
Management fees paid                                         (1,816,362)    (1,649,074) 
 
Performance fee paid                                        (10,964,740)    (3,338,552) 
 
Directors' fees paid                                            (72,500)       (73,834) 
 
Other expenses paid                                            (369,144)      (374,690) 
 
Net cash outflow from operating activities                  (11,101,454)    (3,706,294) 
 
Cash flows from investing activities 
 
Purchase of equity investments                              (34,694,153)    (9,957,618) 
 
Sale of equity investments                                    56,988,813     20,359,191 
 
Purchase of debt instruments                                    (69,032)    (6,178,430) 
 
Purchase of derivative financial instruments                 (6,250,850)    (3,869,720) 
 
Sale of derivative financial instruments                       7,712,140              - 
 
Transaction charges on purchase and sale of                    (271,632)      (127,550) 
investments 
 
Net cash inflow from investing activities                     23,415,286        225,873 
 
Cash flows from financing activities 
 
Proceeds from issue of Company Shares                              1,250              - 
 
Purchase of Ordinary shares into Treasury                    (2,134,050)    (1,185,573) 
 
Dividends paid                                               (2,433,145)    (2,456,619) 
 
Net cash outflow from financing activities                   (4,565,945)    (3,642,192) 
 
Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents           7,747,887    (7,122,613) 
during the period 
 
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period               1,168,729      7,957,943 
 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period                     8,916,616        835,330 
 
             Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Financial Statements 
                   For the six months ended 31 December 2018 
 
General Information 
 
Crystal Amber Fund Limited (the "Company") was incorporated and registered in 
Guernsey on 22 June 2007 and is governed in accordance with the provisions of 
the Companies Law. The registered office address is Heritage Hall, Le Marchant 
Street, St. Peter Port, Guernsey, GYI 4HY. The Company was established to 
provide shareholders with an attractive total return which is expected to 
comprise primarily capital growth with the potential for distributions of up to 
5 pence per share per annum following consideration of the accumulated retained 
earnings as well as the unrealised gains and losses at that time. The Company 
seeks to achieve this through investment in a concentrated portfolio of 
undervalued companies which are expected to be predominantly, but not 
exclusively, listed or quoted on UK markets and which have a typical market 
capitalisation of between GBP100 million and GBP1,000 million. 
 
The Company's Ordinary shares were listed and admitted to trading on AIM, on 17 
June 2008. The Company is also a member of the AIC. 
 
All capitalised terms are defined in the Glossary of Capitalised Defined Terms 
unless separately defined. 
 
1.             SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES 
 
The principal accounting policies applied in the preparation of these Interim 
Financial Statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently 
applied to those balances considered material to the Interim Financial 
Statements throughout the current period, unless otherwise stated. 
 
Basis of preparation 
 
The Interim Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with IAS 34, 
Interim Financial Reporting. 
 
The Interim Financial Statements do not include all the information and 
disclosures required in the Annual Financial Statements and should be read in 
conjunction with the Company's Annual Financial Statements for the year to 30 
June 2018. The Annual Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance 
with IFRS. 
 
The same accounting policies and methods of computation are followed in the 
Interim Financial Statements as in the Annual Financial Statements for the year 
ended 30 June 2018. 
 
The presentation of the Interim Financial Statements is consistent with the 
Annual Financial Statements. Where presentational guidance set out in the SORP 
"Financial Statements of Investment Trust Companies and Venture Capital 
Trusts", issued by the AIC in November 2014 and updated in January 2017, is 
consistent with the requirements of IFRS, the Directors have sought to prepare 
the Interim Financial Statements on a basis compliant with the recommendations 
of the SORP. In particular, supplementary information which analyses the 
Statement of Profit or Loss and Other Comprehensive Income between items of a 
revenue and capital nature has been presented alongside the total Statement of 
Profit or Loss and Comprehensive Income. 
 
The Company does not operate in an industry where significant or cyclical 
variations as a result of seasonal activity are experienced during the 
financial year. Income and dividends from investments will vary according to 
the construction of the portfolio from time to time. 
 
Going concern 
 
The Directors are confident that the Company has adequate resources to continue 
in operational existence for the foreseeable future and do not consider there 
to be any threat to the going concern status of the Company. 
 
Continuation vote 
 
The Directors have specifically considered the implications of the continuation 
vote scheduled to occur every two years on the application of the going concern 
basis. The next continuation vote will be proposed at the 2019 AGM. 
 
Segmental reporting 
 
Operating segments are reported in a manner consistent with internal reporting 
provided to the chief operating decision maker. The chief operating decision 
maker, who is responsible for allocating resources and assessing performance of 
the operating segments, has been identified as the Board as a whole. The key 
measure of performance used by the Board to assess the Company's performance 
and to allocate resources is the total return on the Company's NAV, as 
calculated under IFRS, and therefore no reconciliation is required between the 
measure of profit or loss used by the Board and that contained in these Interim 
Financial Statements. 
 
For management purposes, the Company is domiciled in Guernsey and is engaged in 
a single segment of business mainly in one geographical area, being investment 
in UK equity instruments, and therefore the Company has only one operating 
segment. 
 
2.             BASIC AND DILUTED LOSS PER SHARE 
 
Loss per share is based on the following data: 
 
                                                             Six months       Six months 
 
                                                                  ended            ended 
 
                                                            31 December      31 December 
 
                                                                   2018             2017 
 
                                                            (Unaudited)      (Unaudited) 
 
Loss for the period                                       (GBP17,284,907)     (GBP8,581,952) 
 
Weighted average number of issued Ordinary shares            97,085,658       98,071,325 
 
Basic and diluted loss per share (pence)                        (17.80)           (8.75) 
 
3.             NAV PER SHARE 
 
NAV per share is based on the following data: 
 
                                                            As at                     As at           As at 
 
                                                      31 December                   30 June     31 December 
 
                                                             2018                      2018            2017 
 
                                                      (Unaudited)                 (Audited)     (Unaudited) 
 
NAV per Condensed Statement of Financial                                                       GBP186,330,153 
Position                                              213,813,175               238,077,484 
 
Weighted average number of issued Ordinary                                                       97,712,280 
shares (excluding Treasury shares)                     96,455,780                97,325,780 
 
NAV per share (pence)                                                                                190.69 
                                                           221.67                    244.62 
 
4.             FINANCIAL ASSETS DESIGNATED AT FAIR VALUE THROUGH PROFIT OR LOSS 
AND DERIVATIVES HELD FOR TRADING 
 
                                                       1 July                     1 July           1 July 
 
                                                      2018 to                    2017 to          2017 to 
 
                                                  31 December                    30 June      31 December 
 
                                                         2018                       2018             2017 
 
                                                  (Unaudited)                  (Audited)      (Unaudited) 
 
                                                            GBP                          GBP                GBP 
 
Equity investments                                190,087,261                229,682,729      170,344,729 
 
Debt instruments                                    5,706,034                  5,320,186       10,292,085 
 
Financial assets designated at FVTPL              195,793,295                235,002,915      180,636,814 
 
Derivative financial instruments held              11,672,548                 14,006,938        7,032,835 
for trading 
 
 Total financial assets designated at             207,465,843                249,009,853      187,669,649 
FVTPL and derivatives held for 
trading 
 
Equity investments 
 
Cost brought forward                              172,761,740                156,798,987      156,798,987 
 
Purchases                                          34,694,153                 69,198,617        8,539,686 
 
Sales                                            (56,988,813)               (73,610,743)     (20,359,191) 
 
Net realised gains                                 18,567,453                 20,374,879          202,555 
 
Cost carried forward                              169,034,533                172,761,740      145,182,037 
 
Unrealised gains brought forward                   57,316,659                 29,708,411       29,708,411 
 
Movement in unrealised (losses)/                 (36,142,677)                 27,608,248      (4,348,174) 
gains 
 
Unrealised gains carried forward                   21,173,982                 57,316,659       25,360,237 
 
Effect of exchange rate movements on                (121,254)                  (395,670)        (197,545) 
revaluation 
 
Fair value of equity investments                                                              170,344,729 
                                                  190,087,261                229,682,729 
 
Debt instruments 
 
Cost brought forward                                5,547,350                  9,318,984        9,318,984 
 
Purchases                                                   -                  2,066,642          804,530 
 
Sales                                                       -                (6,755,428)                - 
 
Net realised gains                                          -                    917,152                - 
 
Cost carried forward                                5,547,350                  5,547,350       10,123,514 
 
Unrealised gains brought forward                      203,233                    290,017          290,017 
 
Movement in unrealised gains/(losses)                 564,244                   (86,784)          381,233 
 
Unrealised gains carried forward                      767,477                    203,233          671,250 
 
Effect of exchange rate movements on                (608,793)                  (430,397)        (502,679) 
revaluation 
 
Fair value of debt instruments                      5,706,034                  5,320,186       10,292,085 
 
Total financial assets designated at              195,793,295                235,002,915      180,636,814 
FVTPL 
 
Derivative financial instruments held 
for trading 
 
Cost brought forward                                3,888,021                    360,001          360,001 
 
Purchases                                           6,250,850                 18,079,220        3,869,720 
 
Sales                                             (7,712,140)               (19,953,704)                - 
 
Net realised (losses)/gains                       (2,426,731)                  5,402,504      (3,045,990) 
 
Cost carried forward                                        -                  3,888,021        1,183,731 
 
Unrealised gains brought forward                   10,118,917                  6,076,511        6,076,511 
 
Movement in unrealised gains/(losses)               1,553,631                  4,042,406        (227,407) 
 
Unrealised gains carried forward                   11,672,548                 10,118,917        5,849,104 
 
Fair value of derivatives held for                                                              7,032,835 
trading                                            11,672,548                 14,006,938 
 
Total derivative financial                                                                      7,032,835 
instruments held for trading                       11,672,548                 14,006,938 
 
Total financial assets designated at              207,465,843                249,009,853      187,669,649 
FVTPL and derivatives held for 
trading 
 
At the reporting date, the warrant instruments in FairFX, GI Dynamics and 
Hurricane were valued using a Black Scholes valuation technique. 
 
The following table details the Company's positions in derivative financial 
instruments: 
 
                                                    Nominal amount                Value 
 
                                                       (Unaudited)          (Unaudited) 
 
31 December 2018                                                                      GBP 
 
Derivative financial instruments 
 
FairFX warrant instrument                                6,000,000            5,523,840 
 
Hurricane warrant instrument                            23,333,333            5,589,873 
 
GI Dynamics warrant instrument                          97,222,200              558,835 
 
                                                       126,555,533           11,672,548 
 
                                                    Nominal amount                Value 
 
                                                         (Audited)            (Audited) 
 
30 June 2018                                                                          GBP 
 
Derivative financial instruments 
 
Puts on FTSE100 Index 7200 (expiry: July                     2,000              180,000 
2018) 
 
Puts on FTSE 100 Index 7400 (expiry: July                    4,000              900,000 
2018) 
 
FairFX warrant instrument                                6,000,000            5,259,942 
 
Hurricane warrant instrument                            23,333,333            6,511,213 
 
GI Dynamics warrant instrument                          97,222,200            1,155,783 
 
                                                       126,561,533           14,006,938 
 
5.             FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS 
 
Fair value measurements 
 
The Company measures fair values using the following fair value hierarchy that 
prioritises the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The 
hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active 
markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the 
lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). The three levels 
of the fair value hierarchy under IFRS 13 are as follows: 
 
Level 1:        Quoted price (unadjusted) in an active market for an identical 
instrument. 
 
Level 2:        Valuation techniques based on observable inputs, either 
directly (i.e. as prices) or indirectly (i.e. derived from prices). This 
category includes instruments valued using: quoted prices in active markets for 
similar instruments; quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in 
markets that are considered less than active; or other valuation techniques for 
which all significant inputs are directly or indirectly observable from market 
data. 
 
Level 3:        Valuation techniques using significant unobservable inputs. 
This category includes all instruments for which the valuation technique 
includes inputs that are not based on observable data, and the unobservable 
inputs have a significant effect on the instrument's valuation. This category 
includes instruments that are valued based on quoted prices for similar 
instruments for which significant unobservable adjustments or assumptions are 
required to reflect differences between the instruments. 
 
The level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement 
is categorised in its entirety is determined on the basis of the lowest level 
input that is significant to the fair value measurement. For this purpose, the 
significance of an input is assessed against the fair value measurement in its 
entirety. If a fair value measurement uses observable inputs that require 
significant adjustment based on unobservable inputs, that measurement is a 
Level 3 measurement. Assessing the significance of a particular input to the 
fair value measurement in its entirety requires judgement, considering factors 
specific to the asset or liability. 
 
The determination of what constitutes 'observable' requires significant 
judgement by the Company. The Company considers observable data to be that 
market data that is readily available, regularly distributed or updated, 
reliable and verifiable, not proprietary, and provided by independent sources 
that are actively involved in the relevant market. 
 
The objective of the valuation techniques used is to arrive at a fair value 
measurement that reflects the price that would be received if an asset was sold 
or a liability transferred in an orderly transaction between market 
participants at the measurement date. 
 
The following tables analyse, within the fair value hierarchy, the Company's 
financial assets measured at fair value at 31 December 2018 and 30 June 2018: 
 
                                           Level 1     Level 2     Level 3        Total 
 
                                       (Unaudited) (Unaudited) (Unaudited)  (Unaudited) 
 
31 December 2018                                 GBP           GBP           GBP            GBP 
 
Financial assets designated at 
FVTPL and derivatives held for 
trading: 
 
Equities - listed equity               185,441,237           -           -  185,441,237 
investments 
 
Equities - unlisted equity                       -           -   4,646,024    4,646,024 
investments 
 
Debt - loan notes                                -           -   5,706,034    5,706,034 
 
Derivatives - warrant instruments                -  11,672,548           -   11,672,548 
 
                                       185,441,237  11,672,548  10,352,058  207,465,843 
 
 
 
                                           Level 1     Level 2     Level 3        Total 
 
                                         (Audited)   (Audited)   (Audited)    (Audited) 
 
30 June 2018                                     GBP           GBP           GBP            GBP 
 
Financial assets designated at 
FVTPL and derivatives held for 
trading: 
 
Equities - listed equity               225,976,612           -           -  225,976,612 
investments 
 
Equities - unlisted equity                       -           -   3,706,117    3,706,117 
investments 
 
Debt - loan notes                                -           -   5,320,186    5,320,186 
 
Derivatives - listed derivative          1,080,000           -           -    1,080,000 
instruments 
 
Derivatives - warrant instruments                -  12,926,938           -   12,926,938 
 
                                       227,056,612  12,926,938   9,026,303  249,009,853 
 
The Level 1 equity investments were valued by reference to the closing bid 
prices in each investee company on the reporting date. 
 
The Level 2 derivative investments were valued using a Black Scholes valuation 
technique. 
 
The Level 3 equity investment in Board Intelligence was valued with reference 
to the valuation multiples of publicly-listed cloud software companies, after 
applying a discount equivalent to that which prevailed at the time of 
investment in March 2018. The loan notes were classified as Level 3 debt 
instruments as there was no observable market data. The Board has concluded 
that fair value is approximate to the share market price had the loan notes 
been converted to equity and valued at the closing bid price on the reporting 
date. 
 
For financial instruments not measured at FVTPL, the carrying amount is 
approximate to their fair value. 
 
Fair value hierarchy - Level 3 
 
The following table shows a reconciliation from the opening balances to the 
closing balances for fair value measurements in Level 3 of the fair value 
hierarchy: 
 
                                                             Six months     Six months 
 
                                                                  ended          ended 
 
                                                            31 December    31 December 
 
                                                                   2018           2017 
 
                                                            (Unaudited)    (Unaudited) 
 
                                                                      GBP              GBP 
 
Opening balance at 1 July                                     9,026,303      3,846,387 
 
Purchases                                                             -        744,491 
 
Movement in unrealised gain                                   1,504,151        119,834 
 
Effect of exchange rate movements                             (178,396)      (143,556) 
 
Closing balance at 31 December                               10,352,058      4,567,156 
 
The Company recognises transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy on 
the date of the event of change in circumstances that caused the transfer. 
 
There have been no transfers between levels during the period ended 31 December 
2018. 
 
At the period end and assuming all other variables are held constant: 
 
  * If unobservable inputs in Level 3 investments had been 5 per cent higher/ 
    lower (2017: 5 per cent higher/lower), the Company's return and net assets 
    for the six months ended 31 December 2018 would have increased/decreased by 
    GBP517,603 (2017: GBP228,358); and 
  * There would have been no impact on the other equity reserves. 
 
6.             SHARE CAPITAL AND RESERVES 
 
The authorised share capital of the Company is GBP3,000,000 divided into 300 
million Ordinary shares of GBP0.01 each. 
 
The issued share capital of the Company is comprised as follows: 
 
                                               31 December 2018            30 June 2018 
 
                                                    (Unaudited)               (Audited) 
 
                                           Number             GBP       Number          GBP 
 
Issued, called up and fully paid       99,249,762       992,498   99,124,762    991,248 
Ordinary shares of GBP0.01 each 
 
During the period, the Company issued 125,000 Ordinary shares of GBP0.01 divided 
equally amongst five charitable organisations, the nominal value of which has 
been paid by Richard Bernstein, who is a shareholder of the Company, a director 
and shareholder of the Investment Manager and a member of the Investment 
Adviser. 
 
7.             TREASURY SHARES RESERVE 
 
                                      Six months ended              Year ended 
 
                                      31 December 2018            30 June 2018 
 
                                           (Unaudited)               (Audited) 
 
                                    Number           GBP      Number           GBP 
 
Opening balance                (1,798,982) (3,212,448)   (635,000)   (972,800) 
 
Treasury shares purchased        (995,000) (2,134,050) (1,163,982) (2,239,648) 
during the period/year 
 
Closing balance                (2,793,982) (5,346,498) (1,798,982) (3,212,448) 
 
During the period ended 31 December 2018: 995,000 (2017: 652,482) Treasury 
shares were purchased at an average price of 214.48 pence per share (2017: 
185.4 pence per share), representing an average discount to NAV at the time of 
purchase of 11.9 per cent (2017: 5.2 per cent). During the period ended 31 
December 2018, Nil (2017: Nil) Treasury shares were sold. 
 
8.            DIVIDS 
 
On 6 July 2018, the Company declared an interim dividend of GBP2,433,145, 
equating to 2.5 pence per Ordinary share, which was paid on 17 August 2018 to 
shareholders on the register on 20 July 2018. 
 
On 13 December 2018, the Company declared an interim dividend of GBP2,413,457, 
equating to 2.5 pence per Ordinary share, which was paid on 18 January 2018 to 
shareholders on the register on 21 December 2018. 
 
9.             RELATED PARTIES 
 
Richard Bernstein is a director and a member of the Investment Manager, a 
member of the Investment Adviser and a holder of 10,000 (30 June 2018: 10,000) 
Ordinary shares in the Company, representing 0.01 per cent (30 June 2018: 0.01 
per cent) of the voting share capital of the Company at 31 December 2018. 
 
During the period, the Company incurred management fees of GBP1,816,362 (2017: GBP 
1,649,074) none of which was outstanding at 31 December 2018 (30 June 2018: GBP 
Nil). The Company also accrued performance fees of GBPNil (2017: GBPNil) none of 
which was outstanding or included in trade and other payables as at 31 December 
2018 (30 June 2018: GBP10,964,740 was outstanding and included in trade and other 
payables). 
 
Under the terms of the IMA, the Investment Manager is entitled to a performance 
fee in certain circumstances. This fee is calculated by reference to the 
increase in NAV per Ordinary share over the course of each performance period. 
 
Payment of the performance fee is subject to: 
 
1.     the achievement of a performance hurdle condition: the NAV per Ordinary 
share at the end of the relevant performance period must exceed an amount equal 
to the placing price, increased at a rate of; (i) 7% per annum on an annual 
compounding basis in respect of that part of the performance period which falls 
from (and including) the date of Admission up to (but not including) the date 
of the 2013 Admission; (ii) 8% per annum on an annual compounding basis in 
respect of that part of the performance period which falls from (and including) 
the date of the 2013 Admission up to (but not including) the date of the 2015 
Admission; and (iii) 10% per annum on an annual compounding basis in respect of 
that part of the performance period which falls from (and including) the date 
of the 2015 Admission up to the end of the relevant performance period with all 
dividends and other distributions paid in respect of all outstanding Ordinary 
shares (on a per share basis) during any performance period being deducted on 
their respective payment dates (and after compounding the distribution amount 
per share at the relevant annual rate or rates for the period from and 
including the payment date to the end of the performance period) ("the Basic 
Performance Hurdle"). Such Basic Performance Hurdle at the end of a performance 
period is compounded at the relevant annual rate to calculate the initial per 
share hurdle level for the next performance period, which will subsequently be 
adjusted for any dividends or other distributions paid in respect of all 
outstanding Ordinary shares during that performance period; and 
 
2.     the achievement of a "high watermark": the NAV per Ordinary share at the 
end of the relevant performance period must be higher than the highest 
previously reported NAV per Ordinary share at the end of a performance period 
in relation to which a performance fee, if any, was last earned (less any 
dividends or other distributions in respect of all outstanding Ordinary shares 
declared (on a per share basis) since the end of the performance period in 
relation to which a performance fee was last earned). 
 
As the NAV per share at 31 December 2018 did not exceed the high watermark of 
239.62 pence per share at that date, a performance fee has not been accrued in 
the Interim Financial Statements. In the event that, on 30 June 2019, the NAV 
per share exceeds both the performance hurdle and the high watermark, the 
performance fee will be an amount equal to 20 per cent of the excess of the NAV 
per share at that date over the higher of these hurdles multiplied by the time 
weighted average number of Ordinary shares in issue during the year ending 30 
June 2019. Depending on whether the Ordinary shares are trading at a discount 
or a premium to the Company's NAV per share at 30 June 2019, the performance 
fee will be either payable in cash (subject to the Investment Manager being 
required to use the cash payment to purchase Ordinary shares in the market) or 
satisfied by the sale of Ordinary shares out of Treasury or by the issue of new 
fully paid Ordinary shares at the closing mid-market closing price on 30 June 
2019, respectively. 
 
As at 31 December 2018, the Investment Manager held 6,203,326 Ordinary shares 
(30 June 2018: 3,530,930) of the Company, representing 6.40 per cent (30 June 
2018: 3.63 per cent) of the voting share capital. Subsequent to the period end, 
the Investment Manager purchased 10,000 Ordinary shares of the Company on 5 
February 2019 and now holds 6,213,326 Ordinary shares of the Company. 
 
The interests of the Directors in the share capital of the Company at the 
period/year end, and as at the date of this report, are as follows: 
 
                                              31 December 2018             30 June 2018 
 
                                          Number of      Total     Number of      Total 
                                    Ordinary shares     voting      Ordinary     voting 
                                                        rights        shares     rights 
 
Christopher Waldron(1)                       15,000      0.02%        10,000      0.01% 
 
Jane Le Maitre(2)                             6,000      0.01%           N/A        N/A 
 
Total                                        21,000      0.03%        10,000      0.01% 
 
(1)       Chairman of the Company 
(2)       Ordinary Shares held indirectly 
 
All related party transactions are carried out on an arm's length basis. 
 
10.          POST BALANCE SHEET EVENTS 
 
The Company purchased 73,800 of its own Ordinary Shares during the period 
between 1 January 2019 and 10 January 2019, which were held as Treasury shares. 
Following these purchases, the total number of Ordinary Shares held as Treasury 
shares by the Company is 2,867,782. 
 
On 5 February 2019, the Investment Manager purchased 10,000 Ordinary shares of 
the Company and now holds 6,213,326 Ordinary shares of the Company. 
 
On 11 February 2019, the Company reported that its unaudited NAV at 31 January 
2019 was 216.96 pence per share. 
 
11.          AVAILABILITY OF INTERIM REPORT 
 
Copies of the Interim Report will be available to download from the Company's 
website www.crystalamber.com. 
 
                     Glossary of Capitalised Defined Terms 
 
"AGM" means the annual general meeting of the Company; 
 
"AIC" means the Association of Investment Companies; 
 
"AIM" means the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange; 
 
"Annual Financial Statements" means the audited annual financial statements of 
the Company, including the Statement of Profit or Loss and Other Comprehensive 
Income, the Statement of Financial Position, the Statement of Changes in 
Equity, the Statement of Cash Flows and associated notes; 
 
"Annual Report" means the annual publication of the Company to the shareholders 
to describe their operations and financial conditions, together with the 
Company's financial statements; 
 
"Black Scholes" means the Black Scholes model, a mathematical model of a 
financial market containing derivative instruments; 
 
"Board" or "Directors" or "Board of Directors" means the directors of the 
Company; 
 
"Brexit" means the departure of the UK from the European Union; 
 
"Company" or "Fund" means Crystal Amber Fund Limited; 
 
"Companies Law" means the Companies (Guernsey) Law, 2008, (as amended); 
 
"Dow Jones Industrial Average" means a stock market index that indicates the 
value of thirty large publicly owned companies based in the US; 
 
"EGM" or "Extraordinary General Meeting" means an extraordinary general meeting 
of the Company; 
 
"FDA" means food and drug administration; 
 
"FPSO" means floating production storage and offloading vessel; 
 
"FTSE" means Financial Times Stock Exchange; 
 
"FVTPL" means Fair Value Through Profit or Loss; 
 
"IAS" means international accounting standards as issued by the Board of the 
International Accounting Standards Committee; 
 
"IFRS" means the International Financial Reporting Standards, being the 
principles-based accounting standards, interpretations and the framework by 
that name issued by the International Accounting Standards Board, as adopted by 
the European Union; 
 
"IMA" means the investment management agreement between the Company and the 
Investment Manager, dated 16 June 2008, as amended on 21 August 2013, further 
amended on 27 January 2015 and further amended on 12 June 2018; 
 
"Interim Financial Statements" means the unaudited condensed interim financial 
statements of the Company, including the Condensed Statement of Profit or Loss 
and Other Comprehensive Income, the Condensed Statement of Financial Position, 
the Condensed Statement of Changes in Equity, the Condensed Statement of Cash 
Flows and associated notes; 
 
"Interim Report" means the Company's interim report and unaudited condensed 
financial statements for the period ended 31 December; 
 
"IPO" means initial public offering; 
 
"Lancaster EPS" means Lancaster Early Production System; 
 
"NAV" or "Net Asset Value" means the value of the assets of the Company less 
its liabilities as calculated in accordance with the Company's valuation 
policies and expressed in Pounds Sterling; 
 
"NAV per share" means the Net Asset Value per Ordinary share of the Company and 
is expressed in pence; 
 
"Small Cap Index" means an index of small market capitalisation companies; 
 
"Ordinary share" means an allotted, called up and fully paid Ordinary share of 
the Company of GBP0.01 each; 
 
"S&P 500 Index" means a US stock market index based on the market 
capitalisations of 500 large companies having common stock listed; 
 
"SORP" means Statement of Recommended Practice; 
 
"Treasury" means the reserve of Ordinary shares that have been repurchased by 
the Company; 
 
"Treasury shares" means Ordinary shares in the Company that have been 
repurchased by the Company and are held as Treasury shares; 
 
"UK" or "United Kingdom" means the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern 
Ireland; 
 
"US" means the means the United States of America, its territories and 
possessions, any state of the United States and the District of Columbia; 
 
"US$" means United States dollars; and 
 
"GBP" or "Pounds Sterling" or "Sterling" means British pound sterling and "pence" 
means British pence. 
 
                       Directors and General Information 
 
Directors                                   Registered Office 
Christopher Waldron (Chairman)              Heritage Hall 
Fred Hervouet                               Le Marchant Street 
Jane Le Maitre (Chairman of Audit           St. Peter Port 
Committee)                                  Guernsey GY1 4HY 
Nigel Ward (Chairman of Remuneration and 
Management Engagement Committee)            Investment Manager 
                                            Crystal Amber Asset Management (Guernsey) 
Investment Adviser                          Limited 
Crystal Amber Advisers (UK) LLP             Heritage Hall 
17c Curzon Street                           Le Marchant Street 
London W1J 5HU                              St. Peter Port 
United Kingdom                              Guernsey GY1 4HY 
 
Administrator and Secretary                 Nominated Adviser 
Estera International Fund Managers          Allenby Capital Limited 
(Guernsey) Limited                          5 St. Helen's Place 
Heritage Hall                               London EC3A 6AB 
Le Marchant Street                          United Kingdom 
St. Peter Port 
Guernsey GY1 4HY                            Legal Advisers to the Company 
                                            As to English Law 
Broker                                      Norton Rose Fulbright LLP 
Winterflood Investment Trusts               3 More London Riverside 
The Atrium Building                         London SE1 2AQ 
Cannon Bridge House                         United Kingdom 
25 Dowgate Hill 
London EC4R 2GA                             As to Guernsey Law 
United Kingdom                              Carey Olsen 
                                            PO Box 98 
Independent Auditor                         Carey House 
KPMG Channel Islands Limited                Les Banques 
Glategny Court                              St. Peter Port 
Glategny Esplanade                          Guernsey GY1 4BZ 
St. Peter Port 
Guernsey GY1 1WR                            Custodian 
                                            ABN AMRO (Guernsey) Limited 
Identifiers                                 PO Box 253 
ISIN: GG00B1Z2SL48                          Martello Court 
Sedol: B1Z2SL4                              Admiral Park 
Ticker: CRS                                 St. Peter Port 
Website: crystalamber.com                   Guernsey GY1 3QJ 
LEI: 213800662E2XKP9JD811 
                                            Registrar 
                                            Link Asset Services 
                                            65 Gresham Street 
                                            London 
                                            EC2V 7NQ 
                                            United Kingdom 
 
 
 
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