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In terms of performance, April was broadly flat, driven by a few significant positive and negative outcomes in

the portfolio. Firstly, on the negative side, the Quindell (QPP) share price had a very difficult month. To recap,
this is a stock we like and have made money on life-to-date and even this year (although most of this years
profits were lost in April). When we first started looking at this company at the end of last year, our deep due
diligence highlighted many red flags. For example: exponential growth, but no evidence yet of free cash flow
to match; and a CEO and management team with a previous history at a company they controlled (Innovation
Group) that they also grew through acquisition. But this time, our in-depth research convinced us that there
were also differences to Innovation Group. Innovation had its IPO during the tech bubble at 30 to 40x earnings
and peaked at around 60x PE. In contrast, QPP traded intra-month at 40p with more than 4p of earnings
expected this year (and growing at more than 100%) and no debt (i.e., we believe that investors were already
punishing them for their previous history with a low multiple).
In the past, when Innovation Group did acquisitions, they did them fast, they bought all of the company and
then tried to figure out how to integrate and work with the new entity (which generally did not work). Now, QPP
tends to take a minority stake and then feeds the company business (as typically they are vertically integrating
into their supply chain, or horizontally expanding into customers or products). If this works, they keep
increasing ownership and ramping up the business until QPP own the entire company. While this sounds
sensible, technically this creates related-party transactions which may be considered a red flag for some
investors. We think that any shareholders should have been aware of this information, and would highlight one
short scare last year when the stock price halved before recovering to new highs. We also believed that the
companys change of accountants to KPMG was a promising development, as the accountants had nine
months before the announcement of QPPs results to analyse and sign off three years worth of financials to
enable QPP to move its listing to the main market by June 2014. In fact, we increased our position when
KPMG signed off the accounts at the end of March. In addition, the company acquired additional reputable
clients such as RAC, and insurers such as Direct Line, in the past six months which meant that external
validation checks were increasing.
What we didn't expect was a new short side research firm called Gotham (who appear to have been in
business for less than two years and provide little transparency about themselves on their website) to publish a
74-page (in our opinion, highly sensationalized) dossier rehashing QPP's historical red flags, and neglecting to
mention any of what we feel are strongly mitigating factors such as the valuation and high-quality new business
contracts which we have highlighted above. In fact, this report was not fact-checked with the company.
Unfortunately, the publication of the Gotham report caused QPPs share price to plummet by nearly half its
value, and QPPs comprehensive, well presented 22-page response got little press coverage. The weekend
press also focused primarily on the allegations in the Gotham report, causing further pressure on the shares.
So where do we go from here? We believe that QPPs listing should move to the main market from AIM by
June, and that it should be listed in the FTSE 250 by this September. The company, which currently has
limited analyst coverage by larger brokerages and investment banks, should start to attract wider research
coverage once this occurs. The stocks ownership profile should then evolve from retail to increasingly
institutional, undergo a much needed stock consolidation and, we think, the stock will become better
understood and less volatile. We, for one, believe the company is in the right place at the right time, and we
believe that Robert Terry and his team have learned from previous mistakes having experienced, and survived,
some difficult management situations (he was only 31 last time and is now in his mid-40s). The fact that the
company is considering a US listing is also a positive as, in our view, the US market rewards entrepreneurs and
accepts occasional failure as part of the learning process as compared to the UK market. But even in the UK,
many success stories have had their peaks and troughs just ask the venerable Tony Pidgley at Berkeley
Homes about his near-death career experiences during the 1970s. There are many other examples as well.
Stay tuned, and for the avoidance of doubt, we have been adding to QPP this month and it remains in our top
10 favourites.
On the positive side, Colonial, the Spanish real estate company, was one of our main winners in April. The
company completed its EUR 1.2 billion capital increase, which has reduced the loan-to-value of the company to
a very comfortable and sustainable 40%. Due to this capital increase, the company has reached a
capitalisation in excess of EUR 2 billion, de facto becoming the biggest and most liquid real estate company in
the country, and, we believe, an attractive vehicle to play the recovery in the Spanish economy. We have used
the opportunity of the dislocation created by the material capital increase to trade around our position at
attractive levels, subscribe our rights at a deep discount to the stock, and obtain a substantial allocation of
unexercised rights. The dynamics have allowed for a lot of volatility that we believe we have used to our
advantage. The company is now appropriately capitalised in our opinion, and has gained some key anchor
investors including the Qatar Investment Authority, as well as a core group of local shareholders being led by
Spanish construction mogul Mr. Villar Mir.
Colonials unique portfolio of prime offices in Madrid and Barcelona offers, in our view, substantial opportunities
for value creation, both in terms of increased rents and lower valuation yields given the improving
macroeconomic picture. There are many blind pools being listed in Spain this year, that are supposedly going
to acquire property at distressed levels, but Colonial is unique, in our opinion, as it already owns some of the
most attractive buildings in the country, and it is a fully functional and experienced company. With the valuation
still reflecting depressed levels of rent and elevated yields from the sovereign crisis, the reversal potential over
the following years is clear in our view. In addition, Colonial has become a prime candidate for inclusion in the
main Spanish index, the IBEX 35, based on its market cap and liquidity profile.
Meda AB was also one of our better performing strategies in April. The stock traded up 17% during the month
on the back of two approaches by Mylan, the US pharmaceutical company. Both approaches were rejected
and talks terminated by Medas board of directors. The last approach was rumoured to be at SEK 145/share
(with 70:30 mix of shares and cash) and the shares closed as high as 128.50 during the month. We believe
Meda is an attractive acquisition candidate (the company has seen approaches from three companies in the
past two years: Valeant, Sun Pharma and Mylan). The companys main shareholder, Stena, seems reluctant to
sell the company without a very significant premium and potentially with cash consideration only. We continue
to hold the shares as they trade at a small discount to the peer group, the growth outlook for the company is
attractive, and the potential for another takeover approach for the company is definitely a possibility.
European Equity Opportunity Fund
April 2014
Investors Monthly Equity Essentials





Fund Terms
Scope European Equity Events
Target Size US $1 Bn
Fees
1.5% Management
20% Performance
Min Investment USD $1m
Liquidity Quarterly with restrictions
Auditor KPMG
Administrator
GlobeOp Financial
Services
Reporting Monthly
Contact
Polygon Global Partners LLP
4 Sloane Terrace
London SW1X 9DQ
United Kingdom
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+44 20 7901 8300




Net Performance*
April 2014 -0.03%
3 month 5.66%
YTD 10.22%
12 month 29.87%
Since Inception (July 8, 2009) 105.31%
Net Annualized Return 16.12%
*Return numbers are final values as calculated by
GlobeOp, apart from the most recent month's internally-
calculated estimate. Please refer to last page for full
disclosure.


Market Indices
last month year
S&P 500 1884.0 0.6% 1.9%
Euro Stoxx 50 3198.4 1.2% 2.9%
Bberg Euro 500 230.2 1.0% 2.7%
Stoxx Europe 600 337.9 1.1% 2.9%
DXY $ Index 79.5 -0.8% -0.7%
US 10yr T Yld 2.6 -2.7% -12.6%
FTSE 100 6780.0 2.8% 0.5%
CAC 40 4487.4 2.2% 4.5%
DAX 9603.2 0.5% 0.5%
IBEX 35 10459.0 1.1% 5.5%
OMX 1364.4 -0.0% 2.4%
Other
last month year
VIX (vol pts) 13.4 -0.47 -0.31
WTI (vol/bbl) 99.74 -1.08 4.15
Copper ($/lb) 302.75 0.55 -35.75
Gold ($/oz) 1291.6 7.54 85.90
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SIGNATORY
Jun 13
Corporate Restructuring ended April at 44.3% of total LMV, or +7.8% vs 36.5% at the
previous month end, while Dislocation, M&A and Special Sits ended at 20.0% (-2.7%), 28.1%
(-4.2%) and 7.5% (-1.0%) of total LMV respectively.
European Equity Opportunity Fund
Polygon Global Partners LLP
4 Sloane Terrace
London SW1X 9DQ
United Kingdom

ir@polygoninv.com
+44 20 7901 8300

www.polygoninv.com
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April 2014
Investors Monthly Equity Essentials
Net Monthly Performance A1 Share Class
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec YTD ITD
2014 4.31 2.71 2.91 -0.03 10.22 105.31
2013 2.31 -0.07 2.11 -1.24 1.09 0.47 3.76 2.05 1.74 3.01 2.25 2.23 21.48
2012 0.89 1.45 -1.36 0.06 -4.47 -4.52 -2.08 0.77 4.43 1.09 0.63 4.99 1.40
2011 -2.15 3.26 -0.11 3.42 0.43 -2.09 -0.78 -6.67 -1.13 -0.21 -1.94 1.10 -7.04
2010 2.89 1.61 2.66 4.82 1.05 -1.22 1.49 0.89 2.88 3.21 2.24 2.83 28.34
2009 2.23 1.07 12.72 3.43 3.75 1.41 26.74

Return numbers are percentages based on final values as calculated by GlobeOp, apart from the most recent months esti-
mate which is internally calculated based on available data. Please refer to the last page for full disclosure.
In terms of Market
Capitalisation, circa 84% of
LMV was allocated to
companies with market
capitalisations in excess of
$500m at the end of April
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In terms of sectors, our top 3 net long exposures in declining order of size at the end of the month were
Industrials, Information Technology and Healthcare. Our biggest net sector short was in Materials. In
terms of liquidity, at the end of April we could liquidate approximately 60% of the portfolio in circa 16
trading days or 75% in about 42 days (assuming we were selling no more than 15% of the 90 day
average daily trading volume).
Portfolio Positioning in April
As at the end of April our top
10 positions accounted for
51.8% of Total LMV
Dislocation, M&A, and Special
Sits decreased in aggregate by
7.8% of LMV in April and
Corporate Restructuring
increased accordingly
0%
2%
4%
6%
8%
M&A
Eq Special
Sits
Dislocation
Corp Rest
Top Ten Positions LMV by Trade Category (in %)
(Apl 2014)
Source: Polygon
44.3% 20.0% 28.1% 7.5%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Corp Rest
Dislocation
M&A
Eq Special Sits
Source: Polygon
Portfolio LMV by Trade Category (in %)
(Apl 2014)
< $250mm $250mm - $500mm $500mm - $1,500mm $1,500mm - $5,000mm > $5,000mm
M&A
Eq Special Sits
Dislocation
Corp Rest
Portfolio LMV by Market Capitalisation (in %)
(Apl 2014)
Source: Polygon
25.1%
13.1%
2.8%
24.6%
34.4%
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