Information for potential investors

The Africa Agriculture and Trade Investment Fund SA. SICAV-SIF” (AATIF) is a closed-ended investment company, organized under the laws of Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and is exempt from the scope of the AIFM law pursuant to article 2 (2) c. Only Eligible Investors may invest in AATIF-Shares or Notes respectively.

In respect of the United States of America, Canada, Japan or Australia or any other jurisdiction in which the distribution, offer, sale, transfer or resale would be prohibited by applicable law, no investment in notes/shares or other instruments of the Fund can be offered or made.

ABC Holdings Limited

In December 2018, AATIF executed a USD 20m senior loan agreement with ABCH Holdings (“BancABC”), a financial institution holding company based in Botswana with subsidiaries operating out of Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique, Botswana and Tanzania. In 2014 BancABC was acquired by Atlas Mara, a company listed on the London stock exchange with banking subsidiaries in seven countries including the BancABC banks. The AATIF facility will enable BancABC increase its exposure to transactions along the entire agricultural value chain. The new loan facility, secured by a guarantee from BancABC’ s parent Atlas Mara Limited (“ATMA”, is replacing the prior risk sharing agreement signed in December 2013.