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19 May 2025

EJF Investments Ltd ("EJFI" or the "Company")

Change of Auditor

EJFI, which provides investors exposure to primarily a diversified portfolio of debt issued by smaller U.S. banks and insurance companies, and participation in certain management fee income streams of EJF Capital LLC, announces that following the conclusion of a formal tender process led by the Company's Audit and Risk Committee, the Board has approved the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP ("EY") as the Company's auditor, succeeding KPMG LLP ("KPMG").

EY will conduct the independent review of the Company's interim unaudited financial statements for the period ending 30 June 2025 and the audit of the Company's financial statements for the financial year ending 31 December 2025. The appointment of EY as auditor for the following financial year is subject to approval by the Jersey Financial Services Commission and by the shareholders at the 2025 Annual General Meeting of the Company.

ENQUIRIES

For the Manager

EJF Investments Manager LLC

Mungo Hargreaves / Jay Ghatalia

[email protected] / [email protected]

+44 20 3752 6775 / +44 203 752 6776

For the Company Secretary and Administrator

Apex Financial Services (Alternative Funds) Limited 

[email protected] 

+44 204 549 0721 

For the Brokers

Panmure Liberum

Darren Vickers

[email protected]

+44 203 100 2222

Barclays Bank PLC

Dion Di Miceli/Stuart Muress/James Atkinson

[email protected]

+44 207 623 2323

About EJF Investments Ltd

EJFI's objective is to provide shareholders with attractive risk adjusted returns through regular dividends and capital growth over the long term. EJFI generates exposure primarily to a diversified portfolio of loans issued by financial institutions and related or similar assets in the U.S., U.K. and Europe.

EJFI currently invests primarily in Equity Tranches of CDOs structured by an affiliate of EJF Capital LLC, providing levered exposure to a highly diversified portfolio of securities issued by U.S. financial institutions (banks and insurance companies), these being Risk Retention Investments.

EJFI is a registered closed-ended limited liability company incorporated in Jersey under the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991, as amended, on 20 October 2016 with registered number 122353. The Company is regulated by the Jersey Financial Services Commission (the "JFSC"). The JFSC is protected by both the Collective Investment Funds (Jersey) Law 1988 and the Financial Services (Jersey) Law 1998, as amended, against liability arising from the discharge of its functions under such laws.

The JFSC has not reviewed or approved this announcement.

LEI:  549300XZYEQCLA1ZAT25

Investor information & warnings

The latest available information on the Company can be accessed via its website at www.ejfi.com. 

This communication has been issued by, and is the sole responsibility of, the Company and is for information purposes only. It is not, and is not intended to be an invitation, inducement, offer or solicitation to deal in the shares of the Company. The price and value of shares in the Company and the income from them may go down as well as up and investors may not get back the full amount invested on disposal of shares in the Company. An investment in the Company should be considered only as part of a balanced portfolio of which it should not form a disproportionate part. Prospective investors are advised to seek expert legal, financial, tax and other professional advice before making any investment decision.