Brochure 2008 Amhurst Bank by Juan Manuel Bojorquez

The principal activity of Amhurst Bank Limited is to carry on general capital markets banking business. The Bank has its head office in England, its subsidiary in Mexico City. Through its head office in London and its branches in St. Lucia, the Bank trades debt derivatives and other financial instruments, provides loan facilities on a selective basis to corporate and sovereign clients and sells global debt products to institutional clients. Through its branch in London, provides investment banking and advisory services to corporate clients. The Amhurst Bank undertakes to operate the following businesses; •

Global Investment Banking.‐ Corporate Credit, Corporate Finance, Equity Capital Markets, Equity Private Placements, Income Trust Group, Mergers & Acquisitions, Communications, Media & Entertainment Consumer, Diversified Industries, Energy and Power, Financial Institutions, Forest Products, Healthcare, Mining & Metals, Real Estate, Technology

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Global Treasury Services.‐ Commodities, Hedge Fund Services, Economics, Money Markets, Foreign Exchange, Risk Services, Foreign Exchange Research, Securities Finance

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Global Financial Products.‐ Debt Products, Equity Derivatives, Fixed Income Derivatives, Leverage Sales and Trading, Debt Credit Research, Loan Syndications, Credit Derivatives, Securitization and Alternative Asset Investments

Organizational structure of our investment bank The main activities and units The primary function of our investment bank is buying and selling products both on behalf of the bank's clients and also for the bank itself in the mid through long term in the future. The Bank shall undertake risk through proprietary trading, done by a special set of traders who do not interface with clients.

The investment bank Business Unit is to be split into Front Office, Middle Office and Back Office. Front Office Investment Banking is the traditional aspect of our bank, which involves helping customers raise funds in the Capital Markets and advising on mergers and acquisitions. Investment banking may involve subscribing investors to a security issuance, coordinating with bidders, or negotiating with a merger target. Other services for the Investment Banking Division include Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) and Corporate Finance. The Investment Banking Division (commonly referred to as IBD) shall be divided into industry coverage and product coverage groups. Industry coverage groups shall focus on a specific industry such as Healthcare or Technology, and maintain relationships with corporations within the industry to bring in business for the bank. Product coverage groups will focus on financial products, such as Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial Sponsors, and Leveraged Finance. Investment management is the professional management of various securities (shares, bonds, etc.) and other assets (e.g. real estate), to meet specified investment goals for the benefit of the investors. Investors may be institutions (insurance companies, pension funds, corporations etc.) or private investors (both directly via investment contracts and more commonly via collective investment schemes eg. mutual funds). The Investment management division of our bank is divided into separate groups, known as Private Wealth Management and Private Client Services. Private Wealth Management deals with institutional investors, while Private Client Services manages the funds of high net‐worth individuals. Sales and Trading is been determined as the most profitable area of operations, responsible for the majority of revenue to be generated by the bank. In the process of market making, traders will buy and sell financial products with the goal of making an incremental amount of money on each trade. Sales is the term for the bank’s sales force, whose primary job is to call on institutional and high‐net‐worth investors to suggest trading ideas (on caveat emptor basis) and take orders.

Sales desks then communicate their clients' orders to the appropriate trading desks, who can price and execute trades, or structure new products that fit a specific need.

Research is the division which reviews companies and writes reports about their prospects, often with "buy" or "sell" ratings. While the research division generates no revenue, its resources are used to assist traders in trading, the sales force in suggesting ideas to customers, and our investment bankers by covering their clients. Structuring has been a relatively recent division as derivatives have come into play, working on creating complex structured products which typically offer much greater margins and returns than underlying cash securities. Middle Office Risk Management.‐ involves analyzing the market and credit risk that traders are taking onto the balance sheet in conducting their daily trades, and setting limits on the amount of capital that they are able to trade in order to prevent 'bad' trades having a detrimental effect to a desk overall. A key Middle Office role is to ensure that the above mentioned economic risks are captured accurately (as per agreement of commercial terms with the counterparty), correctly (as per standardized booking models in the most appropriate systems) and on time (typically within 30 minutes of trade execution). Operations.‐ Involves data‐checking trades that have been conducted, ensuring that they are not erroneous, and transacting the required transfers. It is a critical part of the bank that involves managing the financial information of the bank and ensures efficient capital markets through the financial reporting function. Back Office Finance areas are responsible for our investment bank's capital management and risk monitoring. By tracking and analyzing the capital flows of the firm, the Finance division is the principal adviser to senior management on essential areas such as controlling the firm's global risk exposure and the profitability and structure of the firm's various businesses. Technology.‐ refers to the IT department. Our bank has considerable amounts of in‐house software, created by the Technology team, who are also responsible for Computer and Telecommunications‐based support. Technology has changed considerably in the last few years as more sales and trading desks are using electronic trading platforms. These platforms can serve as auto‐executed hedging to complex model driven algorithms.

About The Amhurst Financial Group.

The Amhurst Financial Group has its corporate head office in Surrey, United Kingdom. The Group is comprised of The Amhurst Bank Ltd., The Latchmere Bank Ltd., Barclays Structured Finance Ltd. and Soundman Limited Corporation. The Amhurst Bank Ltd. is our holding company it is the consignor of the capital markets bank undertaking of our group; as a dealer‐arranger for various innovative financing structures and financing vehicles of our own design as well as from our strategic alliances, along with other more conventional financing schemes. It was incepted to be a placement agent for both public and private issues on the global capital markets. Its principal subsidiary is Barclays Structured Finance Ltd., with head offices in London. This company provides services of financial consultancy, the structuring and design of the various financing/credit products that are to be used in the financing for the projects in charge of the company and/or of the group. The Latchmere Bank Ltd. has been organized to provide services of Private Banking, Custodial Services, Wealth Management, Asset Preservation, safekeeping, and General Business Services for high net worth individuals and corporations, with whole range of private banking business services based in the Universal Banking Business Model. It has its see in the County of Surrey, United Kingdom, and it is in process of opening of an office of representation in the Commonwealth of Dominica and before the Bailiwick of the Island of Guernsey. The technological arm of the group is Soundman Limited Corporation, a company constituted to provide services of Alternative Risk Transfer (ART), financial, political and project risk mitigation strategies, technological development of financial systems to source funding, financial risk mitigation, business planning, it is capable of providing other technical developments such as project management systems, as well as home and field services for engineering, procurement, construction testing, startup and commissioning capital assets. The firm can render project management services; it can be a General Contractor for in‐house uses and/or for third parties

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The Amhurst Bank Ltd.

The Latchmere Bank Ltd.

11 Church Road Great Bookham Leatherhead Surrey KT23 3PB

U.K.

Barclays Structured Finance Ltd.

Soundman Limited Corporation

2nd Floor, 145‐157‐ St. John Street London, EC1V 4PY

Trafalgar House, Grenville Place, Mill Hill, London, NW7 3SA

U.K.

Latin America Representation Office C/O

Barclays Structured Finance Ltd. Fuente de Pirámides No. 1, Piso 6, Despacho 604 Lomas de Tecamachalco Del. Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico D.F., 53950, Comn. + (5255) 52939499 head.office@barclayshouse.info

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