Investor alert: Ellis Alden

Finansinspektionen (the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority) has
today published this statement in order to warn investors against dealing with unauthorised firms. Ellis Alden is not authorised by Finansinspektionen and is therefore not entitled to provide financial services. Finansinspektionen has not received any notification of cross-border activities from other EES countries.

Ellis Alden has a website (www.ellis-alden.com) using the following addresses:

• Helmsley Building, 230 Park Avenue, Suite 422, New York City, NY 10169, United States.
• Wheelock House, Pedder Street, Central, Hong Kong, PRC.

Ellis Alden's representatives contact investors in Sweden through unsolicited telephone calls.

To find out whether a company or individual is authorised, check
Finansinspektionen's website at: www.fi.se under "Authorisation".