GLG Partners, Inc. (“GLG”) (NYSE: GLG), the U.S.-listed asset manager, today reported a GAAP net loss attributable to common stockholders of $99.0 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2009 and a net loss of $243.7 million for the first nine months of fiscal 2009. GAAP diluted EPS was a loss of $0.45 for the quarter ended September 30, 2009 and a loss of $1.12 for the first nine months of 2009. These GAAP metrics compare to a GAAP net loss attributable to common stockholders of $167.1 million and diluted EPS loss of $0.79 for the quarter ended September 30, 2008 and a net loss of $487.0 million and diluted EPS loss of $2.30 for the first nine months of fiscal 2008.

Under GAAP, GLG expects to continue to recognize significant and largely non-cash expenses associated with GLG's reverse acquisition transaction with Freedom Acquisition Holdings in November 2007. Accordingly, GAAP net losses for the third quarter and first nine months of 2009 resulted directly from the recognition of $110.1 million and $365.7 million, respectively, of Acquisition-related compensation expenses as compared to $188.0 million and $588.5 million for the third quarter and first nine months of 2008, respectively. Acquisition-related GAAP compensation expenses will be recognized quarterly through to the fourth quarter of 2013. For further discussion of these largely non-cash Acquisition-related charges see below under "Non-GAAP Financial Measures".

Non-GAAP adjusted net loss was $5.1 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2009 as compared to non-GAAP adjusted net income of $21.8 million for the same period in 2008. Non-GAAP adjusted net income was $85.5 million for the first nine months of fiscal 2009 as compared to $99.9 million for the year ago period. The ratio of non-GAAP adjusted net (loss) / income to non-GAAP weighted average fully diluted shares was (0.02) for the quarter ended September 30, 2009, as compared to 0.07 for the same period in 2008, and 0.27 for the first nine months of fiscal 2009, as compared to 0.31 for the same period in 2008. Non-GAAP results for the first nine months of 2009 reflected the following significant items: an $84.8 million gain on the extinguishment of debt (or $75.0 million on an after-tax basis), $4.1 million of related acquisition and restructuring costs associated with the acquisition of Société Générale Asset Management UK (“SGAM UK”) ($3.2 million on an after-tax basis) and a $2.0 million operating loss on a pre- and after-tax basis from SGAM UK. Non-GAAP adjusted net income and non-GAAP weighted average fully diluted shares are financial measures not prepared under GAAP. A reconciliation of GAAP net income to non-GAAP adjusted net income and average fully diluted shares under GAAP to non-GAAP weighted average fully diluted shares is presented below under “Non-GAAP Financial Measures”.

"GLG delivered solid investment returns across the franchise and built momentum in the business throughout the quarter,” said Noam Gottesman, Chairman and Co-CEO of GLG. “We won mandates from a large sovereign wealth fund and a Fortune 100 corporate pension fund, received ‘buy’ rankings from two prominent institutional consulting firms for our global and international equity products, and successfully launched a UK retail-oriented offering leveraging the platform we acquired with the second quarter 2009 purchase of SGAM UK. Additionally, we continued to build out our UCITS III offerings, a growing segment for investors that is well suited for many of our strategies. Our net AUM flows turned positive in the third quarter and we generated strong investment returns across the franchise. Going forward, our primary focus remains the delivery of superior investment performance for our investors. We are excited about the broad range of investment and strategic opportunities that we see on the horizon."

"With the markets righting themselves and inflows returning to the industry, GLG is well-positioned for growth: we continue to invest in our talented pool of professionals, rewarding strong performance and making selective hires,” said Emmanuel Roman, Co-CEO of GLG. “We have streamlined our operations over the past year, our net inflows have turned positive with redemption trends normalizing and we continue to believe that our broad, internationally-focused, multi-strategy platform will benefit significantly as industry flows continue to gather momentum.”

Assets Under Management Summary

GLG’s total net assets under management (“AUM”) as of September 30, 2009 were approximately $21.6 billion (net of assets invested from other GLG managed funds), up 13% from June 30, 2009 and up 25% from September 30, 2008.

Investment performance across the GLG franchise was strong, increasing net AUM by $1.9 billion in the third quarter of 2009 and $2.9 billion for the first nine months of 2009. Specifically, investment returns¹ for the quarter ended September 30, 2009 for GLG’s alternative, long only and 130/30 strategies were 10.2%, 12.8% and 12.3%, respectively. The year-to-date returns¹ through September 30, 2009 were 24.6% for the alternative strategies, 31.0% for the long only strategies and 25.8% for the 130/30 strategies. The returns through October 2009² were 25.2% for alternative, 28.0% for long only and 24.5% for 130/30 strategies. For the third quarter of 2009, first nine months of 2009 and the month of October, the MSCI World Index was up 14.8%, up 20.3% and down 2.2%, respectively, and the S&P 500 Index was up 15.4%, up 18.6% and down 1.9%, respectively.

Net inflows for the quarter ended September 30, 2009 were $216 million, largely reflecting interest in GLG’s managed account capabilities, its Japan and convertible debt offerings and the new UK retail distribution platform which launched in August, offset by anticipated outflows from the lifting of suspensions on redemptions from the GLG Market Neutral Fund. For the first nine months of 2009, net inflows were $2.5 billion primarily from approximately $2.6 billion of incremental net AUM acquired from SGAM UK during the second quarter of 2009.

The effect of currency translation increased net AUM by $435 million in the quarter ended September 30, 2009 and $1.2 billion in the first nine months of 2009.

GLG’s total gross AUM (including assets invested from other GLG managed funds) was $24.0 billion as of September 30, 2009, up 11% from June 30, 2009 and up 13% from September 30, 2008.

Note: Managed accounts amounted to $10.4 billion in net AUM at September 30, 2009 and $1.8 billion in net AUM at September 30, 2008.

Financial and Operational Summary

REVENUES

Net revenues and other income were $48.2 million, down 53% year-over-year, for the quarter ended September 30, 2009. The decline largely reflects the greater representation in net AUM from long only funds and managed accounts which have lower management and administrative fees than GLG’s alternative strategy funds. Net revenues and other income for the first nine months of 2009 decreased 56% from the first nine months of 2008 to $186.1 million.

Third quarter 2009 performance fees were $1.9 million, down $4.9 million from the year ago period. It is GLG’s policy to recognize performance fees when they crystallize, generally on June 30 and December 31 of each year. Sustained performance from the third quarter on AUM in a position to generate performance fees will generally be recognized in the fourth quarter when the fees crystallize on December 31. Accordingly, the fourth quarter’s performance fees will largely reflect second half performance. Performance fees for the first nine months of 2009 were $50.7 million versus $89.8 million in the year ago period due to generally stronger investment performance offset by lower levels of AUM in position to generate performance fees.

Management fees and administration, service and distribution fees totalled $46.0 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2009, down 53% from the same period last year due to a greater representation in net AUM from long only funds and managed accounts which have lower management and administration fees than GLG’s alternative strategies. The annualized yield on management, administration, service and distribution fees was 0.90% of average net AUM, a decline of 102 basis points (“bps”) compared to the yield in the third quarter of 2008 but steady relative to the second quarter of 2009. For the first nine months of 2009, management fees and administration, service and distribution fees totaled $127.8 million, down 61% from the same period last year. The annualized yield on management, administration, service and distribution fees was 0.96% of average net AUM⁸, a decline of 99 bps compared to the yield in the first nine months of 2008.

Other income, which largely reflects the currency translation impact on non-dollar denominated cash held on GLG’s balance sheet and currency hedging, increased by $3.1 million from the third quarter of 2008 to $0.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2009 due to the weakening of the U.S. dollar during the period. For the first nine months of 2009, other income rose by $5.1 million from the same period a year ago to $7.6 million.

EXPENSES

GAAP compensation, benefits and profit share for the quarter ended September 30, 2009 decreased to $136.6 million compared to $227.4 million in the same quarter last year. For the first nine months of 2009, GAAP compensation, benefits and profit share decreased to $455.2 million compared to $777.1 million in the first nine months of 2008. Non-GAAP compensation, benefits and profit share (“non-GAAP CBP”) decreased in the quarter ended September 30, 2009 by 33% from the year ago period to $26.5 million. For the first nine months of 2009, CBP decreased by 53% from the year ago period to $89.5 million. Non-GAAP CBP is a financial measure not prepared under GAAP, and includes compensation, benefits and profit share but excludes Acquisition-related compensation expense described below under “Non-GAAP Financial Measures”.

The total level of non-GAAP CBP when expressed as a percentage of revenues and other income rose 16 percentage points to 55% in the quarter ended September 30, 2009 from the same period last year, and rose 3 percentage points to 48% in the first nine months of 2009 when compared to the first nine months of 2008. Restructuring costs tied to the acquisition of SGAM UK added $3.3 million to GAAP compensation, benefits and profit share and non-GAAP CBP for the first nine months of 2009. These restructuring compensation costs, when expressed as a percentage of revenues and other income, were 1.8% in the first nine months of 2009. The higher non-GAAP CBP to revenue ratios in 2009 when compared to 2008 reflect stronger investment performance broadly, a lower percentage of total net AUM in a position to generate performance fees and lower management and administration fee yields. Please note that GLG’s compensation, benefits and profit share has large discretionary components and is finalized based primarily on full year performance as at December 31 of each year.

General, administrative, and other expenses for the quarter ended September 30, 2009 decreased 22% from the year ago period to $23.7 million, and decreased 21% year-over-year for the first nine months of 2009 to $71.5 million. The decrease is mainly the result of targeted cost cutting initiatives established in the fourth quarter of 2008 partially offset by the addition of expenses from the operations acquired from SGAM UK. Non-compensation related acquisition and restructuring costs tied to SGAM UK added $0.1 million and $0.9 million to general, administrative, and other expenses for the third quarter and first nine months of 2009, respectively.

Net interest expense was $2.9 million during the quarter ended September 30, 2009 and $8.8 million during the first nine months of 2009. Net interest expense largely reflects the cost of borrowings under GLG’s term loan, revolving credit facilities and convertible notes, offset by the amortization of the deferred portion of the gain on debt restructuring and interest income on cash balances.

Realized gains on available-for-sale investments were $1.0 million in the third quarter of 2009 and a loss of $20.2 million during the first nine months of 2009. The realized gain or loss on available-for-sale investments relates to investments made in GLG funds on behalf of participants in GLG’s equity participation plan. These investments are consolidated on GLG’s balance sheet under GAAP but are excluded from the calculation of non-GAAP adjusted net income, as the gains or losses on these investments flow to the participants in the plan. A net gain of approximately $75 million was recognized on the extinguishment of debt for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 resulting from $284.5 million principal amount of debt repurchased in the second quarter of 2009 for $170.7 million (the difference between the $113.8 million discount paid to face value on the repurchase and the recorded gain in the statement of operations of $84.8 million is being amortized as a reduction of interest expense). There was also a gain in the quarter ended June 30, 2009 of $21.1 million reflecting negative goodwill from the acquisition of SGAM UK (intangible assets of $33.3 million associated with the acquisition are being amortized over the next ten years). The negative goodwill gain, related amortization and associated tax benefit are excluded from the calculation of non-GAAP adjusted net income for the first nine months of 2009 as these items are not factored into management’s assessment of the underlying performance of GLG’s business.

Capital

As of September 30, 2009, there were 249.6 million common shares, 58.9 million FA Sub 2 Limited Exchangeable Shares and 54.5 million warrants outstanding (250.3 million, 58.9 million and 54.5 million, respectively, at June 30, 2009 and 245.8 million, 58.9 million and 54.5 million, respectively, at March 31, 2009). Approximately 0.6 million shares were repurchased and no warrants were repurchased or exercised during the third quarter of 2009. During the first nine months of 2009, no warrants were repurchased or exercised and 29.0 million shares were repurchased for $67.0 million.

Investor/Analyst Conference Call and Webcast

GLG will hold a conference call for investors and analysts on Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 8:30 a.m. EST / 1:30 p.m. GMT hosted by Chairman of the Board and Co-Chief Executive Officer, Noam Gottesman, and Chief Financial Officer, Jeffrey Rojek. To participate by telephone, the domestic dial-in number is +1 888 713 4211 and the international dial-in number is +1 617 213 4864. The access code is 12622431.

Participants may pre-register for the call at: https://www.theconferencingservice.com/prereg/key.process?key=PXX9RJNW7

Pre-registrants will be issued a pin number to use when dialing into the live call which will provide quick access to the conference by bypassing the operator upon connection.

For the audio replay, which will be available until December 5, 2009, the domestic dial-in number is +1 888 286 8010 and the international dial-in number is +1 617 801 6888. The replay access code is 72696678.

A live audio webcast of the teleconference will be accessible via the Investor Relations section of GLG’s website at www.glgpartners.com. The audio webcast will be available for replay in the Calendar of Events section of the website until December 5, 2009. A copy of this earnings release and the third quarter update investor presentation will also be available online.

About GLG

GLG is a U.S.-listed asset management company offering its base of long-standing prestigious clients a diverse range of alternative and traditional investment products and account management services. GLG’s focus is on preserving client’s capital and achieving consistent, superior absolute returns with low volatility and low correlations to both the equity and fixed income markets. Since its inception in 1995, GLG has built on the roots of its founders in the private wealth management industry to develop into one of the world’s largest and most recognized alternative investment managers with a growing presence in the traditional long-only investment product market. As of September 30, 2009, GLG managed net AUM of over $21 billion.

GLG maintains an Investor Relations website at www.glgpartners.com and routinely posts important information on its website for investors. Effective on or after February 1, 2010, GLG intends to use its website as a means of disclosing material non-public information and for complying with its disclosure obligations under Regulation FD promulgated by the SEC. These disclosures will be included on GLG’s website under the section "Investor Relations ─ Overview ─ Recent News". Accordingly, investors should monitor this portion of GLG’s website, in addition to following its press releases, SEC filings and public conference calls and webcasts.

Forward-looking Statements

This press release contains statements relating to future results that are “forward-looking statements” as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as “will” and other statements that are not statements of historical fact are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Actual results may differ materially from those projected as a result of certain risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: the volatility in the financial markets; GLG’s financial performance; market conditions for GLG managed investment funds; performance of GLG managed investment funds, the related performance fees and the associated impacts on revenues, net income, cash flows and fund inflows/outflows; the impact of net inflows on GLG’s mix of assets under management and the associated impacts on revenues; the cost of retaining GLG’s key investment and other personnel or the loss of such key personnel; risks associated with the expansion of GLG’s business in size and geographically; operational risk, including counterparty risk; litigation and regulatory enforcement risks, including the diversion of management time and attention and the additional costs and demands on GLG’s resources; risks related to the use of leverage, investment in derivatives, availability of credit, interest rates and currency fluctuations; as well as other risks and uncertainties, including those set forth in GLG’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These forward-looking statements are made only as of the date hereof, and GLG undertakes no obligation to update or revise the forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.

Nothing in this press release should be construed as or is intended to be a solicitation for or an offer to provide investment advisory services.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities or loans, nor shall there be any offer or sale of securities or loans in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

GLG presents certain financial measures that are not prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), in addition to financial results prepared in accordance with GAAP.

Non-GAAP compensation, benefits and profit share: GLG’s management assesses its personnel-related expenses based on the measure non-GAAP compensation, benefits and profit share, or non-GAAP CBP. Non-GAAP CBP reflects GAAP compensation, benefits and profit share adjusted to exclude Acquisition-related compensation expense in connection with the acquisition by Freedom Acquisition Holdings Inc. (“Freedom”) of GLG Partners LP and associated entities. A reconciliation of non-GAAP CBP to GAAP compensation, benefits and profit share is provided in the following pages.

Acquisition-related compensation expense reflects share-based and other compensation recognized with respect to (a) the 15% of the total consideration of cash and capital stock received collectively by Sage Summit LP and Lavender Heights Capital LP in connection with the Acquisition (including with respect to the cash portion of the awards under the equity participation plan in the aggregate amounts of $91 million, $45 million, and $5 million for the three 12-month periods beginning with the consummation of the Acquisition), the 10,000,000 shares allocated for the benefit of employees, service providers and certain key personnel under the Restricted Stock Plan, and the agreement among the principals and trustees and (b) dividends paid on unvested shares that are ultimately not expected to vest. GLG subtracts any compensation expense related to dividends paid on unvested shares. Compensation expense is only booked in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718 on dividends on unvested shares that are ultimately not expected to vest.

Management believes Acquisition-related compensation expense does not reflect GLG’s ongoing core business operations and compensation expense and excludes such amounts for assessing GLG’s ongoing core business performance.

Non-GAAP CBP is not a measure of financial performance under GAAP and should not be considered as an alternative to GAAP compensation, benefits and profit share.

Non-GAAP Adjusted Net Income: GLG’s management assesses the underlying performance of its business based on the measure “adjusted net income,” which adjusts GAAP net (loss)/income before non-controlling interests for (1) the Acquisition-related compensation expense, (2) to the extent that GLG records a tax benefit in connection with Acquisition-related compensation that is tax deductible for GAAP purposes, the impact of that tax benefit in calculating non-GAAP adjusted net income, (3) any gains or losses realized from investments in GLG Funds held by equity participation plan participants in connection with the Acquisition, (4) the cumulative dividends payable to the holders of exchangeable shares of GLG’s FA Sub 2 Limited subsidiary in respect of its estimate of the net taxable income of FA Sub 2 Limited allocable to such holders multiplied by an assumed tax rate, (5) the gain on business combination arising from the purchase of SGAM UK, and (6) amortization of the intangible assets recognized in relation to the acquired management contracts of SGAM UK and its associated tax effect. The definition of adjusted net income was modified in the second quarter to reflect certain additional adjustments arising from the SGAM UK acquisition, as these items are not factored into management’s assessment of the underlying performance of GLG’s business. A reconciliation of non-GAAP adjusted net (loss) / income to GAAP net loss before non-controlling interests is provided in the following pages.

Adjusted net income is not a measure of financial performance under GAAP and should not be considered as an alternative to GAAP net (loss)/income as an indicator of GLG’s operating performance or any other measures of performance derived in accordance with GAAP.

Non-GAAP Weighted Average Fully Diluted Shares: GLG’s management assesses business performance per share based on the measure “non-GAAP weighted average fully diluted shares,” which adjusts average fully diluted shares outstanding under GAAP for (1) the unvested shares issued pursuant to GLG’s equity participation plan, which are recorded under GAAP as treasury shares, but upon which it will pay dividends to the extent it pays them on vested shares; (2) unvested shares awarded under GLG’s 2007 Restricted Stock Plan and Long-Term Incentive Plan upon which it will pay dividends to the extent it pays them on vested shares; (3) the exchange of the FA Sub 2 Limited Exchangeable Shares; (4) the conversion of the convertible notes, if the conversion is dilutive and (5) the number of shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants under the treasury stock method.

Adjusted Non-GAAP Adjusted Net Income: For periods in which the conversion of the convertible notes would be dilutive and the underlying shares are included in the non-GAAP weighted average fully diluted share count, GLG’s management further adjusts the non-GAAP adjusted net income measure to add back the amount of the convertible note interest expense for the period.

GLG is providing these non-GAAP financial measures to enable investors, securities analysts and other interested parties to perform additional financial analysis of GLG’s personnel-related costs and its earnings from operations and because GLG believes that they will be helpful to investors in understanding all components of personnel-related costs of GLG’s business. GLG’s management believes that non-GAAP financial measures also enhance comparisons of GLG’s core results of operations with historical periods. In particular, GLG believes that the non-GAAP adjusted net income measure better represents economic income than does GAAP net (loss)/income primarily because of the adjustments described under “Non-GAAP Adjusted Net Income” above. In addition, GLG uses these non-GAAP financial measures in its evaluation of its core results of operations and trends between fiscal periods and believes these measures are an important component of its internal performance measurement process. GLG also prepares forecasts for future periods on a basis consistent with these non-GAAP financial measures.

Investors should consider these non-GAAP financial measures in addition to, and not as a substitute for, or superior to, measures of performance prepared in accordance with GAAP. The non-GAAP financial measures presented by GLG may be different from financial measures used by other companies.

APPENDIX

Alternative Strategy Dollar-Weighted Average Returns

GLG alternative strategy dollar-weighted average returns are calculated as the composite performance of the alternative funds listed below, in addition to managed accounts managed in accordance with alternative strategies, weighted by the sum of month-end AUM and net inflows on the subsequent dealing day:

For the month of October 2009, dollar-weighted average returns are based on estimated month-end NAVs as at November 3, 2009.

Long Only Strategy Dollar-Weighted Average Returns

GLG long only strategy dollar-weighted average returns are calculated as the composite performance of the long only funds listed below, in addition to managed accounts managed in accordance with a long only strategy (except those for which GLG does not exercise full control), weighted by the sum of month-end AUM and net inflows on the subsequent dealing day:

For the month of October 2009, dollar-weighted average returns are based on final and estimated month-end NAVs as at November 3, 2009; however estimated October pricing data is unavailable for approximately 30% of GLG’s total long only AUM, which have therefore been excluded from the long only composite returns for October and year-to-date through October 2009.

130 / 30 or Similar Strategy Dollar-Weighted Average Returns

GLG 130 / 30 or similar strategy’ dollar-weighted average returns are calculated as the composite performance of the funds listed below, in addition to managed accounts managed in accordance with a 130 / 30 or similar strategy, weighted by the sum of month-end AUM and net inflows on the subsequent dealing day:

For the month of October 2009, dollar-weighted average returns are based on estimated month-end NAVs as at October 31, 2009.

¹ Performance is typically measured by the longest running share class in each fund. See the Appendix for a description of how dollar-weighted average returns are calculated.

² October dollar-weighted average returns are calculated based on estimated October month-end net asset values (NAVs). See the Appendix for a description of how dollar-weighted average returns are calculated.

³ Alternative strategy gross AUM includes all alternative strategy funds, all 130/30 strategy funds and managed accounts managed in accordance with alternative and 130/30 strategies.

⁴ Long only strategy gross AUM includes all long only funds and managed accounts managed in accordance with a long only strategy.

⁵ Quarterly average net AUM for a given period is calculated as a 2 point (quarter open and close) average.

⁶ Inflows for the first nine months of 2009 include approximately $2.6 billion of incremental net AUM acquired from SGAM UK during Q2 2009.

⁷ Performance as a percentage of opening net AUM is based on both opening AUM and inflows and outflows during the period and can be influenced by heavy inflows or outflows.

⁸ Average net AUM for the first nine months of 2009 excludes as of January 1, 2009 approximately $3 billion of AUM mandated in December 2008 pursuant to a sub-advisory arrangement with SGAM UK which terminated upon the acquisition of SGAM UK on April 3, 2009 and includes net AUM of approximately $7 billion acquired from SGAM UK on April 3, 2009 as if the AUM were acquired on April 1, 2009.