For immediate release:
PANTHEON INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPATIONS PLC
INTERIM MANAGEMENT STATEMENT (UNAUDITED)
FOR QUARTER ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2007
Pantheon International Participations PLC ("PIP" or the "Company") presents its
interim management statement for the period from 1 July 2007 to 30 September
2007. This constitutes the Company's first interim management statement for the
financial year ending 30 June 2008, as required by the UK Listing Authority's
Disclosure and Transparency Rule 4.3.
The Company published an unaudited Net Asset Value ("NAV") as at 30 September
2007 on 26 October 2007. This interim management statement summarises the
information as at
30 September 2007 and any further developments up to 15 November 2007.
Investment Objective
PIP's primary investment objective is to maximise capital growth by investing
in private equity funds and, occasionally, directly in private companies.
Gearing
No amounts were drawn down under any of PIP's loan facilities at 30 September
2007
Material Events and Transactions
During the quarter ended 30 September 2007 PIP received distributions from
private equity assets of £48 million. PIP invested £79 million in private
equity assets. PIP made commitments of £98 million during the quarter to 7
primary funds (£50 million), 6 secondary transactions (£42 million) and 2
direct investments (£6 million).
Performance
The NAV per share increased by 7.3% over the quarter. During the quarter the
share price discount to NAV widened from 0.2% at 30 June 2007, to 17.4% at 30
September 2007. As at 15 November the share price discount to NAV at 30
September 2007 was 7.9%.
Total Return Performance
1 Year 3 Years 5 Years 10 Years Since
Inception*
% % p.a. % p.a. % p.a.
% p.a.
NAV per share 19.8 19.0 13.2 11.7 14.4
Ordinary Share Price 0.0 16.2 14.7 13.5 13.7
MSCI World (sterling) 11.6 14.0 13.7 5.0 7.3
TR
FTSE All-Share Index TR 12.2 17.1 16.8 6.1 9.1
*18 September 1987
General Information
30/09/07 30/06/07 Change
NAV Per Share 986.2p 919.2p 7.3%
Ordinary Share Price 815.0p 917.5p (11.2)%
Redeemable Share Price 787.5p 897.5p (12.3)%
Total assets less current £654.7m £610.3m 7.3%
liabilities
Outstanding Commitments £549.1m £528.0m 4.0%
Other than as described above the Board is not aware of any events during the
period from
1 July 2007 to the date of this statement which would have a material impact on
the financial position of the Company.
Tom Bartlam
Chairman
19 November 2007
The views information and data in this announcement should not be deemed as a
financial promotion or recommendation. Shareholders are advised that this
statement is unaudited.
For further information please visit PIP's website at
www.pipplc.com or contact:
Andrew Lebus
Pantheon Ventures Ltd
Tel: 020 7484 6200
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Does not distribute, republish or otherwise provide any information or derived works to any third party in any manner or use or process information or derived works for any commercial purposes.
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