Realisation of Three Investments

RNS Number : 9807C

Mobeus Income & Growth VCT PLC

14 February 2020

 

Mobeus Income & Growth VCT plc ("MIG VCT" or the "Company")

This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of Regulation (EU) no. 596/2014

Recent realisations of three investments

The Company is pleased to update shareholders with news of three successful realisations of investments.

The impact of these three realisations on the Company's latest announced net asset value ("NAV") per share is an increase of 3.92 pence.  The NAV per share at 30 September 2019 was 68.96p which has since reduced to 62.96 pence due to the two subsequent dividends per share of 2 pence on 6 December 2019 and 4 pence on 8 January 2020.

The Company emphasises that the increase in NAV per share from these three realisations is in isolation from other changes in the Company's balance sheet, including valuation movements in the Company's investment portfolio, that also may have affected the NAV per share as at 31 December 2019. This NAV will be released within the Company's Annual Report that is planned to be announced on or around 23 March 2020.

The investment realisations arise from three sales of investee companies, the details of which are set out below: -

Turner Topco Limited, trading as Auction Technology Group Limited ("ATG")

ATG was sold on 13 February 2020 to TA Associates. The Company received £8.62 million in cash upon the sale and has generated a realised gain over cost over the life of the investment, (including proceeds received following a partial realisation from a sale to ECI Partners in June 2014) of £11.50 million.

All four Mobeus-advised VCTs realised their investment in ATG.  Total cash proceeds received by the four Mobeus-advised VCTs over the life of their investment in ATG are £40.62 million, against an original investment cost of £9.00 million. This represents a return of 4.5 times the original investment cost and an IRR of 29% for each VCT in the 11 ½ years that this investment was held.

Pattern Analytics Limited, trading as Biosite ("Biosite")

Biosite was sold on 7 February 2020 to ASSA ABLOY Group. The Company received £2.34 million in cash from the sale and has generated a realised gain over cost over the life of the investment of £0.87 million. 

All four Mobeus-advised VCTs realised their investment in Biosite.  Total cash proceeds received by the four Mobeus-advised VCTs over the life of their investment in Biosite are £8.90 million, against an original investment cost of £5.75 million. This represents a return of 1.5 times the original investment cost and an IRR of 21% for each VCT in the just over three years that this investment was held.

Redline Worldwide Limited ("Redline")

Redline was sold on 12 December 2019 to Air Partner Plc. The Company received £1.38 million in cash from the sale and, to date, has generated a realised gain over cost over the life of the investment of £0.70 million. In addition, up to £0.25 million of additional proceeds in escrow payments and deferred consideration is potentially payable over the next 30 months.

All four Mobeus-advised VCTs realised their investment in Redline.  Total cash proceeds received by the four Mobeus-advised VCTs over the life of their investment in Redline are, to date, £6.13 million, against an original investment cost of £3.74 million. To date, this represents a return of 1.6 times the original investment cost and an IRR of 16% for each VCT in the just less than four years that this investment was held.

For further information, please contact:

Robert Brittain, for Mobeus Equity Partners LLP, Company Secretary 020 7024 7616

 

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