Appointment of Key Employees

RNS Number : 6867F

TMT Investments PLC

28 April 2011

 



TMT INVESTMENTS PLC

("TMT" or the "Company")

Appointment of Key Employees

TMT announces that it has appointed Alexander Pak as an investment director and Levan Kavtaradze as an assistant director. They will assist TMT's management team in sourcing, analysing, structuring and executing the Company's investment opportunities and, in future, managing TMT's investment portfolio.

Alexander, aged 29, was previously director of strategic investments at RosBusinessConsulting ("RBC") (working alongside Alexander Morgulchik and German Kaplun) overseeing RBC's investment program into early stage technology companies including social gaming, web service and software application companies. He was in charge of post-investment integration and general oversight of the investee companies on behalf of RBC. Alexander is currently a director of Light Vision Interactive Ltd, a private holding company managing a number of online and social gaming projects. He has an MBA from Kingston University (UK).

Levan, aged 27, is an experienced IT project manager and software engineer with particular expertise in the digital media sector and software licensing issues. In the past, he project managed a number of venture capital investments, and also worked as an investment specialist at IQ Investment Ltd. and TradeMatic Ltd., where he exercised technical and financial oversight over a number of Russian and foreign software and hardware development teams and developed business plans and financial models. He has degrees from the Bauman State Technical University and Russian State Institute of Intellectual Property.

Both Alexander and Levan will be based in Moscow and commence work from 01 May 2011.

For further information contact:

TMT INVESTMENTS PLC Mr. Alexander Selegenev www.tmtinvestments.com	[phone] [e-mail]
ZAI Corporate Finance Ltd NOMAD and Broker Richard Morrison, Irina Lomova, Wei Wang	020 7060 2220

About TMT Investments

The Investment Policy & Strategy

The Company's objective is to generate an attractive rate of return for Shareholders, predominantly through capital appreciation, by taking advantage of opportunities to invest in the TMT Sector. The Company aims to provide equity and equity-related investment capital, such as convertible loans, to private companies which are seeking capital for growth and development, consolidation or acquisition, or as a pre-IPO financing.

In addition, the Company intends to invest in publicly traded equities which have securities listed on a stock exchange or over-the-counter market. These investments may be in combination with additional debt or equity-related financing, and in appropriate circumstances in collaboration with other value added financial and/or strategic investors.

The Company is not geographically restricted in terms of where it will consider making investments. It will consider any geographical area, to the extent that the investment fits within the Company's investment criteria. The Directors and Consultants have expertise in emerging markets and, in particular, in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States. The Company will not be subject to any borrowing or leveraging limits.

Private Companies

The Company will target small and mid-sized companies and will seek to secure at least blocking stakes and board representation, where it considers that the Company and/or an investee company would benefit from such an appointment. The Company will consider making equity investments in lower than blocking stakes only where it sees ways to increase the stakes to blocking or controlling stakes at a later date. Each investment is expected to be at least US$250,000.

The investments targeted by the Company will aim to support rapidly-growing private companies to increase market share and achieve long-term shareholder value. It is envisaged that if the Company invested in a private company prior to that company listing on a stock market, the Company would retain a part of its investment in the listed entity going forward. The Company intends to work closely with the management of each investee company to create value by focusing on driving growth through revenue creation, margin enhancement and extracting cost efficiencies, as well as implementing appropriate capital structures to enhance returns.

Public Companies

When investing in public equities, the Company will seek to select companies with a dominant market share or strong growth potential in their respective segments. No restrictions will be placed on the size of public companies in which the Company may make an investment. The Directors intend to make investments in companies or businesses with attractive valuation, growth potential, with competent and motivated management, which enjoy brand recognition, have scalable business models, have strong relationships with customers and have in place transparent accounting policies.

Realisation of Returns

The Directors will, when appropriate, consider how best to realise value for Shareholders whether through a trade sale, flotation or secondary refinancing of the investee companies. The proposed exit route will form a key consideration of the initial investment analysis.

The Company expects to derive returns on investments principally through long-term capital gains and/or the payment of dividends by investees. The primary ways in which the Company expects to realise these returns include: (a) the sale or merger of a company; (b) the sale of securities of a company by means of public or private offerings; and (c) the disposal of public equity investments through the stock exchanges on which they are listed.

For private investee companies the Company believes that its typical investment holding period should provide sufficient time for investee companies to adequately benefit from the capital and operational improvements resulting from the Company's investment. The targeted holding period shall be reviewed on a regular basis by the Company, but it is expected that this will typically be between two to four years. For public equities the Company's objective is to maximise capital appreciation. Following the acquisition, the Company will continue to conduct extensive research and monitoring of the investment. Importance will be placed on the timing of any disposal which will follow a thorough review of market conditions and those reports and sources that are available to investors. Should the Company consider that the capital appreciation of a particular public equity investment has reached its peak or is likely to or has begun to decline, then the Company will consider the sale of that investment.

 

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