Interim Management Statement
16 November 2011
LMS Capital plc
Interim Management Statement
The Board of LMS Capital ("LMS" or "the Company) is pleased to present the
Company's Interim Management Statement ("IMS") as required by the UK Listing
Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rule 4.3. This statement relates to the
period from 1 July 2011 to 15 November 2011.
On 7 November 2011, the Company issued a circular to shareholders convening a
General Meeting on 30 November to consider proposals including the amendment of
the Company's investment objective to implement an orderly wind-down of the
business. This IMS and the financial information included herein have been
prepared on the basis of the Company's current investment objective and do not
include adjustments, if any, which would be required if the investment
objective were changed.
The most significant recent developments and financial highlights were as
follows:
* In September we completed a restructuring and acquisition of certain of the
profitable trading entities of 365 plc, which provides IT managed services.
This transaction increased our interest from 23% to 84% for net
consideration of £1.8 million;
* Also in September Updata entered into a borrowing facility which enabled it
to return to us £2.85 million of our original investment cost;
* In July we sold our remaining shares in Gulfmark Offshore at a small
premium to the 30 June 2011 carrying value;
* Also in July we completed on the sale of the last of the 7 fund positions,
the disposal of which was announced in the first half;
* Uncalled fund commitments at 30 September were £25.2 million - down from £
27.5 million at the end of June and £40.7 million at the end of 2010;
* Net Asset Value per share was 89 pence at 30 September 2011, a decrease of
4% from 93 pence at 30 June 2011. The principal factor in this decline was
the share price of Weatherford International which at the end of September
was 35% lower than at the end of June. This resulted in an unrealised loss
for the quarter of £8.5 million before currency effects, reducing NAV per
share by 3 pence.
Consolidated Portfolio subsidiaries
The latest available trading results for our portfolio subsidiaries are to 30
September:
* Updata enjoyed a strong third quarter. Results were in line with budget and
revenues for the nine months were 12% ahead of the same period last year.
* Wesupply's revenues in the third quarter were 24% higher than in the
corresponding period last year and the company has continued to trade
profitably since the fourth quarter of 2010. A turnaround has been effected
as this is the first annual profit recorded by the company.
* Entuity experienced difficult trading conditions in the third quarter as
corporate customers have become cautious of even small spending
commitments, but for the year to date revenues are 13% ahead of last year
with EBITDA slightly behind 2010 after the lower Q3 performance.
* ITS increased its revenues but continued to trade at a loss. In October the
trading subsidiaries were sold for $2.5 million (of which $1 million has
been received and the balance is due for payment in 2012).
* NEP performed strongly with revenues and EBITDA for the quarter 20% ahead
of the same period in 2010. A large number of new accounts are being
contracted and to date new meters under management are up approx 20% year
on year.
Financial information
The Company's unaudited net asset value per share at 30 September 2011 was 89
pence, a 4% decline from 30 June; this decline principally reflects the decline
in the share price of our principal quoted investment, Weatherford
International. The Company's financial position at the end of October was
substantially unchanged.
The carrying value of the portfolio at 30 September 2011 is based on the
valuation of the Company's investment portfolio as at 30 June 2011 with
adjustments for transactions in the three months ended 30 September 2011
including price movements on quoted securities, movements in foreign currency
exchange rates, cash calls and distributions from funds and purchases and sales
of quoted and unquoted securities. The next full valuation of the portfolio
will be for our full year results as at 31 December 2011.
The Company's investment portfolio at 30 September 2011 (and 30 June 2011) was
as follows:
30 30
September June
2011 2011
£'000 £'000
US
Quoted 20,806 31,296
Unquoted 39,378 37,133
Funds 71,304 71,666
US total 131,488 140,095
UK
Quoted 922 1,062
Unquoted 44,710 45,617
Funds 35,542 37,569
UK total 81,174 84,248
Total 212,662 224,343
Details of our largest investments by valuation at 30 September 2011,
representing about 75% of the total portfolio, are set out in the appendix to
this statement.
During the three months ended 30 September 2011 total funds invested by the
Company were £5.6 million in unquoted securities and to meet fund calls.
Proceeds from fund distributions were £4.4 million and from sales of quoted
holdings were £1.4 million.
This statement is a general description of the financial position and
performance of the Company for the period from 1 July 2011 to 15 November 2011.
It does not contain any profit forecast or forward looking information. Future
performance and share price is likely to be affected by a number of factors,
including (but not limited to) general economic and market conditions and
specific factors affecting the financial performance or prospects of individual
investments within the Company's portfolio.
For further information please contact:
LMS Capital plc 020 7935 3555
Glenn Payne, Chief Executive Officer
Tony Sweet, Chief Financial Officer
J.P. Morgan Cazenove Limited 020 7588 2828
Michael Wentworth-Stanley
Matrix Corporate Capital LLP 020 3206 7175
Paul Fincham / Rob Naylor
Brunswick Group LLP 020 7404 5959
Simon Sporborg
Fiona Micallef-Eynaud
About LMS Capital
LMS Capital is an investment company focused on small to medium sized companies
in our preferred sectors of consumer, energy and business services. We partner
with experienced managers in profitable, growing companies where we believe we
can add value.
LMS Capital plc Appendix
Interim management statement - 16 November 2011
The Company's principal investments by valuation at 30 September 2011 were as
follows:
Name Geography Sector Date of Book
initial value
investment
£'000
Quoted investments
Weatherford US Oilfield services 1984 16,052
International
Chyron Corporation US Media/technology 1995 3,446
Direct investments
Method Products* US Consumer products 2004 18,002
HealthTech Holdings US Hospital information 2007 16,099
systems
Updata Infrastructure UK Wide area networks 2009 12,650
UK
Nationwide Energy US Energy service 2010 10,517
Partners provider
Apogee Group UK Digital printing 2010 11,000
solutions
Rave Reviews Cinemas US Cinema operations 2002 7,328
Yes To* US Consumer products 2008 7,013
Entuity UK Network management 2000 6,500
software
Penguin Computing* US Linux server systems 2004 6,055
Luxury Link* US Internet commerce 2006 5,374
Fund investments
Brockton UK Real estate 2006 17,803
(Funds I & II)
BV Investment Partners US Media and 1996 10,150
communications
(Funds V, VI & VII)
Amadeus Capital UK Technology 1998 4,417
(Funds I & II)
Primus Capital US Business services 2000 4,261
(Funds V & VI)
CMEA Ventures US Technology 2000 3,532
(Funds IV & VI)
*San Francisco Equity Partners manages these investments.
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