Loan Portfolio Acquisition

RNS Number : 1703S

Arbuthnot Banking Group PLC

19 December 2016

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

19 December 2016

Arbuthnot Banking Group PLC

Loan Portfolio Acquisition

Arbuthnot Banking Group PLC ("Arbuthnot" or "the Group") today announces that its wholly owned subsidiary Arbuthnot Latham ("AL") has completed the purchase of a private banking loan portfolio, which is mainly secured against residential property.

The loans are being purchased from Duncan Lawrie Ltd ("Duncan Lawrie"). As at 31 October 2016 the portfolio had total customer balances of approximately £44.9m and comprised 83 customer accounts. The average loan to value of the portfolio was 43% and the client yield was 5.21% (for the month of October) before applying any yield adjustment for the negotiated discount, which was 5% to the par value of the loans. This discount should result in a higher effective interest rate as the portfolio repays.

The consideration of £42.7m (which is subject to certain completion adjustments relating to the period up to 31 January 2017) will be satisfied in cash from the Group's resources.

Enquiries:

Arbuthnot Banking Group Henry Angest, Chairman and Chief Executive Andrew Salmon, Group Chief Operating Officer James Cobb, Group Finance Director Ian Henderson, Group Director and Chief Executive Arbuthnot Latham	0207 012 2400
Stifel Nicolaus Europe Ltd trading as KBW (Nomad and Joint Broker) Robin Mann Gareth Hunt Stewart Wallace	0207 710 7600
Numis Securities Ltd (Joint Broker) Chris Wilkinson Andrew Holloway	0207 260 1000
Bell Pottinger (Financial PR) Ben Woodford	0203 772 2563

 

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