19 July 2011
HgCapital Trust plc (or “the Trust”) has today announced the acquisition from a third party of a £15 million limited partnership interest in HgCapital 6 (“Hg6”), the current buyout fund of its Manager, HgCapital.
The Trust has paid £7.8 million in cash for the funds already invested. This represents a 2% premium above the Net Asset Value of Hg6 as at 31st December 2010, adjusted for subsequent cash flows to the date to completion. The balance of the Trust’s new investment represents a commitment of £7.2 million which will be drawn down to fund new deals pari passu with other limited partnership interests held by institutional clients of HgCapital. The vendor is selling the interest as part of its stated strategy to wind down its exposure to the private equity sector.
At the end of 2008, the Trust agreed to invest £285 million by way of co-investment alongside its Manager’s Hg6 limited partnership. Hg6 and the Trust’s co-investment agreement together form a £1.9 billion investment fund targeting mid-market buyouts in Western Europe. Accordingly, the Trust has taken a 15% interest in each of HgCapital's buyout acquisitions. The acquisition of a limited partnership interest in Hg6 therefore increases the Trust’s participation in each of HgCapital’s deals to 15.8%.
Between the launch of Hg6 and 31 May 2011, £132 million of the Trust’s capital has been invested as follows:
Co-investments alongside Hg6 (as at 31 May 2011) as a % of the Trust’s NAV
| Investment | Sector | Geography | Year | £m % | NAV | |
| 1 | TeamSystem | TMT | Italy | 2010 | 25,621 | 7.2% |
| 2 | Frösunda | Healthcare | Nordic Region | 2010 | 15,947 | 4.5% |
| 3 | Lumesse | TMT | UK | 2010 | 14,281 | 4.0% |
| 4 | Midas (t/a Goldshield) | Healthcare | UK | 2009 | 12,441 | 3.5% |
| 5 | JLA | Services | UK | 2010 | 12,227 | 3.5% |
| 6 | Manx Telecom | TMT | UK | 2010 | 11,033 | 3.1% |
| 7 | SimonsVoss | Industrials | Germany | 2010 | 10,560 | 3.0% |
| 8 | ATC | Services | Benelux | 2011 | 10,379 | 2.9% |
| 9 | Teufel | Industrials | Germany | 2010 | 9,791 | 2.7% |
| 10 | Epyx | TMT | UK | 2009 | 9,783 | 2.7% |
| TOTAL | 132,063 | 37.1% |
As a result of this transaction and the investment in Mainio Vire, liquid resources are estimated to be £82.0 million (23% of the 31 May 2011 NAV) and the Trust's undrawn commitment to Hg6, Hg5, RPP and RPP2 is £200 million.In addition to these investments, in June 2011 the Trust agreed to contribute £12.3 million (3.5% of NAV) towards HgCapital’s acquisition of Mainio Vire, Finland’s leading social care company.
Roger Mountford, Chairman of HgCapital Trust, commented: “The Board is very pleased to take advantage of this opportunity to increase our exposure to a portfolio of investments that we know well and which we believe will deliver strong medium-term growth to the Trust’s Net Asset Value.
“Occasional opportunities to make secondary purchases in funds managed by HgCapital present us with another way to derive returns from funds in which we have confidence, so as to achieve shareholder value while managing our resources. We will be interested to look at other secondary opportunities in our Manager’s funds that may arise in the future.”