Electra Private Equity PLC

2020 Results - Supplementary Information

9 December 2020

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Chairman's quote

"In the most challenging circumstances, our management teams and their employees have worked tirelessly to protect their businesses and put them in a strong position for future growth. Whatever the course of the pandemic over the coming months, I am confident that we have strong and effective management teams in place, improved product offerings and above all the determination to deliver value to shareholders consistent with our declared strategy.

"The emergence of the pandemic and the resultant impact on equity market values has had the effect of reducing the combined valuation of our three larger investments, TGI Fridays ("Fridays"), Hotter Shoes ("Hotter") and Sentinel Performance Solutions ("Sentinel"), by £58.4 million (31%) from their valuations last September. Both Fridays and Hotter utilised the first period of lockdown to successfully restructure and have emerged as stronger and more agile businesses. With significant improvements now implemented, a return to 2019 levels of market activity should provide an opportunity for combined value realisation in excess of pre Covid-19 valuation levels."

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Composition of Net Asset Value

Group Highlights

  • net asset value ("NAV") as at 30 September 2020 of £135.3 million (353.4p per share);
  • valuation of the three largest investments reduced by £58.4 million from September 2019 by impact of pandemic on market multiples. Each business is now well positioned for recovery, with TGI Fridays ("Fridays") and Hotter Shoes ("Hotter") both having implemented significant business improvements;
  • the Company continues to target realisation of its remaining investments by end 2021. Advisors are in place engaged on early preparation for realisation of each of its investments when optimal post Covid-19 disruption;
  • no ordinary dividend is proposed. It is the Board's intention to distribute proceeds from asset realisations in 2021, the timing and quantum of which will be dependent on realisation processes. To date, £2 billion has been returned to shareholders since October 2016.

30 September 2020

30 September 2019

£m

p/share

£m

p/share

TGI

106.6

278.5

141.4

369.2

Sentinel

10.9

28.5

3.2

8.3

Hotter

5.8

15.2

33.0

86.2

SPC

1.0

2.6

9.0

23.6

Other

4.3

11.2

5.8

15.2

Cash & cash equivalents

6.9

18.0

17.9

46.6

Other net liabilities

(0.2)

(0.5)

(0.4)

(0.7)

Total NAV

135.3

353.4

209.9

548.4

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