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RNS Number : 4293F  Duke Capital Limited  04 March 2024

04 March 2024

 

Duke Capital Limited

 

("Duke Capital", "Duke" or the "Company")

 

Increased Equity Stake in United Glass Group

Duke Capital Limited, a leading provider of hybrid capital solutions for SME
business owners in Europe and North America, is pleased to announce it has
increased its equity stake in United Glass Group ("UGG") from 30.0% to 73.8%
through a £2.9 million secondary share purchase from existing shareholders.
UGG is a progressive and service-orientated group of architectural glass
processing companies that has been operating in the UK market since the early
1980s.

Highlights:

 

·        This investment aligns with Duke's vision to deepen its
engagement with its high-performing portfolio companies. By increasing its
equity position, Duke reaffirms its confidence in UGG's potential for
sustained success and reinforces its commitment to the company's growth
trajectory

·        This transaction rewards UGG's management team for the strong
financial performance that they have delivered to date while ensuring that
significant potential future value remains available to them from a further
exit event and that the core executive team remain dedicated and aligned with
the long term interest of all stakeholders

·        UGG has a pipeline of attractive acquisition targets which
underpins Duke's confidence in the Company's long-term growth potential

·        Duke also retains the right, but not the obligation, to
provide additional senior secured debt funding to UGG to finance its future
acquisitions with Duke's current debt exposure to UGG being £12.0m

 

Neil Johnson, CEO of Duke Capital, said:

 

"We have been invested in UGG since 2018 and during this time the Company has
achieved significant growth and proven itself to be a highly successful
partner. Their long-standing track record and strong potential for future
growth means that it makes perfect sense to increase our equity stake in the
business."

 

Mark Harrison, Managing Director of UGG, said

 

"We are thrilled to deepen our partnership with Duke Capital through this
equity transaction which demonstrates Duke's confidence in UGG's growth
prospects and strategy.  The core operating team at UGG remains unchanged and
is determined to continue to grow the business both organically and via
M&A to generate additional future equity value for all shareholders."

Duke Capital Portfolio

A full list of Duke's current Partners is included for reference on the
Partners page of the Company's website: www.dukecapital.com/partners
(http://www.dukecapital.com/partners)

 

 

***ENDS***

 

For further information, please visit www.dukecapital.com
(http://www.dukecapital.com) or contact:

 

 Duke Capital Limited                                                    Neil Johnson / Charles Cannon Brookes / Hugo Evans  +44 (0) 1481 231 816

 Cavendish Capital Markets Limited (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker)  Stephen Keys / Callum Davidson / Michael Johnson    +44 (0) 207 220 0500

 Canaccord Genuity                                                       Adam James / Harry Rees                             +44 (0) 207 523 8000

 (Joint Broker)

 SEC Newgate (Financial Communications)                                  Elisabeth Cowell / Alice Cho / Matthew Elliott      + +44 (0) 20 3757 6882 duke@secnewgate.co.uk

 

About Duke Capital

 

Duke is a leading provider of hybrid capital solutions for SME business owners
in Europe and North America, combining the best features of both equity and
debt.

 

Since 2017, Duke has provided unique long-term financing which eliminates
re-financing risk and necessity for a short-term exit by providing a unique
'corporate mortgage' while also aligning its returns to grow with the success
of the business.

 

Duke is focused on generating attractive risk-adjusted returns for
shareholders and has a track record of achieving this across market cycles.
It's three investment pillars are capital preservation, attractive dividend
yield, and to provide upside upon exits.

 

Duke is listed on the AIM market under the ticker DUKE and is headquartered in
Guernsey.

 

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