Q3 update for the three months ended 31 October 2023
25/01/2024 07:00
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ICG Enterprise Trust plc Q3 update for the three months ended 31 October 2023 25 January 2024
NAV per Share of 1,959p
Highlights * NAV per Share of 1,959p (31 July 2023: 1,904p); NAV per Share Total Return of 3.3% during the quarter and 3.8% over the last twelve months (5 year annualised: 15.4%)
* Portfolio Return on a Local Currency Basis of 0.1% during the quarter and 4.8% on an LTM basis (5 year annualised: 17.5%)
* Portfolio was cashflow positive during the quarter, with Realisations of £39m and New Investments of £29m
* Twelve Full Exits completed at a weighted average Uplift to Carrying Value of 33.7%
* Third quarter dividend of 8p per share (Q3 FY23: 7p). Board intends to pay total dividends of at least 32p per share for FY24 (FY23: 30p)
* £3.8m returned via share buybacks in 27 separate transactions during the quarter. £14.6m returned in aggregate so far via share buybacks at weighted average discount to last reported NAV of 39.7% since programme initiated in October 2022 (1)
* Consistent with our active management of the Portfolio, post period-end we executed a secondary sale that generated an attractive 1.8x return on invested cost and gross cash proceeds of £68m (see page 6 for further details)
(1)Up to and including 19 January 2024
PERFORMANCE OVERVIEW
Annualised
Performance to 31 October 2023 3 months 1 year 3 years 5 years 10 years
Portfolio Return on a Local Currency Basis 0.1 % 4.8 % 21.1 % 17.5 % 13.7 %
NAV per Share Total Return 3.3 % 3.8 % 18.3 % 15.4 % 13.4 %
Share Price Total Return (6.5) % 11.6 % 12.9 % 8.4 % 9.8 %
FTSE All-Share Index Total Return (4.8) % 5.9 % 11.7 % 3.9 % 4.7 %
Portfolio activity overview for Q3 FY24 Primary Direct Secondary Total ICG-managed
Portfolio Return on a Local Currency Basis 0.1 % (0.1) % 0.1 % 0.1 % 2.4 %
Portfolio Return in Sterling 3.1% 3.4% 4.3% 3.4% 6.0%
New Investments £26m £1m £2m £29m £5m
Proceeds £24m £1m £14m £39m £16m
New fund Commitments £29m — — £29m —
Closing Portfolio value £793m £384m £260m £1,437m £440m
% Total Portfolio 55 % 27 % 18 % 100 % 31 %
ENQUIRIES
Institutional investors and analysts: Chris Hunt, Head of Shareholder
Relations, ICG, +44 (0) 20 3545 2000
David Harris, Cadarn Capital, +44 (0) 20 7019 9042
Media: Cat Armstrong, Corporate Communications, ICG, +44 (0) 20 3545 1395
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FY24 Third Interim Dividend
Ex-dividend date 15 February 2024
Record date 16 February 2024
Dividend payment date 1 March 2024
ABOUT ICG ENTERPRISE TRUST
ICG Enterprise Trust is a leading listed private equity investor focused on
creating long-term growth by delivering consistently strong returns through
selectively investing in profitable, cash-generative private companies,
primarily in Europe and the US.
We invest in companies directly as well as through funds managed by
Intermediate Capital Group plc ("ICG") and other leading managers who focus on
creating long-term value and building sustainable growth through active
management and strategic change.
ICG Alternative Investment Limited, a regulated subsidiary of ICG, acts as the
Manager of the Company.
NOTES
Included in this document are Alternative Performance Measures (“APMs”).
APMs have been used if considered by the Board and the Manager to be the most
relevant basis for shareholders in assessing the overall performance of the
Company, and for comparing the performance of the Company to its peers and its
previously reported results.
All performance figures are stated on a Total Return basis (i.e. including the
effect of re-invested dividends).
DISCLAIMER
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subscribe for, any securities in any jurisdiction where such an offer or
solicitation is unlawful or would impose any unfulfilled registration,
qualification, publication or approval requirements on ICG Enterprise Trust
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referred to herein and on the pages that follow may not be offered or sold
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forward looking statement. Actual results may differ materially from those
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undertake any obligation to update or revise any forward looking statements.
You should not place undue reliance on any forward looking statement, which
speaks only as of the date of its issuance.
MANAGER’S REVIEW
Our investment strategy
We focus on investing in buyouts of profitable, cash-generative businesses in
developed markets that exhibit defensive growth characteristics which we
believe will support strong and resilient returns across economic cycles.
We take an active approach to portfolio construction, with a flexible mandate
that enables us to deploy capital in Primary, Direct and Secondary
investments. Geographically we focus on the developed markets of North America
and Europe, including the UK, which have deep and mature private equity
markets supported by a robust corporate governance framework.
Investments managed by ICG accounted for 31% of the Portfolio.
Medium-term target Q3 FY24 Five-year average
1. Target Portfolio composition (1)
Investment category
Primary ~50% 55% 61%
Direct ~25% 27% 24%
Secondary ~25% 18% 15%
Geography
North America ~50% 43% 40%
Europe (inc. UK) ~50% 50% 53%
Other — 7% 7%
2. Balance sheet
(Net cash)/net debt (2) ~0% 4% (3)%
1 As percentage of Portfolio; 2 (Net cash)/net debt as a percentage of NAV
Performance overview
* At 31 October 2023, the Portfolio was valued at £1,437m. The Portfolio
Return on a Local Currency Basis for the quarter was 0.1% and in Sterling
terms the Portfolio value grew by 3.4%
* The Portfolio generated £10m of cash during the quarter, comprised of £29m
new investments and £39m proceeds
* ICG Enterprise Trust generated a NAV per Share Total Return of 3.3% during
the quarter, ending the period with a NAV per Share of 1,959p
* Over the last five years ICG Enterprise Trust has generated an annualised
NAV per Share Total Return of 15.4%
Movement in the Portfolio 3 months to 31 October 2023
Opening Portfolio £1,399m
Total New Investments £29m
Total Proceeds £(39)m
Net (proceeds)/investments £(10)m
Valuation movement (1) £1m
Currency movement £47m
Closing Portfolio £1,437m
% Portfolio growth (local currency) 0.1 %
% currency movement 3.3 %
% Portfolio growth (Sterling) 3.4 %
Impact of (net cash)/net debt 0.3 %
Expenses and other income (0.4) %
Co-investment Incentive Scheme Accrual (0.2) %
Impact of share buybacks and dividend reinvestment 0.2 %
NAV per Share Total Return 3.3 %
1. 93% of the Portfolio is valued using 30 September 2023 (or later)
valuations.
Quoted company exposure
* We do not actively invest in publicly quoted companies but gain listed
investment exposure when IPOs are used as a route to exit an investment. In
these cases, exit timing typically lies with the manager with whom we have
invested
* During the period Chewy and PetSmart were legally separated, which we
believe will facilitate getting liquidity from these investments. The
valuation impact of this transaction was minimal. As a result of this legal
separation, our investment in the quoted company (Chewy, ticker: CHWY-US) is
now shown separately from our investment in PetSmart
* At 31 October 2023, ICG Enterprise Trust’s exposure to quoted companies
was valued at £72m, equivalent to 5.0% of the Portfolio value (31 July 2023:
6.9%). There was one quoted investment that individually accounted for 0.5% or
more of the Portfolio value:
Company Ticker 31 October 2023 % of Portfolio value
Chewy CHWY-US 1.4 %
Other companies 3.6 %
Total 5.0 %
Realisation activity
* Total Realisation proceeds of £39m during the quarter
* Twelve Full Exits completed during the quarter, at a weighted average Uplift
to Carrying Value of 33.7% and a 3.3x Multiple to Cost
New investment activity
* Total New Investments of £29m during the quarter, of which 17% (£5m) was
alongside ICG
* The split of Total New Investments was split by category as follows:
Investment Category Cost % of New Investments
Primary £26m 89 %
Direct £1m 4 %
Secondary £2m 7 %
Total £29m 100 %
* The £1m of direct investments were follow-on investments in existing
portfolio companies
Commitments
* We made two new fund Commitments totalling £29m during the quarter:
Fund Manager Type / Focus Commitment during the period
Local currency GBP
New Mountain VII New Mountain Capital Primary / large buyouts $20.0m £16.4m
Bowmark VII Bowmark Primary / mid-market buyouts £12.5m £12.5m
* At 31 October 2023 we had Total Undrawn Commitments of £490m to funds in
their investment period and a further £95m to funds outside their investment
period
Liquidity
* Total available liquidity at 31 October 2023 was £154.2m (31 July 2023:
£158.6m)
£m
Cash at 31 July 2023 24.0
Realisation Proceeds 39.1
Total New Investments (29.2)
Debt drawn down (14.7)
Shareholder returns (9.4)
Management fees (4.0)
FX and other expenses (2.1)
Cash at 31 October 2023 3.7
Available undrawn debt facilities 150.4
Cash and undrawn debt facilities (total available liquidity) 154.1
* The cash balance was £3.7m (31 July 2023: £24.0m) and drawn debt was
£58.5m (31 July 2023: £72.9m). As a result, we had net debt of £54.8m (31
July 2023: £48.9m)
* At 31 October 2023 the Portfolio represented 108.8% of net assets (31 July
2023: 108.4%)
£m % of net assets
Portfolio 1,436.6 108.8 %
Cash 3.7 0.3 %
Drawn debt (58.5) (4.4) %
Co-investment Incentive Scheme Accrual (58.1) (4.4) %
Other net current liabilities (2.9) (0.2) %
Net assets 1,320.8 100.0 %
Dividend and share buyback
* Progressive dividend policy maintained: third quarter dividend of 8p per
share (Q3 FY23: 7p)
* It remains the Board’s current intention to declare total dividends of at
least 32p per share for the financial year ended 31 January 2024. This would
represent an increase of 2p (6.7%) per share compared to the financial year
ended 31 January 2023
* The following purchases have been made under the Company's long-term share
buyback programme:
Q3 FY24 Since 19 October 2022 (1)
Number of shares purchased 326,515 1,282,188
Capital returned to shareholders £3.8m £14.6m
Number of days shares have been acquired under the buyback programme 27 92
Weighted average discount to last reported NAV 38.9 % 39.7 %
(1) Being the date the long-term share buyback programme was announced, up to
and including 19 January 2024
Activity since the period end
Notable activity between 1 November 2023 and 31 December 2023 has included:
* Realisation Proceeds of £9m
* New investments of £28m
* As part of our active approach to managing our Portfolio, we executed a
Secondary sale of certain investments that we expect to generate lower returns
in the future than the rest of the Portfolio. The sale generated an attractive
return of 1.8x invested cost, and gross cash proceeds of £68m that were
received in December 2023. It also reduced our undrawn commitments by £9m.
The sale was executed at a discount of 15.9%, which we estimate led to a
reduction in our NAV per Share of approximately 1%. Pro-forma for this
transaction at 31 October 2023 our NAV per Share would have been 1,937p (31
July 2023: 1,904p)
25 January 2024