Q3 update for the three months ended 31 October 2024
23/01/2025 07:00
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ICG Enterprise Trust plc 23 January 2025 Q3 update for the three months ended 31 October 2024
Highlights * NAV per Share of 1,997p (31 July 2024: 1,946p)
* NAV per Share Total Return of 3.0% in Q3; long-term compounding returns of 13.8% annualised over last 5 years
* Continuing to invest through cycle: one new fund Commitment (£7.5m), Total New Investment of £35.2m and Total Proceeds of £34.4m (including 12 Full Exits at weighted average Uplift to Carrying Value of 18%)
* Evolving our medium-term target portfolio composition towards more secondary and direct investments
* To date our shareholder-focused approach to capital allocation has delivered: * Dividend per share increases at an annualised rate of 9% over last 5 years(1) through our progressive dividend policy; and
* £50m of buybacks since October 2022(2) (£32m long-term, £18m opportunistic), adding 2.3% (47p) to NAV per Share and reducing share count by a market-leading(3) 6%
* Q3 dividend per share of 8.5p (Q3 FY24: 8.0p), Board intends to pay total dividends of at least 35p per share for FY25 (FY24: 33p). Opportunistic share buyback renewed for FY26 of up to £25m to run alongside long-term buyback
* Balance sheet flexibility strengthened post period-end through an increase in credit facility size from €240m to €300m
1 FY20 to FY25, including intended total dividends for year ended FY25 of at least 35p 2 October 2022 being the start date for the long-term programme. Opportunistic programme started in May 2024. Both to 14 January 2025 3 Source: Deutsche Numis research, 'Opportunities abound in listed PE', data from Dec 2022 to Dec 2024 (excludes tender offers)
PERFORMANCE OVERVIEW
Annualised
Performance to 31 October 2024 3 months 1 year 3 years 5 years 10 years
Portfolio Return on a Local Currency Basis 3.1% 8.8% 9.1% 16.0% 15.3%
NAV per Share Total Return 3.0% 3.6% 8.8% 13.8% 13.5%
Share Price Total Return (7.5)% 16.1% 2.2% 8.5% 10.8%
FTSE All-Share Index Total Return (2.5)% 16.3% 6.2% 5.7% 6.2%
Portfolio activity overview for Q3 FY25 Primary Direct Secondary Total ICG-managed
Portfolio Return on a Local Currency Basis 2.8% 3.6% 3.2% 3.1% 3.8%
Portfolio Return in Sterling 2.8% 3.5% 3.1% 3.0% 3.4%
New Investments £27m £5m £4m £35m £4m
Total Proceeds £25m £3m £6m £34m £4m
New Fund Commitments £7m £—m £—m £7m £—m
Closing Portfolio value £761m £461m £224m £1,445m £443m
% Total Portfolio 53% 32% 15% 100% 31%
ENQUIRIES
Institutional investors and analysts:
Martin Li, Shareholder
Relations +44 (0) 20 3545 1816
Nathan Brown, Deutsche
Numis +44 (0) 20 7260 1426
David Harris, Cadarn Capital +44
(0) 20 7019 9042
Media:
Clare Glynn, Corporate Communications, ICG +44 (0) 20 3545 1395
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COMPANY TIMETABLE
A presentation for investors and analysts will be held at 15:30 GMT today. A
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FY25 Third Interim Dividend
Ex-dividend date 13 February 2025
Record date 14 February 2025
Dividend payment date 28 February 2025
ABOUT ICG ENTERPRISE TRUST
ICG Enterprise Trust is a leading listed private equity investor focused on
creating long-term compounding 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
The information contained herein and on the pages that follow does not
constitute an offer to sell, or the solicitation of an offer to acquire or
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
PLC (the "Company") or its affiliates or agents. Equity securities in the
Company have not been and will not be registered under the applicable
securities laws of the United States, Australia, Canada, Japan or South Africa
(each an “Excluded Jurisdiction”). The equity securities in the Company
referred to herein and on the pages that follow may not be offered or sold
within an Excluded Jurisdiction, or to any U.S. person ("U.S. Person") as
defined in Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"U.S. Securities Act"), or to any national, resident or citizen of an Excluded
Jurisdiction.
The information on the pages that follow may contain forward looking
statements. Any statement other than a statement of historical fact is a
forward looking statement. Actual results may differ materially from those
expressed or implied by any forward looking statement. The Company does not
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
Within developed markets, we focus on investing in buyouts of profitable,
cash-generative businesses that exhibit defensive growth characteristics,
which we believe will support strong and resilient compounding returns across
economic cycles.
We take an active approach to portfolio construction, with a flexible mandate
that enables us to deploy capital in Primary, Secondary and Direct
investments. Geographically we focus on the developed markets of North America
and Europe which have deep and mature private equity markets supported by a
robust corporate governance ecosystem.
Investments managed by ICG accounted for 31% of the Portfolio.
Medium-term target Five-year average Q3 FY25
1. Target Portfolio composition (1)
Investment category
Primary ~40-50% 58% 53%
Direct ~30-35% 29% 32%
Secondary ~25-30% 14% 15%
Geography
North America ~50% 42% 44%
Europe (inc. UK) ~50% 50% 49%
Other — 7% 7%
2. Balance sheet
Net cash/(net debt) (2) ~0% ~0% (7)%
1 As percentage of Portfolio; 2 Net cash/(net debt) as a percentage of NAV
Performance overview
* At 31 October 2024, the Portfolio was valued at £1,445m. The Portfolio
Return on a Local Currency Basis for the quarter was 3.1% and in Sterling
terms the Portfolio value grew by 3.0%
* ICG Enterprise Trust generated a NAV per Share Total Return of 3.0% during
the quarter, ending the period with a NAV per Share of 1,997p
* Over the last five years ICG Enterprise Trust has generated an annualised
NAV per Share Total Return of 13.8%
Movement in the Portfolio £m 3 months to 31 October 2024
Opening Portfolio (1) £1,402m
Total New Investments £35m
Total Proceeds £(34)m
Portfolio net cashflow £1m
Valuation movement (2) £44m
Currency movement £(1)m
Closing Portfolio £1,445m
1 Refer to the Glossary
2 91.8% of the Portfolio is valued using 30 September 2024 (or later)
valuations.
NAV per Share Total Return 3 months to 31 October 2024
% Portfolio growth (local currency) 3.1%
% currency movement (0.1)%
% Portfolio growth (Sterling) 3.0%
Impact of (net cash)/net debt 0.2%
Expenses and other income (0.4)%
Co-investment Incentive Scheme Accrual (0.3)%
Impact of dividend reinvestment 0.1%
Impact of share buybacks 0.3%
NAV per Share Total Return 3.0%
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
* At 31 October 2024, ICG Enterprise Trust’s exposure to quoted companies
was valued at £54m (31 July 2024: £60m), equivalent to 3.7% of the Portfolio
value (31 July 2024: 4.3%). There was one quoted investment that individually
accounted for 0.5% or more of the Portfolio value:
Company Ticker 31 October 2024 % of Portfolio value
Chewy CHWY-US 1.4%
Other companies 2.3%
Total 3.7%
Realisation activity
* Realisation Proceeds of £34.4m during the quarter
* 12 Full Exits completed during the quarter, at a weighted average Uplift to
Carrying Value of 17.9% and a 4.0x Multiple to Cost
New investment activity
* Total New Investments of £35.2m during the quarter, of which 12.2% (£4.3m)
were alongside ICG
* The split of Total New Investments by category was as follows:
Investment Category Cost (£m) % of New Investments
Primary £27m 76%
Direct £5m 14%
Secondary £4m 10%
Total £35m 100%
Commitments
* One new fund Commitment totalling £7.5m during the quarter:
Fund Manager Commitment during the period
Local currency £m
Valeas Capital Partners I Valeas $10.0m £7.5m
* At 31 October 2024, ICG Enterprise Trust had Total Undrawn Commitments of
£430m to funds in their investment period and a further £130m to funds
outside their investment period
Balance sheet and liquidity
* Total available liquidity at 31 October 2024 was £107m (31 July 2024:
£126m)
* On 23 December 2024, we announced an increase to the size of the revolving
credit facility from €240m to €300m. Pro forma for this increase, ICGT
would have had total available liquidity of £158m
£m
Cash at 31 July 2024 17
Total Proceeds 34
New investments (35)
Debt drawn down 10
Shareholder returns (12)
Management fees (4)
FX and other expenses (4)
Cash at 31 October 2024 6
Available undrawn debt facilities 101
Total available liquidity 107
Total available liquidity (pro-forma for increase in credit facility post period-end) 158
* The cash balance was £6m (31 July 2024: £17m) and drawn debt was £101m
(31 July 2024: £93m). As a result, we had net debt of £95m (31 July 2024:
£76m)
* At 31 October 2024 the Portfolio represented 111% of net assets (31 July
2024: 110%)
£m % of net assets
Portfolio 1,445 111%
Cash 6 —%
Drawn debt (101) (8)%
Co-investment Incentive Scheme Accrual (47) (4)%
Other net current liabilities (6) —%
Net assets 1,297 100%
Dividend and share buyback
* Third quarter dividend of 8.5p per share (Q3 FY24: 8p). The Board intends to
pay total dividends of at least 35p per share for FY25 (FY24: 33p)
* The following purchases have been made under the Company's share buyback
programmes:
Long-term Opportunistic Total
Q3 FY25 Since inception (1) Q3 FY25 Since inception (2) Q3 FY25 Since inception
Number of shares purchased 270,000 2,689,688 218,000 1,492,175 488,000 4,181,863
% of opening shares since buyback started 6.1%
Capital returned to shareholders £3.3m £31.7m £2.6m £18.3m £5.9m £50.0m
Number of days shares have been acquired 21 176 2 11 23 187
Weighted average discount to last reported NAV 35.9% 38.4% 37.7% 36.2% 36.7% 37.6%
NAV per Share accretion (p) 5p 47p
NAV per Share accretion (% of NAV) 0.3% 2.3%
(1) Since October 2022 (which was when the long-term share buyback programme
was launched) up to and including 10 January 2025
(2) Since May 2024 (which was when the opportunistic buyback programme was
launched) up to and including 10 January 2025
Note: aggregate consideration excludes commission, PTM and SDRT
* The Board is renewing the opportunistic share buyback programme for FY26 of
up to £25m (FY25: up to £25m), with the same objectives as the FY25
programme. This will run alongside the long-term buyback programme and the
progressive dividend policy
Activity since the period end
Notable activity between 1 November 2024 and 31 December 2024 has included:
* New investments of £23m
* Realisation Proceeds of £29m
Our balance sheet flexibility was enhanced with an increase to the size of the
revolving credit facility from €240m to €300m (see announcement (here)
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ICG Private Equity Fund Investments Team
22 January 2025