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REG - Graphite Enterprise - Audited results for the year ended 31 January 2015 <Origin Href="QuoteRef">GPE.L</Origin> - Part 2

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11.0-12.0x                                                           6.4%        
 >12.0x                                                               10.4%       
 30 largest investments**- net debt as a multiple of EBITDA           
                                                                                  
 Multiple                                                             % by value  
 <2.0x                                                                13.0%       
 2.0-3.0x                                                             26.7%       
 3.0-4.0x                                                             19.3%       
 4.0-5.0x                                                             9.9%        
 5.0-6.0x                                                             13.0%       
 6.0-7.0x                                                             7.2%        
 >7.0x                                                                4.6%        
 
 
* Excludes Guardian Financial Services where revenue is not a meaningful
measure of performance. 
 
** Excludes Intermediate Capital Group and Guardian Financial Services where
these metrics are not relevant. 
 
Portfolio analySIS 
 
The following four tables analyse the closing portfolio by value at 31 January
2015. 
 
Investment type 
 
                        % of portfolio  
 Large buy-outs         46.4%           
 Mid-market buy-outs    38.8%           
 Mezzanine              8.4%            
 Small buy-outs         4.5%            
 Quoted                 1.9%            
 Total                  100.0%          
 
 
Underlying companies - geographic distribution* 
 
                  % of underlying companies  
 UK               49.9%                      
 North America    12.7%                      
 France           9.7%                       
 Germany          9.4%                       
 Benelux          5.6%                       
 Scandinavia      4.3%                       
 Spain            3.3%                       
 Italy            2.4%                       
 Other Europe     2.3%                       
 Rest of world    0.4%                       
 Total            100.0%                     
 
 
* Location of headquarters of underlying companies in the portfolio. Does not
necessarily reflect countries to which companies have economic exposure. 
 
Underlying companies - year of investment and valuation as a multiple of
original cost 
 
                   Multiple of cost  Primary portfolio  Secondary portfolio  Total portfolio  
 2014 and onwards  1.1x              19.5%              0.4%                 19.9%            
 2013              1.2x              13.1%              1.2%                 14.3%            
 2012              1.5x              9.8%               1.7%                 11.5%            
 2011              1.5x              7.1%               2.7%                 9.8%             
 2010              1.5x              6.4%               1.6%                 8.0%             
 2009              2.6x              1.6%               0.6%                 2.2%             
 2008              1.1x              5.1%               2.8%                 7.9%             
 2007              1.8x              7.0%               2.7%                 9.7%             
 2006              1.5x              7.7%               4.2%                 11.9%            
 2005 and before   1.6x              4.4%               0.4%                 4.8%             
 Total             1.4x              81.7%              18.3%                100.0%           
 
 
Underlying companies - sector analysis 
 
                                      % of underlying companies  
 Business services                    21.1%                      
 Industrials                          17.7%                      
 Healthcare and education             17.1%                      
 Consumer goods and services          11.5%                      
 Leisure                              8.5%                       
 Financials                           8.0%                       
 Automotive supplies                  7.9%                       
 Technology and telecommunications    4.4%                       
 Media                                2.1%                       
 Chemicals                            1.7%                       
 Total                                100.0%                     
 
 
The following table analyses the closing portfolio by value. 
 
Graphite and third party investments at 31 January 2015 
 
 Portfolio                       Third party£m  Graphite Capital£m  Total£m  % of investment portfolio  
 Primary investments in funds    201.4          69.4                270.8    62.7%                      
 Secondary investments in funds  56.9           13.9                70.8     16.4%                      
 Direct investments              64.2           26.1                90.3     20.9%                      
 Total portfolio                 322.5          109.4               431.9    100.0%                     
 Discretionary investments*      121.1          109.4               230.5    53.4%                      
 
 
*Includes Graphite Capital funds, all secondary fund interests and all direct
investments 
 
Investment activity 
 
Investments into the portfolio 
 
                          Drawdowns  Co-investments and secondary fund purchases  Total new investments  
 Financial period ending  £m         £m                                           £m                     
 31 January 2015          68.0       57.4                                         125.4                  
 31 January 2014          54.2       36.4                                         90.6                   
 31 January 2013          48.8       5.2                                          54.0                   
 31 January 2012          51.3       29.9                                         81.2                   
 31 January 2011          65.6       19.2                                         84.8                   
 31 December 2009         21.5       2.5                                          24.0                   
 31 December 2008         65.8       12.1                                         77.9                   
 31 December 2007         95.2       7.9                                          103.1                  
 31 December 2006         74.6       5.7                                          80.3                   
 31 December 2005         41.6       3.9                                          45.5                   
 
 
Largest new underlying investments in the year ended 31 January 2015 
 
 Investment                           Description                                                         Country  £m    
 ICR Group                            Provider of repair and maintenance services to the energy industry  UK       13.0  
 Education Personnel *                Provider of temporary staff for the education sector                UK       10.2  
 Human Capital Investment Group       Provider of recruitment services                                    UK       8.7   
 Skillsoft                            Provider of off the shelf e-learning content                        USA      8.0   
 The Laine Pub Company **             Operator of pubs and bars                                           UK       5.5   
 Co-investment ***                    Provider of business services                                       Europe   5.1   
 Autodata                             Provider of technical information to the automotive aftermarket     UK       1.4   
 Minimax                              Supplier of fire protection systems and services                    Germany  1.2   
 CeramTec                             Manufacturer of high performance ceramics                           Germany  1.2   
 iPrism                               E-wholesaler of insurance to brokers                                UK       1.1   
 Total of 10 largest new investments                                                                      55.4     
 
 
* Sold by Graphite Capital to ICG.  The Company re-invested alongside ICG. 
 
** Formerly InnBrighton, which was realised in the period.  The Company
re-invested in the rebranded business, The Laine Pub Company. 
 
*** We are not permitted to disclose the details of this co-investment under
the terms of a confidentiality agreement. 
 
Realisations from the portfolio * 
 
 Financial period ending  £m     % of opening portfolio  
 31 January 2015          142.2  32.8%                   
 31 January 2014          118.3  28.5%                   
 31 January 2013          74.2   19.7%                   
 31 January 2012          92.9   26.0%                   
 31 January 2011          19.8   8.5%                    
 31 December 2009         14.0   7.3%                    
 31 December 2008         25.8   12.9%                   
 31 December 2007         112.4  54.5%                   
 31 December 2006         92.9   53.3%                   
 31 December 2005         93.8   61.9%                   
 
 
*Excluding secondary sales of fund interests. 
 
Largest underlying realisations in the year ended 31 January 2015 
 
 Investment                        Manager                Buyer type       Proceeds£m  
 CEVA                              Euromezzanine          Secondary        15.4        
 Education Personnel*              Graphite Capital       Secondary        14.9        
 London Square                     Graphite Capital       Secondary        9.8         
 Quiron                            Doughty Hanson         Trade            6.6         
 National Fostering Agency         Graphite Capital       Refinancing      5.0         
 Avio                              Cinven                 Trade            4.6         
 Sebia                             Cinven                 Secondary        4.2         
 InnBrighton**                     Graphite Capital       Secondary        4.0         
 Homag Group                       Deutsche Beteiligungs  Public offering  3.4         
 Acosta                            TH Lee                 Secondary        2.7         
 Total of 10 largest realisations                                          70.6        
 
 
* Sold by Graphite Capital to ICG.  The Company re-invested alongside ICG. 
 
**The Company re-invested in the rebranded business, The Laine Pub Company. 
 
Quoted equity holdings at 31 January 2015 
 
All quoted holdings, other than Intermediate Capital Group, are held
indirectly through third party funds and may have restrictions on their sale. 
The timing of any disposal of these indirect interests is determined by the
managers of those funds. 
 
 Underlying investment       Ticker  £m    % of investment portfolio  
 Intermediate Capital Group  ICP     5.0   1.1%                       
 Spire Healthcare            SPI     3.8   0.9%                       
 Abertis                     ABE     3.5   0.8%                       
 VWR International           VWR     3.5   0.8%                       
 Acromas                     SAGA    3.3   0.8%                       
 FleetCor                    FLT     2.9   0.7%                       
 Elior                       ELIOR   2.4   0.6%                       
 West Corporation            WSTC    2.1   0.5%                       
 Evonik Industries           EVK     2.1   0.5%                       
 Aramark Corporation         ARMK    2.0   0.5%                       
 Atos                        ATO     1.9   0.4%                       
 Avolon Aerospace            AVOL    1.8   0.4%                       
 Partnership                 PA      1.7   0.4%                       
 Cerved                      CERV    1.2   0.3%                       
 Brit Insurance              BRIT    1.1   0.3%                       
 Tumi                        TUMI    1.1   0.3%                       
 ComHem                      COMH    0.8   0.2%                       
 Merlin                      MERL    0.7   0.2%                       
 Others                              3.8   0.7%                       
 Total                               44.7  10.4%                      
 
 
Commitments analysis 
 
 Commitments at 31 January 2015  Original commitment1£m  Outstanding commitment£m  Average drawdown percentage  % of commitments  
 Funds in investment period      279.6                   180.6                     35.4%                        77.2%             
 Funds post investment period    599.9                   53.4                      91.1%                        22.8%             
 Total                           879.5                   234.0                     73.4%                        100.0%            
 
 
1 Original commitments are at 31 January 2015 exchange rates 
 
 Commitments at 31 January 2015 - remaining investment period  % of commitments  
 4-5 years                                                     23.9%             
 3-4 years                                                     17.7%             
 2-3 years                                                     29.5%             
 1-2 years                                                     4.6%              
 <1 year                                                       1.5%              
 Investment period complete                                    22.8%             
 Total                                                         100.0%            
 
 
 Movement in commitments in the year ended 31 January 2015  £m      
 Opening                                                    277.3   
 Drawdowns*                                                 (74.0)  
 New primary commitments                                    22.0    
 New commitments arising through secondary purchases        21.6    
 Secondary disposals                                        (4.8)   
 Currency                                                   (12.0)  
 Other                                                      3.9     
 Closing                                                    234.0   
 
 
* Includes £68.0 million of drawdowns in the normal course and £6.0 million in
respect of the commitment to Landmark Acquisition Fund VIII to acquire the
secondary portfolio of ICG European Fund 2006. 
 
New commitments during the year to 31 January 2015 
 
 Fund                                                Strategy                       Geography   £m    
 Primary commitments                                                                                  
 Silverfleet Capital Partners II                     Mid-market buy-out             Europe      11.8  
 Bain Capital Europe IV                              Mid-market and large buy-outs  Europe      6.3   
 PAI Europe VI                                       Mid-market and large buy-outs  Europe      3.9   
 Total primary commitments                                                                      22.0  
                                                                                                      
 Commitments arising from secondary purchases                                                   
 Landmark Acquisition Fund VIII                      Mezzanine                      Europe      17.6  
 Graphite Capital Partners VI                        Mid-market buy-out             UK          2.2   
 TowerBrook III                                      Mid-market and large buy-outs  USA/Europe  1.3   
 PAI Europe V                                        Mid-market and large buy-outs  Europe      0.5   
 Total commitments arising from secondary purchases                                 21.6        
 Total new commitments                                                                          43.6  
 
 
CURRENCY EXPOSURE 
 
             31 January2015£m  31 January2015%  
 Portfolio*                                     
 - sterling  230.1             53.3             
 - euro      119.7             27.7             
 - other     82.1              19.0             
 Total       431.9             100.0            
 
 
*Currency exposure is calculated by reference to the location of the
underlying portfolio companies' headquarters. 
 
                          31 January2015£m  31 January2015%  
 Outstanding commitments                                     
 - sterling               91.8              39.2             
 - euro                   135.0             57.7             
 - other                  7.2               3.1              
 Total                    234.0             100.0            
 
 
AUDITED RESULTS 
 
Consolidated Income Statement 
 
                                                            Year ended 31 January 2015                                 Year ended 31 January 2014             
                                                                                                                                                              
                                          Revenue return    Capital return                Total      Revenue return    Capital return                Total    
                                          £'000s            £'000s                        £'000s     £'000s            £'000s                        £'000s   
 Investment returns                                                                                                                                           
 Income, gains and losses on investments  13,896            22,614                        36,510     18,809            27,475                        46,284   
 Deposit interest                         228               -                             228        172               -                             172      
 Return from current asset investments    -                 -                             -          5                 (342)                         (337)    
 Other income                             417               -                             417        58                -                             58       
 Foreign exchange gains and losses        -                 (1,024)                       (1,024)    -                 (371)                         (371)    
                                          14,541            21,590                        36,131     19,044            26,762                        45,806   
 Expenses                                                                                                                                                     
 Investment management charges            (1,452)           (4,357)                       (5,809)    (1,490)           (4,470)                       (5,960)  
 Other expenses                           (1,593)           (1,835)                       (3,428)    (1,723)           (2,188)                       (3,911)  
                                          (3,045)           (6,192)                       (9,237)    (3,213)           (6,658)                       (9,871)  
                                                                                                                                                              
 Profit before tax                        11,496            15,398                        26,894     15,831            20,104                        35,935   
 Taxation                                 (2,044)           2,044                         -          (1,965)           1,965                         -        
                                                                                                                                                              
 Profit for the year                      9,452             17,442                        26,894     13,866            22,069                        35,935   
                                                                                                                                                              
 Attributable to:                                                                                                                                             
 Equity shareholders                      9,452             14,952                        24,404     13,866            23,127                        36,993   
 Non-controlling interests                -                 2,490                         2,490      -                 (1,058)                       (1,058)  
 Basic and diluted earnings per share                                                     33.5p                                                      50.7p    
 
 
The columns headed 'Total' represent the income statement for the relevant
financial years and the columns headed 'Revenue return' and 'Capital return'
are supplementary information.  There is no Other Comprehensive Income. 
 
Consolidated Balance Sheet 
 
                                                As at         As at       
                                                31 January    31 January  
                                                2015          2014        
                                                £'000s        £'000s      
 Non-current assets                                                       
 Investments held at fair value                                           
 - Unquoted investments                         426,943       429,186     
 - Quoted investments                           4,962         4,163       
                                                431,905       433,349     
 Current assets                                                           
 Cash and cash equivalents                      90,137        68,239      
 Receivables                                    2,246         1,351       
                                                92,383        69,590      
                                                                          
 Current liabilities                                                      
 Payables                                       7,694         262         
                                                                          
 Net current assets                             84,689        69,328      
                                                                          
 Total assets less current liabilities          516,594       502,677     
                                                                          
 Capital and reserves                                                     
 Called up share capital                        7,292         7,292       
 Capital redemption reserve                     2,112         2,112       
 Share premium                                  12,936        12,936      
 Capital reserve                                463,489       448,537     
 Revenue reserve                                21,035        22,885      
 Equity attributable to equity holders          506,864       493,762     
                                                                          
 Non-controlling interests                      9,730         8,915       
                                                                          
 Total equity                                   516,594       502,677     
                                                                          
 Net asset value per share (basic and diluted)  695.2p        677.2p      
 
 
Consolidated Cash Flow Statement 
 
                                                             Year ended 31 January 2015    Year ended 31 January 2014    
                                                                                           
                                                                                           
                                                             £'000s                        £'000s                        
 Operating activities                                                                                                  
 Sale of portfolio investments                               149,413                       99,492                      
 Purchase of portfolio investments                           (119,180)                     (90,201)                    
 Net sale of current asset investments held at fair value    -                             26,061                      
 Interest income received from portfolio investments         8,324                         8,504                       
 Dividend income received from portfolio investments         5,141                         10,357                      
 Other income received                                       644                           230                         
 Investment management charges paid                          (5,815)                       (5,947)                     
 Taxation received                                           -                             1                           
 Other expenses paid                                         (977)                         (1,644)                     
 Net cash inflow from operating activities                   37,550                        46,853                      
                                                                                                                       
 Financing activities                                                                                                  
 Investments by non-controlling interests                    357                           309                         
 Distributions to non-controlling interests                  (2,032)                       (1,385)                     
 Credit facility fee                                         (1,651)                       (2,301)                     
 Equity dividends paid                                       (11,302)                      (3,646)                     
 Net cash outflow from financing activities                  (14,628)                      (7,023)                     
                                                                                                                       
 Net increase in cash and cash equivalents                   22,922                        39,830                      
                                                                                                                       
 Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year              68,239                        28,778                      
 Net increase in cash and cash equivalents                   22,922                        39,830                      
 Effect of changes in foreign exchange rates                 (1,024)                       (369)                       
 Cash and cash equivalents at end of year                    90,137                        68,239                      
 
 
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity 
 
                                                     Share     Capital redemption reserve  Share     Realised capital reserve  Unrealised capital reserve  Revenue reserve  Total shareholders' equity  Non-controlling interests  Total equity  
                                                     capital                               premium                                                                                                                                               
                                                               
                                                               
                                                     £'000s    £'000s                      £'000s    £'000s                    £'000s                      £'000s           £'000s                      £'000s                     £'000s        
 Year ended 31 January 2015                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
 Opening balance at 1 February 2014                  7,292     2,112                       12,936    351,415                   97,122                      22,885           493,762                     8,915                      502,677       
 Profit attributable to equity shareholders          -         -                           -         2,913                     12,039                      9,452            24,404                      -                          24,404        
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
 Profit attributable to non-controlling interests    -         -                           -         -                         -                           -                -                           2,490                      2,490         
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
 Profit for the year and total comprehensive income  -         -                           -         2,913                     12,039                      9,452            24,404                      2,490                      26,894        
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
 Transfer on disposal of investments                 -         -                           -         15,237                    (15,237)                    -                -                           -                          -             
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
 Dividends to equity shareholders                    -         -                           -         -                         -                           (11,302)         (11,302)                    -                          (11,302)      
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
 Contributions by non-controlling interests          -         -                           -         -                         -                           -                -                           357                        357           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
 Distributions to non-controlling interests          -         -                           -         -                         -                           -                -                           (2,032)                    (2,032)       
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
 Closing balance at 31 January 2015                  7,292     2,112                       12,936    369,565                   93,924                      21,035           506,864                     9,730                      516,594       
 
 
                                                            Share     Capital redemption reserve  Share     Realised capital reserve  Unrealised capital reserve  Revenue reserve  Total shareholders' equity  Non-controlling interests  Total equity  
                                                            capital                               premium                                                                                                                                               
                                                                      
                                                                      
                                                            £'000s    £'000s                      £'000s    £'000s                    £'000s                      £'000s           £'000s                      £'000s                     £'000s        
 Year ended 31 January 2014                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
 Opening balance at 1 February 2013                         7,292     2,112                       12,936    345,183                   80,227                      12,665           460,415                     11,048                     471,463       
 (Loss)/profit attributable to equity shareholders          -         -                           -         (3,192)                   26,319                      13,866           36,993                      -                          36,993        
 Loss attributable to non-controlling interests             -         -                           -         -                         -                           -                -                           (1,058)                    (1,058)       
 (Loss)/profit for the year and total comprehensive income  -         -                           -         (3,192)                   26,319                      13,866           36,993                      (1,058)                    35,935        
 Transfer on disposal of investments                        -         -                           -         9,424                     (9,424)                     -                -                           -                          -             
 Dividends to equity shareholders                           -         -                           -         -                         -                           (3,646)          (3,646)                     -                          (3,646)       
 Contributions by non-controlling interests                 -         -                           -         -                         -                           -                -                           310                        310           
 Distributions to non-controlling interests                 -         -                           -         -                         -                           -                -                           (1,385)                    (1,385)       
 Closing balance at 31 January 2014                         7,292     2,112                       12,936    351,415                   97,122                      22,885           493,762                     8,915                      502,677       
 
 
Notes to the Accounts 
 
1 GENERAL INFORMATION 
 
This consolidated financial information relates to Graphite Enterprise Trust
PLC ("the Parent Company") and its subsidiaries, Graphite Enterprise Trust
Limited Partnership and Graphite Enterprise Trust (2) Limited Partnership
(together "the Company"). The registered address and principal place of
business of the Company is Berkeley Square House, Berkeley Square, London W1J
6BQ. 
 
2 AUDITED ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT 
 
The condensed consolidated financial information is extracted from the annual
report and financial statements for the year ended 31 January 2015 and does
not comprise statutory accounts within the meaning of Section 434 of the
Companies Act 2006. The annual report and financial statements include the
report of the independent auditors which is unqualified, does not contain an
emphasis of matter paragraph and does not contain any statements under Section
498 of the Companies Act 2006. 
 
The annual report and accounts is now  available on the Company's website at
www.graphite-enterprise.com 
 
Statutory accounts for the year to 31 January 2015 will be delivered to the
Registrar of Companies following the Company's Annual General Meeting which
will be held at the Westbury Hotel, Bond Street, London, W1S 2YF at 3.30pm on
11 June 2015. 
 
3 BASIS OF PREPARATION 
 
The consolidated financial information for the year ended 31 January 2015 has
been prepared in accordance with the Companies Act 2006 and International
Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS"). IFRS comprises standards and
interpretations approved by the International Accounting Standards Board
("IASB") and the International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee
("IFRIC") as adopted in the European Union as at 31 January 2015. These
financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis and on the
historical cost basis of accounting, modified for the revaluation of certain
assets. 
 
 4 DIVIDENDS                                Year ended 31 January2015  Year ended 31 January2014  
                                            £'000s                     £'000s                     
                                                                                                  
 Final paid: 7.50p (2014: 5.00p) per share  5,468                      3,646                      
 Special paid: 8.00p (2014: nil) per share  5,834                      -                          
                                            11,302                     3,646                      
 
 
The Board has proposed a final dividend of 10.00p per share and a special
dividend of 5.50p per share in respect of the period ended 31 January 2015
which, if approved by shareholders, will both be paid on 18 June 2015, to
shareholders on the register of members at the close of business on 29 May
2015. 
 
5 NON-CONTROLLING INTERESTS 
 
Co-investment incentive arrangements are in place under which the executives
of the Manager and a previous owner of the Manager (together, "the
Co-investors") invest alongside the Company in return for a share of
investment profits if certain performance hurdles are met. The non-controlling
interests represents an estimate of the commercial value of the Co-investors'
share of gains on investments at their year end valuations. 
 
In the consolidated income statement, the profit attributable to
non-controlling interests represents an increase in the valuation of the
Co-investors' interests in the period. 
 
 6 EARNINGS PER SHARE                                                                
 Year ended 31 January2015                        Year ended 31 January2014  
 Revenue return per ordinary share                12.96p                     19.02p  
 Capital return per ordinary share                20.51p                     31.72p  
 Earnings per ordinary share (basic and diluted)  33.47p                     50.74p  
 
 
7 INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT CHARGES 
 
                            Year ended 31 January 2015  Year ended 31 January 2014  
                            Revenue                     Capital                     Total  Revenue  Capital  Total  
                            £'000                       £'000                       £'000  £'000    £'000    £'000  
                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                    
 Investment management fee  1,439                       4,317                       5,756  1,478    4,434    5,912  
 Irrecoverable VAT          13                          40                          53     12       36       48     
                                                                                                                    
                            1,452                       4,357                       5,809  1,490    4,470    5,960  
 
 
The allocation of the total investment management charges was unchanged in the
year to 31 January 2015 with 75% of the total allocated to capital and 25%
allocated to revenue. 
 
The Company has borne a management charge of £150,000 (2014: £311,000) in
respect of Graphite Capital Partners VI, £392,000 (2014: £581,000) in respect
of Graphite Capital Partners VII, Graphite Capital Partners Top Up Fund and
Graphite Capital Partners Top Up Fund Plus, and £1,376,000 (2014: £422,000) in
respect of Graphite Capital Partners VIII and Graphite Capital Partners Top Up
Fund. 
 
Thesecharges are at the same level as those paid by third party investors. The
Company does not pay any additional fees to theManager on these investments.
The total investment management charges payable by the Company to the Manager
(excludingVAT), including the amounts set out in the table, were therefore
£7,727,000 (2014: £7,274,000). 
 
Graphite Capital Management LLP was a related party of Graphite Enterprise
Trust PLC during the period. The amounts payable during the period are set out
above. There was an accrued amount outstanding of £70,000 (excluding VAT) as
at 31 January 2015 (2014: £76,000). 
 
8 FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND RISK MANAGEMENT 
 
The Company is an investment company as defined by section 833 of the
Companies Act 2006 and conducts its affairs so as to qualify as an investment
trust under the provisions of section 1158 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010
("Section 1158"). The Company's objective is to provide shareholders with long
term capital growth through investment in unquoted companies, mostly through
specialist funds but also directly. 
 
Investments in funds have anticipated lives of approximately ten years. Direct
investments are made with an anticipated holding period of between three and
five years. Investment agreements will, however, usually provide that any
loans advanced to investee companies are for a longer period than this. The
agreements will usually provide for repayments to be made by instalments with
provision for full repayment on sale or flotation. 
 
Financial risk management 
 
The Company's activities expose it to a variety of financial risks: market
risk (comprising currency risk, interest rate risk and price risk), investment
risk, credit risk and liquidity risk. The Company's overall risk management
programme focuses on the unpredictability of financial markets and seeks to
minimise potential adverse effects on the Company's financial performance. The
Manager has overall responsibility for managing the risks and the framework
for monitoring and coordinating these risks. This is monitored by the Board.
The Company's financial risk management objectives and processes used to
manage these risks have not changed from the previous period and the policies
are set out below: 
 
Market risk 
 
(i) Currency risk 
 
The Company's investments are principally in the UK and continental Europe and
are primarily denominated in sterlingand in euros. There are also smaller
amounts in US dollars and in other European currencies. The Company is
exposedto currency risk in that movements in the value of sterling against
these foreign currencies will affect the net asset value and the cash required
to fund undrawn commitments. The Board regularly reviews the level of foreign
currency denominated assets and outstanding commitments in the context of
current market conditions and may decide to buy or sell currency or put in
place currency hedging arrangements. 
 
(ii)   Interest rate risk 
 
The fair value of the Company's investments and cash balances are not directly
affected by changes in interest rates. 
 
(iii)  Price risk 
 
The risk that the value of a financial instrument will change as a result of
changes to market prices is one that is fundamental to the Company's
objective, which is to provide long term capital growth through investment in
unquoted companies. The investment portfolio is continually monitored to
ensure an appropriate balance of risk and reward in order to achieve the
Company's objective. No hedging of this risk is undertaken. 
 
The Company is exposed to the risk of change in value of its private equity
investments. For all investments the market variable is deemed to be the price
itself. 
 
Investment and credit risk 
 
(i)    Investment risk 
 
Investment risk is the risk that the financial performance of the companies in
which Graphite Enterprise invests either improves or deteriorates, thereby
affecting the value of that investment. Investments in unquoted companies
whether indirectly or directly are by their nature subject to potential
investment losses. The investment portfolio is highly diversified. 
 
(ii)   Credit risk 
 
The Company's exposure to credit risk arises principally from its investment
in cash deposits. The Company aims to invest the majority of its liquid
portfolio in assets which have low credit risk. The Company's policy is to
limit exposure to any one investment to 15% of gross assets. This is regularly
monitored by the Manager as a part of its cash management process. 
 
Cash is held on deposit with three UK banks and totalled £90,137,000 (2014:
£68,239,000). Of this amount £35,631,000 was deposited at Lloyds Bank
("Lloyds"), which currently has a rating of A1 from Moody's, and this
represents the maximum exposure to credit risk at the balance sheet date. No
collateral is held by the Company in respect of these amounts. None of the
Company's cash deposits were past due or impaired at 31 January 2015 (2014:
nil). 
 
Liquidity risk 
 
The Company has significant investments in unquoted companies which are
inherently illiquid. The Company also has substantial undrawn commitments to
funds, the great majority of which are likely to be called over the next five
years. The Company aims to manage its affairs to ensure sufficient cash, other
liquid assets and undrawn borrowing facilities will be available to meet
contractual commitments when they are called and also seeks to have cash
generally available to meet other short term financial needs. All cash and
cash equivalents are available on demand. The Company's liquidity management
policy involves projecting cash flows and considering the level of liquidity
necessary to meet these. 
 
The Company has access to committed bank facilities of a headline £96 million,
which are structured as parallel sterling and euro facilities of £50 million
and E61.7 million. The facilities are provided jointly by Lloyds and The Royal
Bank of Scotland ("RBS"). Of the total facilities, the balance of £20 million
and E23.6 million will expire in March 2017.  The remaining balance of £30
million and E38.1million will expire in April 2019. 
 
As at 31 January 2015 the Company's financial liabilities amounted to
£7,694,000 of payables (2014: £262,000) which were due in less than one year. 
 
Capital risk management 
 
The Company's capital is represented by its net assets, which are managed to
achieve the Company's investment objective. The Company currently has no
debt. 
 
The Board can manage the capital structure directly since it has taken the
powers, which it is seeking to renew, to issue and buy-back shares and it also
determines dividend payments. The Company is subject to externally imposed
capital requirements with respect to the obligation and ability to pay
dividends by section 1159 Corporation Tax Act 2010 and by the Companies Act
2006, respectively. 
 
Total equity at 31 January 2015, the composition of which is shown on the
balance sheet was £516,594,000 (2014: £502,677,000). 
 
9 OTHER RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS 
 
Transactions between the Parent Company and its subsidiaries, which are
related parties, have been eliminated on consolidation. Transactions between
the Company and the Manager are disclosed in note 7. 
 
Significant transactions between the Parent Company and its subsidiaries are
shown below: 
 
                                                                                          Year ended 31 January2015  Year ended31 January2014  
 Subsidiary                                         Nature of transaction                 £'000s                     £'000s                    
 Graphite Enterprise Trust Limited Partnership      Increase in loan to Parent Company    17,554                     7,273                     
                                                    Income allocated                      1,261                      1,501                     
                                                                                                                                               
 Graphite Enterprise Trust (2) Limited Partnership  Increase in loan from Parent Company  9,591                      7,071                     
                                                    Income allocated                      797                        820                       
 
 
                                                    Amounts owed by subsidiaries  Amounts owed to subsidiaries  
 31 January2015                                     31 January2014                31 January2015                31 January2014  
 Subsidiary                                         £'000s                        £'000s                        £'000s          £'000s  
 Graphite Enterprise Trust Limited Partnership      -                             -                             21,822          4,267   
 Graphite Enterprise Trust (2) Limited Partnership  33,363                        23,762                        -               -       
                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                        
 
 
Amounts owed by subsidiaries represents funding provided by the Parent Company
to its subsidiaries to allow them to make investments. The balances will be
repaid out of proceeds from their portfolios. 
 
END 
 
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