REG - Kelso Group Holdings - Investment in NCC Group Plc

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10/10/2023 07:00

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RNS Number : 4818P  Kelso Group Holdings PLC  10 October 2023

Kelso Group Holdings Plc ("Kelso")

Investment in NCC Group Plc ("NCC")

 

Kelso, the main market listed investment company, announces that it has made
an investment in NCC (LSE:NCC), having purchased 1.0 million ordinary shares
at an average price of 108p, representing 0.3% of the issued share capital of
NCC.

NCC is a London listed company, with a market capitalisation of £347 million,
with two divisions, Software Relience (Escrow) and Assurance (Cyber Security).
Operating across Europe, North America and Asia Pacific, employing c.2,000
people, the group for the year ended 31 May 2023 had unaudited revenue of
£335.1 million and Adjusted EBITDA of £41.4 million.

Software Reliance (Escrow), is a Global leader, providing software escrow
services to businesses, protecting the development, supply and use of
business-critical technology and software applications, with unaudited revenue
for the year to 31 May 2023 of £64.3 million. Assurance (Cyber Security)
operates in the global cyber security market, which expects CAGR of 10%
between 2022 and 2027, as the global cyber threat continues to grow. The
business provides cyber security consultancy services as well as managed
services to businesses, which includes continuous detection and response and
other cyber services, on a contract model, with unaudited revenue for the year
ended 31 May 2023 of £270.8 million.

Having previously initiated a strategic review of Software Resilience
(Escrow), on 22 June 2023, as part of the post-close trading and strategic
update, NNC announced that it had stopped the strategic review of the Software
Resilience (Escrow) business and will revisit this later in the calendar year.

As NCC highlights, the two businesses are operationally distinct and have no
synergies as part of the same group.

John Goold, CEO of Kelso, said:

"NCC is a special company on the UK stock market with two distinct businesses.
There is an experienced management team assembled and we support them to
deliver shareholder value."

For further information please contact:

 Kelso Group Holdings plc                 +44 (0) 75 4033 3933
 John Goold, Chief Executive Officer

 Mark Kirkland, Chief Financial Officer

 Jamie Brooke, Chief Investment Officer

About Kelso

Kelso was established in 2022 to identify, engage and unlock trapped value in
the UK stock market. Kelso's strategy is to invest in situations where there
is an anomaly between the intrinsic value and prospects of a company and its
stock market valuation. Kelso will, in particular, look for situations where
it believes the sum of the parts of a business is greater than the current
value.

 

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