REG - Pantheon Intl PLC - Monthly Performance Update

Pantheon InternationalAnnouncement

27/01/2025 07:00

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RNS Number : 6650U  Pantheon International PLC  27 January 2025

27 January 2025

 

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Pantheon International Plc

("PIP" or the "Company")

 

Performance Update at 31 December 2024

 

Performance Update at 31 December 2024

 

504.2p                         NAV per share

+0.5%                          NAV per share growth
for the month

£2.3bn                         Net asset value

+83%                           Total NAV per share
return (5Y)*

£1.5bn                        Market capitalisation

+25%                           Total shareholder
return (5Y)*

£46.9m                        Net portfolio cash flow**

4.1x                             Financing
cover***

 

 

Month to 31 December 2024

 

PIP announced an unaudited net asset value ("NAV") per share of 504.2p as at
31 December 2024, an increase of +2.6p (+0.5%) from the NAV per share as at 30
November 2024.

In the month to 31 December 2024, valuation losses** were -2.1p (-0.4%),
investment income** added +0.7p (+0.1%), foreign exchange movements** were
+4.9p (+1.0%), share buybacks added +0.0p (+0.0%) and expenses and taxes****
were -0.9p (-0.2%).

PIP's valuation policy for private equity funds is based on the latest
valuations reported by the managers of the funds in which PIP has holdings. In
the case of PIP's valuation as at 31 December 2024, 7% of reported valuations
are dated 31 December 2024 or later, 85% are dated 30 September 2024 and 8%
are dated 30 June 2024. Of the 7% of valuations dated 31 December 2024 or
later, 5.0% reflect the mark-to-market fair value adjustment for PIP's listed
company holdings.

At 31 December 2024, PIP's private equity assets stood at £2,529m, whilst net
available cash balances^ were £61m. The Asset Linked Note^^ ("ALN")
outstanding as at 31 December 2024 amounted to £26m. Undrawn commitments to
investments stood at £739m as at 31 December 2024, calculated using exchange
rates at that date. PIP maintains a £400m^^^ multi-tranche, multi-currency
revolving credit facility. As at 31 December 2024, £117m was drawn down under
the credit facility and $150m (£120m GBP equivalent as at month end) of
private placement notes were outstanding, resulting in a net debt to NAV ratio
of 7.6%.^^^^

 

Net Portfolio Cash Flow

 

PIP received distributions of £72.3m relative to £25.4m of calls from
existing commitments to private equity funds. Therefore, PIP's portfolio
generated net cash of £46.9m during the month.

 

New Investments

 

Although the Company made no significant new commitments during the month,
PIP's pipeline points to an active period for new commitments in the months
ahead.

 

Share Buybacks

 

PIP invested £0.3m in share buybacks during the month, acquiring 85,000
shares at a weighted average price of 339.9p per share. This price represented
an average discount of 30.7% to the prevailing NAV per share at the time of
the transactions. As at 31 December 2024, PIP has allocated a total of £10.0
million for share buybacks in the current financial year, of which PIP has
invested a total of £9.5 million.

 

* Based on the change in the NAV per share and ordinary share price over the
period.

** Figures are stated net of movements associated with the ALN share of the
reference portfolio. Valuation movement includes the mark-to-market fair value
adjustment of listed company holdings.

***Ratio of net available cash, portfolio value and undrawn credit facility to
outstanding commitments. Outstanding commitments relating to funds outside
their investment period (>13 years old) were excluded from the calculation
as there is a low likelihood of these being drawn. This amounted to £40.3m as
at 31 December 2024.

**** Operating expenses, financing costs and withholding taxes on investment
distributions.

^Net available cash calculated as cash and net current assets / (liabilities)
less undistributed net cashflows associated with the ALN.

^^Unlisted 10-year note issued on 31 October 2017 whose cost and repayments
are linked to a reference portfolio consisting of the Company's older vintage
funds.

^^^ PIP maintains a £400m multi-currency credit facility. The overall credit
facility comprises facilities of US$393.0m and €120.0m and had a sterling
equivalent value of £412.9m as at 31 December 2024. As at 31 December 2024,
PIP had drawn down £117.3m of the credit facility.

^^^^Net debt calculated as borrowings (excluding the outstanding balance of
the Asset Linked Note) less net available cash. The ALN is not considered in
the calculation of gross borrowings or the loan-to-value ratio, as defined in
PIP's credit facility and note agreements. If the ALN is included, net debt to
NAV was 8.7% as at 31 December 2024.

 

Annualised Performance as at 31 December 2024^^^^^

 

                       1 Year     3 Years    5 Years    10 Years   Since Inception

                       (% p.a.)   (% p.a.)   (% p.a.)   (% p.a.)   (% p.a.)

 NAV per share         5.6%       6.7%       12.9%      12.8%      11.8%
 Ordinary share price  3.5%       -1.4%      4.6%       9.8%       10.7%
 FTSE All-Share, TR    9.5%       5.8%       4.8%       6.2%       7.5%
 MSCI World TR, (£)    21.3%      9.7%       13.0%      13.0%      8.8%

^^^^^PIP was launched on 18 September 1987. The performance figures for PIP
assume reinvestment of dividends and capital.

Discrete Performance as at 31 December 2024

 

                       31/12/2023- 31/12/2024  31/12/2022- 31/12/2023  31/12/2021- 31/12/2022  31/12/2020- 31/12/2021  31/12/2019- 31/12/2020
 NAV per share         5.6%                    2.3%                    12.4%                   34.3%                   12.4%
 Ordinary share price  3.5%                    19.6%                   -22.6%                  34.1%                   -2.7%
 FTSE All-Share, TR    9.5%                    7.9%                    0.3%                    18.3%                   -9.8%
 MSCI World TR, (£)    21.3%                   17.4%                   -7.4%                   23.5%                   12.9%

 

Largest Holdings

 

Largest companies by value as at 30 November 2024

 

 Company           Country      Sector                  % of portfolio
 Kaseya            Switzerland  Information Technology  1.3%
 Visma             Norway       Information Technology  1.2%
 Action            Netherlands  Consumer                1.2%
 Smile Doctors     USA          Healthcare              0.9%
 John Staurulakis  USA          Industrials             0.9%

 

Largest managers by value as at 30 November 2024

 

 Manager                     Region  % of portfolio
 Insight Partners            USA     6.9%
 Index Ventures              Global  4.0%
 HgCapital                   Europe  3.8%
 Providence Equity Partners  USA     3.2%
 Parthenon Capital           USA     2.6%

 

Monthly Report

 

The December 2024 newsletter can be accessed on PIP's website at www.piplc.com
(http://www.piplc.com) in the Investor Relations section under the heading
"Newsletters".

 

This announcement contains inside information.

 

Ends

 

LEI: 2138001B3CE5S5PEE928

 

For more information please visit PIP's website at www.piplc.com or contact:

 

Pantheon

Helen Steers MBE / Charlotte Morris / Vicki Bradley

Tel: +44 20 3356 1800

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NOTES

 

PIP

PIP is a listed FTSE 250 private equity investment trust, overseen by
an independent Board of Directors and managed by Pantheon, one of the leading
private equity investment managers globally. PIP offers investors a liquid,
differentiated entry point to the excellent growth potential of global private
equity, with access to the primary, secondary and co-investment opportunities
of some of the best managers in the world. The Company has a track record of
NAV outperformance over the long term and manages risk strategically through
diversification and rigorous selection based on Pantheon's extensive
experience and international platform, and robust investment due diligence and
decision-making processes.

 

Pantheon

PIP is managed and advised by Pantheon, a specialist global private markets
investor. Pantheon has been at the forefront of private markets investing for
more than 40 years, earning a reputation for providing innovative solutions
covering the full lifecycle of investments, across private equity, real assets
and private credit. The firm has partnered with more than 680 clients, with
approximately $68bn in discretionary assets under management (as at 30 June
2024).

 

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securities in the Company.

John Singer CBE

Chair, Pantheon International Plc

Broadwalk House, Southernhay West, Exeter, Devon EX1 1TS

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