REG - Petershill Prtnrs - Partial Sale of Accel-KKR & Special Dividend

Petershill PartnersAnnouncement

14/11/2024 07:00

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RNS Number : 1595M  Petershill Partners PLC  14 November 2024

Petershill Partners plc ("Petershill Partners"), the diversified, global
alternatives investment group focused on private capital strategies, today
announces the partial sale of its stake in Accel-KKR ("AKKR") and a special
dividend payment of 17.5 cents (USD) per share

 

Highlights

·   Petershill Partners has completed a partial sale of its stake in AKKR,
consisting of the entirety of its balance sheet investment capital in AKKR
funds and a small portion of its interests in AKKR management fee earnings
("FRE") and performance related earnings ("PRE"). The total nominal
consideration of $282 million consists of $196 million cash payments to be
paid within three months of close and the remaining $86 million to be paid in
cash within the next 12 months. The carrying value of the interests being sold
was $253 million as at 30 June 2024.

 

·    Following the transaction, Petershill Partners will continue to
retain the majority of its original FRE and PRE interests in AKKR and will
remain well aligned with AKKR in the future.

 

·   The transaction is consistent with Petershill Partners' strategic focus
towards increasing the proportion of management fee-centric earnings and
demonstrates the ability to exit positions or partial positions at attractive
valuations relative to the carrying value.

 

·    The sale will reduce Petershill Partners' aggregate holdings of
investment capital in the balance sheet or funds of Partner-firms by $155
million from $398 million at 30 June 2024, with a small portion of FRE and PRE
also being sold. The pro-forma ownership weighted fee-paying AuM for
Petershill Partners is expected to decline by around $0.4 billion.

 

·     Petershill Partners does not anticipate any change to its full year
2024 guidance in connection to the sale.

 

·   During 2024, the aggregate nominal consideration due from sales of
stakes in Partner-firms has amounted to $575 million relative to a carrying
value of assets disposed of $483 million, a premium of approximately 19%.

 

·    Petershill Partners also announces a special dividend of 17.5 cents
(USD) per share, equivalent to $189 million, reflecting the return to
shareholders of the majority of the cash payments relating to the sale and
paid within three months of close.  The Board will consider how best to
deploy the deferred proceeds from this sale, and the proceeds of any future
sales, in the light of prevailing market conditions and the pipeline of
potential new investments at the time.

 

 

Ali Raissi-Dehkordy and Robert Hamilton Kelly, Co-Heads of the Petershill
Business within Goldman Sachs Asset & Wealth Management commented:

 

"This transaction is consistent with our strategy of focusing on high quality
management fee centric earnings while also demonstrating our ability to
realise assets at attractive valuations relative to their holding values. AKKR
is an exceptional firm, and we look forward to continuing to work together
with our partners there".

 

Special Dividend

·   The Board has approved a special dividend payment of 17.5 cents (USD)
per share, payable on 20 December 2024 to shareholders on the register as at
close of business on 22 November 2024, with an ex-dividend date of 21 November
2024. Shareholders should note that the default payment currency is USD,
however, shareholders can elect to have their dividends paid in either GBP or
EUR.  The last day for currency elections to be registered is 6 December
2024.  Currency elections should be submitted via CREST in the usual manner.

 

ABOUT PETERSHILL PARTNERS

Petershill Partners and its subsidiaries is a diversified, publicly listed,
global alternatives investment group focused on private equity and other
private capital strategies. Through its economic interests in a portfolio of
alternative asset management firms ("Partner-firms"), Petershill Partners
provides investors with exposure to the growth and profitability of the
alternative asset management industry. Petershill Partners is operated by
Goldman Sachs Asset Management and is governed by a diverse and fully
independent Board of Directors (the "Board").

 

Through our Partner-firms, we have exposure to $332 billion of total assets
under management ("AuM") as at 30 June 2024, comprising a diverse set of more
than 232 long-term private equity and other private capital funds where
capital is typically locked in over a multi-year horizon. These underlying
funds generate recurring management fees and the opportunity for meaningful
profit participation over the typical 8+ year lifecycles of such funds.
Petershill Partners believes its approach is aligned with the founders and
managers of its Partner-firms and, as a result, allows Petershill Partners to
participate in these income streams in a way that provides high-margin,
diversified and stable cash flows for its shareholders.

For more information, visit https://www.petershillpartners.com
(https://www.petershillpartners.com) . Information on the website is not
incorporated by reference into this press release and is provided merely for
convenience.

 

ISIN: GB00BL9ZF303

 

 

ABOUT Accel-KKR

AKKR was founded in 2000 and is a technology-focused investment firm with $21
billion in cumulative commitments. AKKR focuses on middle-market companies and
provides a range of capital solutions from minority-growth investments to
buyouts, recapitalizations, divisional carve-outs and going-private
transactions.

 

For more information, visit https://www.accel-kkr.com/
(https://www.accel-kkr.com/)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contact Information

 

Please direct any questions to Petershill Partners Investor Relations, via
e-mail, at PHP-Investor-Enquiries@gs.com
(mailto:PHP-Investor-Enquiries@gs.com)

Analyst / Investor
enquiries:

 Gurjit Kambo    +44 (0) 207 051 2564

Media enquiries:

 Brunswick Group    phll@brunswickgroup.com (mailto:phll@brunswickgroup.com)
 Simone Selzer                          +44 (0)207 404 5959

 

 

 

Please note Petershill Partners financial calendar for the remainder of 2024:

 

 Q3 Trading Update to 30 September 2024    19 November 2024

 

 

 

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