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03/05/2024 07:00

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RNS Number : 0757N  Pollen Street Group Ltd  03 May 2024

FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
   03 May 2024

Pollen Street Group Limited Q1 2024 Trading Update

Pollen Street Group Limited ("Pollen Street" or the "Group") today issues its
trading update for the quarter ended 31 March 2024.

Highlights

·      Fundraising is progressing well across both strategies. In
Private Credit, we completed the first close of Fund IV with c£300 million of
investor commitments and the separately managed account ("SMA") that we
announced in our Q4 2023 trading update was upsized to £280 million. With
this strong available capital we are focused on deployment for credit.

 

·      Fundraising for our Private Equity strategy is also progressing
well and we remain confident of reaching our target commitment of EUR 1
billion for Private Equity Fund V.

 

·      Total AuM has stepped up to £4.4 billion as at 31 March 2024
from £4.2 billion at the end of 2023.

 

·      The Investment Company continues to perform in line with
guidance.

Asset Manager

Total AuM increased to £4.4 billion as at 31 March 2024 and Fee-paying AuM at
£3.4 billion. The first close of Credit Fund IV received investor commitments
of c£300 million. This was further supported by the closing of an SMA, which
was announced in the Q4 2023 trading update bringing the total fundraise
within our Credit strategy to £280 million over Q1 2024 building capacity for
new credit deals as Credit fund III is fully deployed. We expect this momentum
to continue in 2024 with further fundraising in Private Credit Fund IV and
Private Equity Fund V.

Investment Company

The Investment Company has continued to deliver strong performance over Q1
2024, with Income on Net Investment Assets of £518 million over Q1 2024
equivalent to a Return on Net Investment Assets of 9.5%. The increase in
returns is mainly due to the higher returns on Private Equity assets following
the increased allocation of the balance sheet to Pollen Street's Private
Equity funds.

The Investment Company's commitments to Pollen Street funds has increased to
c£190 million as at 31 March 2024.  These commitments allow the Investment
Company to take advantage of attractive returns delivered under Pollen
Street's Private Equity and Private Credit strategies and aligns interest with
our investors to accelerate AuM growth.

About Pollen Street Group Limited

Pollen Street is an alternative asset manager dedicated to investing within
the financial and business services sectors across both Private Equity and
Private Credit strategies. The business was founded in 2013 and has
consistently delivered top tier returns alongside growing AuM.

Pollen Street benefits from a complementary set of asset management activities
focused on managing third-party AuM (the "Asset Manager") together with
on-balance sheet investments (the "Investment Company").

The Asset Manager raises capital from high quality investors and deploys it
into its Private Equity and Private Credit strategies. The strong recurring
revenues from this business enable delivery of scalable growth.

The Investment Company invests in the strategies of the group delivering
attractive risk adjusted returns and accelerating growth in third-party AuM of
the Asset Manager through investing in Pollen Street funds, taking advantage
of attractive investment opportunities and aligning interest with our
investors to grow AuM. Today the portfolio is largely invested in credit
assets with the allocation to Private Equity expect to increase to 30 per cent
in the long term. The portfolio consists of both direct investments and
investments in funds managed by Pollen Street.

POLN is listed on the London Stock Exchange (ticker symbol: POLN). Further
details are available at www.pollenstreetgroup.com
(http://www.pollenstreetgroup.com) .

 

For further information about this announcement please contact:

Pollen Street - Corporate Development Director

Shweta Chugh

+44 (0)20 3965 5081

 

Barclays Bank plc - Joint Broker

Neal West / Stuart Muress

+44 (0)20 7623 2323

 

Investec Bank plc - Joint Broker

Ben Griffiths / Bruce Garrow

+44 (0)20 7597 4000

 

FGS Global

Chris Sibbald

Chris.Sibbald@fgsglobal.com (mailto:Chris.Sibbald@fgsglobal.com)

 

Link Company Matters Limited - Corporate Secretary

polncosec@linkgroup.co.uk (mailto:polncosec@linkgroup.co.uk)

LEI: 894500LP94M98N8CY487

 

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