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Alpha Growth
plc
("Alpha" or the
"Company")
Acquisition of Jeometri
Insurance Managers (Guernsey) Limited
Complementary Financial
Services Company Acquisition
Alpha Growth plc (LSE: ALGW and
OTCQB: ALPGF), a leading financial services specialist in life
insurance-linked wealth and asset management, is pleased to
announce that it has signed a binding share
purchase agreement to acquire, subject to regulatory approval,
93.36% of the outstanding shares of Jeometri Insurance Managers
(Guernsey) Limited ("Jeometri"), with the balance of the shares
being retained by its founder and current director, Darren Wadley.
Darren Wadley will be continuing as Managing Director of Jeometri
and leading the business in its next phase of growth.
Jeometri, a regulated insurance
manager based in Guernsey, was established in 2017 to specialise in
the formation and management of life and general insurance and
reinsurance companies. Jeometri has extensive experience in working
with companies and individuals, including private banks, financial
advisory firms and insurance brokers, who are looking to either
self-insure to manage their own risks or to write third-party
insurance or reinsurance business but need help to navigate the
complexities of setting up and administering a licensed insurance
company.
Jeometri's management team boasts
unique skills and years of experience in general and life
insurance, wealth management, banking, regulatory consultancy, and
retail and wholesale financial product development. Furthermore,
Jeometri has built a network of trusted professionals to deliver an
all-around service tailored to their clients'
requirements.
This is a strategic acquisition
which not only expands Alpha's abilities to accumulate assets under
administration but also provides complementary services to Alpha's
Guernsey-based life insurance company, Alpha International Life
Assurance Company (Guernsey) Ltd ("AILAC").
The consideration payable for the
acquisition of Jeometri is £449,321 in cash inclusive of the costs
of the share acquisition and an infusion of working capital into
the business. The transaction funding has been satisfied from
Alpha's existing cash resources and no shares were issued by Alpha
for the acquisition. The acquisition of Jeometri is subject to
regulatory approval by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission.
Subject to this approval, Alpha expects to complete the acquisition
within the third quarter of 2024 and will make a further
announcement in due course once completed.
Going forward, Alpha plans to
actively assist in the growth of Jeometri including through
marketing Jeometri's solutions to its established clientele and the
broader insurance community globally with a view to materially
increasing its business with complementary activity for
Alpha.
Darren Wadley, Jeometri's Founder and Managing Director,
said: "The team and I are very excited to be part of
the wider Alpha group; this will allow Jeometri to shed its small
company image and truly showcase our knowledge, skills and
experience of the insurance industry to a much wider
audience."
Jason Sutherland, Alpha's Executive Director and General
Counsel, added: "Jeometri is an ideal acquisition for Alpha as
it will generate service fees on its own level and opens a channel
for business into the UK and worldwide as interest in establishing
insurance entities grows. Guernsey is the ideal regulatory
environment for such growth. Jeometri is a small but
important acquisition for Alpha Growth and one which provides
significant additional opportunities. As part of our buy and
build strategy, we continue to actively progress our acquisition
pipeline and will update shareholders on progress when
appropriate."
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For
more information, please visit www.algwplc.com
or contact the
following:
Alpha
Growth plc
|
+44 (0) 20 3959 8600
|
Gobind Sahney, Executive
Chairman
|
info@algwplc.com
|
Allenby Capital Limited
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+44 (0) 20 3328 5656
|
Amrit Nahal (Sales and Corporate
Broking)
|
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Nick Athanas / Piers Shimwell
(Corporate Finance)
|
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UK
Investor Relations - Mark
Treharne
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ir@algwplc.com
|
About Alpha Growth plc
Specialist in Longevity Assets
Alpha Growth plc is a financial
advisory business providing specialist consultancy, advisory, and
supplementary services to institutional and qualified investors
globally in the multi-billion dollar market of longevity assets.
Building on its well-established network, the Alpha Growth group
has a unique position in the longevity asset services and
investment business, as a listed entity with global reach. The
group's strategy is to expand its advisory and business services
via acquisitions and joint ventures in the UK and the US to attain
commercial scale and provide holistic solutions to alternative
institutional investors who are in need of specialised skills and
unique access to deploy their financial resource in longevity
assets.
Longevity Assets and Non-correlation
As a longevity asset, it is
non-correlated to the real estate, equity capital and commodity
markets. Its value is a function of time because as time
passes the value gets closer to the face value of the policy. Hence
creating a steady increase in the net asset value of the
investment. This makes it highly attractive to investors wishing to
counteract volatility within an investment portfolio and add
yield.
Note: The Company only advises on and
manages Longevity Assets that originate in the USA where the
structured and life settlement market is highly
regulated.
Forward Looking Statements Disclaimer
Certain statements, beliefs and
opinions in this document are forward-looking, which reflect the
Company's or, as appropriate, the Company's directors' current
expectations and projections about future events. By their nature,
forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties
and assumptions that could cause actual results or events to differ
materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking
statements. These risks, uncertainties and assumptions could
adversely affect the outcome and financial effects of the plans and
events described herein. Forward-looking statements contained in
this document regarding past trends or activities should not be
taken as a representation that such trends or activities will
continue in the future. The Company does not undertake any
obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements,
whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
You should not place undue reliance on forward- looking statements,
which speak only as of the date of this document. Readers
should not treat the contents of this document as advice relating
to legal, taxation or investment matters, and are to make their own
assessments concerning these and other consequences, including the
merits of information and the risks. Readers of this
announcement are advised to conduct their own due diligence and
agree to be bound by the limitations of this disclaimer.
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Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (FSMA). This announcement has been
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information in this announcement is subject to change.