TIDMSPPC
RNS Number : 8541Q
St Peter Port Capital Limited
11 June 2018
For Immediate Release 11 June 2018
St Peter Port Capital Limited (the "Company" or "St Peter Port"
or "SPPC")
Final Results for the Year Ended 31 March 2018
St Peter Port Capital Limited, the AIM quoted investment company
whose aim is to generate value by investing predominantly in growth
companies shortly before an initial public offering ("IPO") or
other exit event, announces its final results for the year ended 31
March 2018.
Highlights
-- Investments in 7 companies* at year end valued at GBP12.1
million (2017: 12 companies at GBP16.5 million)
-- NAV of 20.66p per share at 31 March 2018 (2017: 29.56p), down
30.1 per cent. on the year
-- FX movements during the year contributed to the lower NAV by
2.81p, equivalent to 31.6 per cent. of the reduction in NAV per
share. These FX movements have partly reversed since the year
end
-- At 31 March 2018, total of GBP66.2 million realised since inception
-- GBP1.3 million of liquid funds, comprising GBP0.3 million in
cash and GBP1 million in a listed floating rate note (maturing in
November 2018) as at 7 June 2018
-- Cost savings of cGBP200k achieved during the year
* excluding companies entirely written down
Lynn Bruce, Chairman of St Peter Port, said:
"Management of a number of the companies in our portfolio are
more optimistic than at any time in the recent past. However, with
the exception of one company (in which the dollar size of our
holding is small compared to the other holdings), none has achieved
a liquidity event. We believe that the case for holding these
investments, rather than seeking to sell them at distressed prices,
remains the best strategy for the Company. Notwithstanding this, in
the absence of any material developments in these companies, we
have decided to reduce the holding value of two portfolio companies
(Buried Hill and Union Agriculture) to adjust further for
illiquidity."
For further information:
St Peter Port Capital Limited
Lynn Bruce, Director +44 (0) 1481 724 222
Grant Thornton UK LLP (Nominated
Adviser)
Philip Secrett
Jamie Barklem +44 (0) 20 7383 5100
The information contained within this announcement is deemed to
constitute inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse
Regulations (EU) No. 596/2014. Upon the publication of this
announcement, this inside information is now considered to be in
the public domain.
Chairman's statement
I report on the year ended 31 March 2018.
Background
Several of the companies in our portfolio reported some good
news during the second half of the year under review, though none
of them have yet achieved the value inflection points necessary to
unlock value. Global Atomic reversed into a Toronto stock exchange
listed company in December 2017 and we have sold down some of our
position in this company.
Realisation and Investments
During the financial year, St Peter Port realised investments
generating GBP17,000 (2017: GBP218,000). A further GBP35,000 of
realisations have been made since the year end.
The Company made no new investments during the year.
Financial Results
The balance sheet shows investments (excluding the listed
floating rate note described below) of GBP12.1 million (2017:
GBP16.5 million), consisting of financial assets at fair value
through profit or loss of GBP12.1 million (2017: GBP16.5 million).
Net assets were GBP13.3 million (2017: GBP19.0 million), giving a
net asset value of 20.66p per share (2017: 29.56p per share). Net
assets have decreased by 18.3 per cent. since the interim results
as at 30 September 2017. The changes result from write downs to two
valuations which were made for reasons of prudence rather than as a
result of any material changes in the affairs of the companies.
They are discussed further in the Investment Manager's Report.
The changes also result from adverse currency movements
(depreciation of US dollar against sterling). These adverse FX
movements during the year contributed to the lower NAV by 2.81p,
equivalent to 31.6 per cent. of the reduction in NAV per share.
These FX movements have since been partly reversed.
At the balance sheet date, the Company held GBP0.3 million in
cash (2017: GBP1.5 million) and GBP1.0 million in a liquid, listed
floating rate note (2017: GBP1.0 million). The floating rate note
has an adjustable interest rate and matures in November 2018. As at
the close on 7 June 2018, the Company's liquid funds (comprising
cash and the value of the floating rate note) were GBP1.3 million
(2017: GBP2.5 million).
Dividends
It remains the Board's policy that, in respect of each period of
six months and subject to the requirements of Guernsey Law
regarding solvency, it will pay out in cash 50 per cent. of the net
gains from all realisations made. There were no net gains on
realisations during the year and so no dividend is being
proposed.
Outlook and life of the Company
As reported in the Investment Manager's Report below, several of
our companies continue to move towards a stage where an exit for
the Company is more achievable on good terms. Despite this, (other
than Global Atomic) none of the companies have yet reached a value
inflection point which would drive an exit opportunity.
For us, a likely exit may comprise any of the following: a
portfolio company listing its shares on a stock exchange or being
sold to a financial or trade buyer or, if one of the portfolio
companies does manage to reach the next phase of its development,
our being able to sell our position in that company on the
secondary market.
Our portfolio remains highly illiquid and so we have therefore
reduced the carrying value of two companies (in the case of Union
Agriculture, significantly), to reflect this illiquidity. We should
stress, however, that the reductions in value are based almost
entirely on liquidity delays and not because there has been any
specific negative news communicated to its shareholders by either
company.
In a circular to shareholders published by SPPC on 24 May 2017,
I explained how the Company's board of directors believed that our
portfolio of companies offered potential for capital gain from the
values at which they were then being held. We also stated in that
circular that it was our intention to offer shareholders the
opportunity to vote annually whether to continue the life of the
Company or initiate the liquidation of all the Company's holdings
(including those which are highly illiquid). For this reason, a
resolution whether to continue the life of the Company for a
further year is being proposed at the forthcoming annual general
meeting.
We continue to believe that the portfolio still offers potential
for capital gains from the current carrying values at which we hold
our interests in the portfolio companies. As reported in our
interim results for the period ended 30 September 2017, we have
also implemented a cost reduction programme which has reduced
annual costs by some GBP200,000 per annum. All annual expenditure
remains under stringent review. We therefore believe that
continuing the life of the Company on a further one year rolling
mandate will put the Company in the best position to realise
capital gains from its portfolio. Conversely, were the Company
required to realise its investments in the short term, it would
likely have to accept prices appropriate to a distressed sale.
The Board remains committed to trying to deliver value to
shareholders through disposals of the investments and by trying to
stimulate liquidity. It also remains open to alternatives should
they arise.
L Bruce
Lynn Bruce
Chairman
11 June 2018
Investment Manager's Report
St Peter Port's portfolio is diversified across a range of
sectors but with significant exposure to natural resources and
commodities. It also holds investments in two technology companies.
In natural resources, SPPC owns interests in companies in oil and
minerals including nickel and uranium. It also has soft commodity
investments, including a large farmland owner in Uruguay and a
potash mine development in Brazil. The size of each holding as a
percentage of each portfolio company's share capital is small and
usually less than 2 per cent.
Nearly all of the portfolio companies have their main activity
outside of the UK. One of the portfolio companies merged with a
Toronto Stock Exchange listed company in December 2017, and as a
result its shares are now publicly traded.
The following table shows the breakdown by sector of the
investments as at 31 March 2018:
Investments by Sector as at 31 March 2018
Sector Number Cost Book Value Percentage
GBPm GBPm (of book value)
Mining 3 5.0 5.5 45.4
Oil and Gas 1 1.8 3.3 27.3
Tech 2 1.7 3.0 24.8
Ag./ Forestry 1 1.9 0.3 2.5
Total 7 10.4 12.1 100.0
Investments
During the year ended 31 March 2018 the Company made no
additional equity investments.
Realisations
During the year, the Company sold down part of its holding in
Global Atomic, which obtained a Toronto Stock Exchange listing in
December 2017 through a reverse takeover. This generated net
proceeds of GBP17,000.
Portfolio - Detail
The following is a list of the Company's current investments
(excluding those of nil value).
Company Investment Business
(acquisition terms)
Brazil Potash US$2.5 million subscription Potash exploration and development
for ordinary shares. on licences covering 22.5 million
Further US$1.5 million hectares in the Amazon Potash
subscription for Basin.
ordinary shares.
US$937,000 to exercise
warrants.
Buried Hill US$850,000 subscription Oil and gas exploration company
for ordinary shares. focused on the Caspian Sea.
Further US$2.7 million
acquisition of ordinary
shares.
Global Atomic CAN$2 million subscription Uranium exploration and development
for ordinary shares. company which has discovered
a high-grade uranium deposit
in Niger.
iQur GBP0.5 million initial Medical research company that
subscription for is developing a novel vaccine
ordinary shares. platform.
Further GBP51,000
in convertible loan
notes. Further GBP140,000
for additional ordinary
shares.
Mediatainment US$2 million subscription Mediatainment is the holding
for ordinary shares. company for an investment in
Stream TV. Stream TV has developed
a solution to provide 3D TV without
glasses in very high (4K) resolution.
Red Flat Nickel US$4.2 million investment The Company has claims over two
in loan notes. nickel laterite deposits in Oregon.
The loan partly funded exploration
on the two fully owned tenements.
Following the loan reaching its
term in 2011, the Company acquired
the majority equity interest.
Union Agriculture US$2 million subscription Uruguayan farming company which
for ordinary shares. is now the largest owner of agricultural
Further US$1 million land in Uruguay.
subscription for
ordinary shares.
St Peter Port also held securities in a number of companies
which it carries at nil value in its balance sheet. These include
Seven Energy, Kerogen Shale (formerly Jordan Energy and Mining
Limited), East Africa Timber & Farming Limited, Celadon,
Mincore and M-Log (formerly Manabi).
Top Three Investments as at 31 March 2018
The following table lists SPPC's top three investments by value
as at 31 March 2018 representing 95.8 per cent. by value of the
portfolio.
Gain/
Company Cost Valuation (Loss)(1) Status
GBP000's GBP000's GBP000's
Brazil Potash Corp 2,336 5,234 2,898 Unquoted
Buried Hill Energy (Cyprus)
Plc 1,749 3,303 1,554 Unquoted
Mediatainment 1,015 2,694 1,679 Unquoted
Total 5,100 11,231 6,131
========= ========== ===========
1 Cumulative unrealised and realised gain (loss) since
acquisition.
Developments
Brazil Potash
Brazil Potash ("BP") owns the key mineral rights in a
world-class scale potash basin some 120 kilometres south-east of
Manaus, one of the main cities in northern Brazil. The site is
about eight kilometres from the Madeira River (feeding into the
Amazon), which should allow the company to transport planned
production to fertiliser plants downriver by barge. Brazil is one
of the major importers of potash today, and BP's management
believes that the company should be able to mine, process and
deliver its product for an amount equivalent to the delivery costs
alone of potash imports from Canada and Russia.
BP has obtained its Preliminary Licence, completed its Bankable
Feasibility Study and is currently working towards obtaining the
Installation Licence which will allow it to initiate construction
of the mine. As we reported at the half year, the company raised
working capital from new investors at a value for Brazil Potash
some 50 per cent. higher than the value at which SPPC is carrying
its interest in the company. However, as the new raise was
relatively small, the directors of SPPC decided against increasing
the value at which the Company holds this investment.
Management of BP are very pleased with the progress that the
company continues to make on the ground. They recently reported
that the Brazilian Navy approved the proposed construction by the
company of a port on the Madeira River, one of the conditions which
needs to be satisfied if the company is to transport its product by
barge. Management also point to the improvement in the health of
the Brazilian economy, particularly in its agricultural sector,
which is one of the significant engines of this growth. They state
that record harvests in 2017 mean that farmers in Brazil are flush
with cash but need to replace the nutrients in their soil,
increasing demand for potash in the country. BP's management also
note that potash prices have increased to above US$300/tonne (as
against the ten year lows of US$215/tonne in June 2016), and they
expect potash prices to increase further over the course of
2018.
BP continues to see a high-level of interest and engagement in
the project from local and international investors and is working
to secure the significant finance required to build out the mine.
Although the macro-economic indicators are more positive than in
recent years, securing this finance remains extremely hard and
seems to us to be the necessary pivot for securing a sale of SPPC's
position. Management of BP report that they are also talking to
banks about a possible listing of the company within the next 12-18
months.
Buried Hill
Buried Hill ("BH") has a Production Sharing Agreement with the
government of Turkmenistan in relation to one of the largest oil
blocks under the Caspian Sea. However, the block lies beneath a
disputed border between Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan and all
operational activities at the site ceased several years ago,
pending a resolution between the two countries of this border
dispute.
The project is fully funded by BH's co-venturer (an
international oil major) and we maintain every confidence in the
company's leadership and strong team. Management of BH are
constrained from disclosing the status of high-level discussions
which have been ongoing for some years between the two countries.
Nevertheless, it is able to point to certain information and events
in the public domain to evidence that progress is being made. In
particular, they point not only to the continuing rapprochement
between the two countries themselves, but also to the meetings
between the five countries bordering the Caspian Sea (including
Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan), the primary purpose of which is to
conclude the negotiation of the Convention on the Legal Status of
the Caspian Sea. There have also been press reports in the region,
commenting on the expectation that the delineation of borders in
the Caspian Sea could unlock a number of frozen oil and gas
projects, including BH's project in the Serdar oil field.
BH remains optimistic that the political deadlock will be
resolved, which would allow the company to progress development of
the field. The company has also told us that, should the deadlock
be resolved, they believe there may be major interest in the
project and at that time will work hard to stimulate a secondary
market for existing shareholders. However, SPPC recognises that
absent any resolution of the deadlock, the value of this company
and SPPC's position in it remains binary. For this reason, SPPC has
written down the carrying value of its position by 20 per cent.
from the value which the company itself fair-values its shares to
reflect both the continuing illiquidity of BH's shares and the
binary nature of this investment.
Mediatainment
St Peter Port owns 6 per cent. of the issued share capital of
Mediatainment, Inc., a company which owns approximately 27 per
cent. of Stream TV Networks, Inc. ("STV").
STV is the owner of a technology which powers 3D TV without
glasses. STV's solution has been to insert a proprietary printed
circuit board mounting a programmed chip into the panels of TV and
display screens made by a wide variety of manufacturers. Devices
which could use the technology currently range in size from tablets
and games machines to 65 inch screens.
At the beginning of 2018, STV announced that it had entered into
an agreement in principle with Chinese screen manufacturer BOE
Technology Group Co., Ltd ("BOE") to combine BOE's high resolution
panels with STV's technology. Management believe that this is a
very important step to commercialisation given that BOE are a large
established manufacturer of screens(2) (who also report that they
recently won a contract to supply screens to Apple) and want to
incorporate STV's technology in the majority of the screens they
manufacture, according to STV's management. They are particularly
focused on the new generation of even higher resolution screens
using 8k resolution. STV are now working on the mass production of
a new programmed chip (ASIC) which can be mounted on circuit boards
in 8k TVs and display screens. This would avoid the need for a
proprietary circuit board.
In the meantime, management are bullish about many other
developments within their company. Whilst SPPC is pleased with
STV's progress, there is no visibility of an exit or liquidity
event.
____________
(1) BOE describes themselves as "ranking no 1 in terms of market
share of panels for mobile phone and tablet" (BOE website)
Union Agriculture
Union Agriculture ("UAG") is a diversified agribusiness firm
that currently owns some 84,000 hectares of farmland in Uruguay,
the majority of which it leases to farmers. It has sold down land
holdings over the past few years to deleverage its balance sheet.
The company also has trading and logistics operations through its
subsidiary, Granosur Holding Limited, which owns 5 silo plants in
Uruguay, a fleet of transportation vehicles and has a 50 per cent.
interest in a further silo as well as a 37 per cent. interest in a
Uruguayan rice producer, processor and exporter.
The company abandoned plans to float itself on the Toronto Stock
Exchange ("TSX") following a shareholder vote in April 2017. The
reasons shareholders voted down the "going public" resolution which
they had voted in favour of a couple of years earlier (following
shareholder activism on the part of SPPC amongst others) included
the significant one-time and ongoing expenditure a float would
involve. In addition, the company had advised that it would
struggle to meet the TSX's working capital requirements in light of
its then high debt burden without a significant capital
reorganisation.
The company subsequently raised US$30 million in a deeply
discounted rights issue, in which SPPC did not participate. It has
recently reported to shareholders in relation to the period ended
31 December 2017.
In that report, the company was generally upbeat, explaining
that the change of business model (becoming a landowner rather than
a landowner and operator) had proven to be successful, with
expectations that the company would end the fiscal year EBITDA
positive. The company's June 2017 land valuation (carried out by an
independent third party professional firm) valued the company's
land holdings alone at nearly US$273 million. Aggregating this with
the company's other investments, holdings and debt, the company
advised shareholders that NAV per share was US$4.18.
Notwithstanding the company's reported NAV, SPPC is conscious
that the shares in UAG are highly illiquid and that the company is
still saddled with significant debt. Whilst SPPC has not received
any negative shareholder communication from UAG, SPPC has
nevertheless decided to apply a 70 per cent. discount to the net
asset value reported by UAG.
Global Atomic
Global Atomic ("GA") has a concession over a uranium deposit in
Niger.
In December 2017, the company completed its long-heralded merger
with a TSX-listed company called Silvermet, Inc., which owns an
interest in an electric arc furnace dust plant in Turkey. The
merged entity continues to trade as Global Atomic (ticker GLO). As
part of the transaction, the company succeeded in raising a small
amount of additional funds to spend on further proving up the
resource at its deposit in Niger. The results of this further
drilling have been extremely positive, and together with positive
news-flow in relation to the operations in Turkey, the shares have
rallied over the last few months. SPPC sold down 156,500 shares in
GA during the final weeks of the Company's fiscal year and has, as
at 7 June 2018, sold a further 331,500 shares.
Red Flat Nickel
St Peter Port is the indirect owner of 80 per cent. of the
issued share capital of Red Flat Nickel Corporation ("RFNC"), a Las
Vegas company which owns 86 claims on top of Red Flat Mountain
("Gold Beach") and some 137 claims on the McGrew Summit
("Cleopatra"). Both the Gold Beach and Cleopatra claims lie on
federal land, which is administered by the United States Forest
Service (a part of the United States Federal Department of
Agriculture).
In the last days of the Obama administration, the Bureau of Land
Management announced that the Assistant Secretary for Land and
Minerals Management had signed a public land order for a 20 year
term withdrawing certain lands managed by the U.S. Forest Service
(including all the land on which RFNC owns its claims) from entry
under the US mining laws.
During 2017, we noted that the Trump administration was starting
to reverse some of the withdrawals that had been instituted by the
previous administration, including in respect of some 10 million
acres of federal land which had been withdrawn from mining to
protect sage grouse. On 28 September 2017, Senator Bishop, chairman
of the House Committee on Natural Resources, wrote to both the
Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Interior complaining
about the systemic blocking of mineral access on federal land that
had occurred during the previous administration. In that letter, he
gave the example of Red Flat's project in Oregon (although he did
not name the project) and explained that not only was the
withdrawal illegal on its own terms (for breaching the relevant
legislation), but also that actions such as these were harming
America's interests, by forcing it to remain reliant on other
countries for critical minerals that America had in abundance. One
of the key responses to this letter was an executive order by
President Trump to reduce the country's vulnerability to
disruptions in the supply of critical minerals.
At the start of 2018, the environment for owners of mining
projects on federal land seemed to be becoming increasingly benign.
However, on 21 February 2018, the Secretary of Agriculture wrote a
letter to the Oregon senators who had campaigned for the withdrawal
of the Red Flat lands, stating that there would be no reversal of
the withdrawal. Red Flat continues to investigate its options in
respect of the project, but this is obviously a considerable
setback.
iQur
iQur is a vaccine development company. Its lead candidate
vaccine is FLUTCORE - a universal Influenza A vaccine. The company
owns an exclusive worldwide licence to a platform technology called
Tandem Core, which is a modified hepatitis B protein that forms
virus like particles (VLPs) which can be coated with specific
antigens. These VLPs stimulate antigen specific immune responses,
and FLUTCORE is designed to harness Tandem Core technology to
stimulate a prophylactic immune response to the conserved
(non-variable) parts of flu. Although other companies (large and
small) are also looking to develop universal flu vaccines, iQur's
approach and technology is unique.
The company has told us that recent tests conducted by an
independent laboratory confirm that the vaccine is effective. The
next step is for the company to raise further funds to enable it to
complete a Phase 1 proof of concept clinical trial.
Other developments
SPPC has written down a number of its investments over the
years. The majority of these investments were in companies which
became insolvent. However, several of these written down
investments are in companies where the board of SPPC saw no real
prospect of a realisation, despite management's best efforts. One
such company was Celadon, which owns two coal projects in Inner
Mongolia, one of which is very large and the other very small.
Celadon recently reported to shareholders that it had in fact
recently sold the smaller mine (which is mired in legal disputes)
and received a cash payment for it. Although this cash payment will
not itself be distributed to shareholders (it is a small amount and
is required for working capital purposes), we note that the buyer
of this smaller mine is also in negotiations with Celadon to buy
the larger mine. If this sale were to take place, this would likely
result in a distribution to shareholders, but it is impossible to
quantify this at this stage. We continue to monitor all SPPC's
written-down investments.
Contributions to Changes in the Valuation of the Portfolio
During the year, currency movements (principally the
strengthening of sterling against the US$) have had a negative
effect on the value of the portfolio. They have contributed a
decrease of 2.81p to the NAV per share over the full year (as to a
1.66p decrease during the first half and as to a 1.15p decrease in
the second half). This has partly reversed since the year end.
Activity and Prospects
We are encouraged by the progress reported by some of SPPC's
portfolio companies. All of the companies (except Buried Hill)
require significant capital in order to leverage the opportunities
each have created, and raising this capital remains very
challenging. Nevertheless, we see steady progress being made and
are quietly optimistic that 2018 will be a turning point for some
of the companies. In the meantime, we continue to probe the
secondary market (such as it is) for some of SPPC's
investments.
Graham Shore Jonathan Paisner
For and on behalf of St Peter For and on behalf of LMN Capital
Port Investment Management Limited Limited, Advisor to St Peter
Investment Manager Port Investment Management Limited
St Peter Port Capital Limited
Consolidated Statement of Financial Position
As at 31 March 2018
As at 31/03/2018 As at 31/03/2017
GBP'000 GBP'000
Assets
Current Assets
Financial assets at fair value through
profit or loss 13,126 17,482
Loans and other receivables 45 111
Cash and cash equivalents 301 1,488
Total assets 13,472 19,081
----------------- -----------------
Liabilities
Current liabilities
Trade and other payables (204) (100)
Total liabilities (204) (100)
----------------- -----------------
Net assets 13,268 18,981
================= =================
Equity
Capital and reserves attributable
to equity holders of the Company
Share capital - -
Share premium - -
Special reserve - 66,361
Revenue reserve 13,268 (47,380)
Total Equity 13,268 18,981
================= =================
Net asset value per Ordinary Share
(pence per share) 20.66 29.56
The accompanying notes 1 to 8 form an integral part of these
financial statements.
St Peter Port Capital Limited
Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income
For the year ended 31 March 2018
Year ended Year ended
31/03/2018 31/03/2017
GBP'000 GBP'000
Income
Net losses on financial assets at
fair value through profit or loss (4,357) (4,076)
Gains on foreign exchange - 6
Interest income 7 4
Other income 7 1
Net investment loss (4,343) (4,065)
Administrative expenses (888) (1,022)
Net loss from operations (5,231) (5,087)
Loss for the year attributable to
shareholders of the Company (5,231) (5,087)
============ ============
Basic and diluted loss per Ordinary
Share (pence) (8.15) (7.92)
The accompanying notes 1 to 8 form an integral part of these
financial statements.
St Peter Port Capital Limited
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity
For the year ended 31 March 2018
Special Revenue
reserve reserve Total
GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000
Opening balance as at 1 April 2017 66,361 (42,293) 24,068
Loss for the year - (5,087) (5,087)
Balance as at 31 March 2017 66,361 (47,380) 18,981
Transfer to revenue reserves (66,361) 66,361 -
Loss for the year - (5,231) (5,231)
Dividends paid (482) (482)
Balance as at 31 March 2018 - 13,268 13,268
========= ========= ========
The accompanying notes 1 to 8 form an integral part of these
financial statements.
St Peter Port Capital Limited
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
For the Year Ended 31 March 2018
Year ended Year ended
31/03/2018 31/03/2017
GBP'000 GBP'000
Cash flows from operating activities
Interest and investment income 7 6
Operating expenses paid (795) (1,047)
Net cash outflow from operating activities (788) (1,041)
------------ ------------
Cash flows from investing activities
Sale of investments 17 218
Purchase of investments - (1,003)
Loans advanced to subsidiaries - (12)
Repayment of subsidiary loans 66 105
Cash inflow/ (outflow) from investing
activities 83 (692)
------------ ------------
Cash flows from financing activities
Dividends paid (482) -
Cash (outflow)/ inflow from financing
activities (482) -
------------ ------------
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents (1,187) (1,733)
Gains on foreign exchange - 6
Opening cash and cash equivalents 1,488 3,215
Closing cash and cash equivalents 301 1,488
============ ============
The accompanying notes 1 to 8 form an integral part of these
financial statements.
1. General Information
St Peter Port Capital Limited is a Guernsey registered, closed
ended investment company, admitted to trading on the AIM Market of
the London Stock Exchange. St Peter Port's investment strategy is
primarily to invest in unquoted companies which are close to a
liquidity event. The funds invested by St Peter Port will often
provide the working capital to make such an event possible. The
event could be an IPO, trade sale or repayment of a bridging loan
(typically with warrants or other form of participation) from a
fund-raising achieved by the investee at a higher price after the
bridging event has occurred.
The universe for investment is principally companies across a
broad range of sectors and geography expecting to achieve a
liquidity event in the months after the Company's investment.
The company's website is www.stpeterportcapital.gg.-
2. Financial Information
The report on the full financial statements for the year ended
31 March 2018 has been signed and the financial information
presented in this results announcement is an extract of these
audited accounts. Whilst the financial information included in this
final results announcement has been computed in accordance with
IFRS, this announcement does not itself contain sufficient
information to comply with IFRS. The auditor's report on the 31
March 2018 financial statements was unqualified and not modified. A
key audit matter was included in the accounts concerning the fair
valuation of unquoted investments and a material uncertainty
paragraph relating to going concern. The uncertainty regarding
going concern arises because of the continuation vote being held at
the forthcoming AGM - a vote against continuation might require the
disposal on worse terms of illiquid assets.
3. Earnings Per Share
The calculation of basic loss per share is based on the net loss
from continuing operations for the year of GBP5,231,000 (2017:
GBP5,087,000 net loss) and on 64,221,500 (2017: 64,221,500) shares
being the weighted average number of shares in issue during the
year. There is no difference between basic earnings per share and
diluted earnings per share.
4. Net Asset Value per Share
As at 31/03/2018 As at 31/03/2017
GBP'000 GBP'000
Net asset value 13,268 18,981
Ordinary shares in issue 64,222 64,222
Net Asset Value per Ordinary Share
(pence per share) 20.66 29.56
The Net Asset Value per Ordinary Share is based on the Net Asset
Value at the end of the reporting period and on 64,221,500 (2017:
64,221,500) Ordinary Shares being the shares in issue at the year
end.
5. Taxation
The Company is exempt from taxation under the terms of the
Income Tax (Exempt Bodies) (Guernsey) Ordinance 1989 and is liable
to an annual fee of GBP1,200. Subsidiaries are subject to tax in
their respective jurisdictions.
6. Pre-IPO and other investments
At the end of the reporting period, the Company held 7
investments totalling GBP12,100,000. This excludes all pre-IPO
investments which have been written off. Of this, GBP12,100,000 was
classified as financial assets held at fair value through profit or
loss and GBP45,000 within Loans and receivables. The remaining
financial assets held at fair value through profit or loss of
GBP1,002,000 comprise a short-term tradeable sterling denominated
listed Floating Rate Note issued by a major European bank (ABN
Amro) and with an interest rate reset every three months to reflect
changes in 3 month sterling Libor. This Note is due to be redeemed
by ABN Amro in November 2018.
7. Subsequent Events
There has not been any matter or circumstance occurring
subsequent to the end of the financial year that has significantly
affected, or may significantly affect, the operations of the
company, the results of those operations, or the state of affairs
of the company in future financial years.
8. 2018 Report and Accounts
Copies of the 2018 accounts will be posted to shareholders in
due course. Copies of this announcement (and the 2018 accounts in
due course) are available from the Company at 3(rd) Floor, 1 Le
Truchot, St Peter Port, Guernsey, GY1 1WD or alternatively on the
Company's website at: www.stpeterportcapital.gg.
This information is provided by RNS, the news service of the
London Stock Exchange. RNS is approved by the Financial Conduct
Authority to act as a Primary Information Provider in the United
Kingdom. Terms and conditions relating to the use and distribution
of this information may apply. For further information, please
contact rns@lseg.com or visit www.rns.com.
END
FR FPMRTMBMMBIP
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
June 11, 2018 02:00 ET (06:00 GMT)
St Peter Port Capital (LSE:SPPC)
Historical Stock Chart
From Dec 2024 to Jan 2025
St Peter Port Capital (LSE:SPPC)
Historical Stock Chart
From Jan 2024 to Jan 2025
