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Princess Private Equity Holding Limited

Princess Q1 2023 results presentation

Princess to relaunch investment activity

Princess Q1 2023 results presentation

Princess will hold a quarterly investor update today Tuesday, 23 May 2023, at 10:00 BST / 11:00 CEST. During the webcast, Partners Group, the Investment Manager to Princess, will give an update on the recent developments of the Princess portfolio based on unaudited figures as of 31 March 2023. Please find the registration details below or on the Company's webpage.

The results presentation is now available at: https://www.princess-privateequity.net/en/investor-relations/web-cast-live-events/.

Princess to relaunch investment activity

The board of Princess is pleased to announce the Company is relaunching its investment activity. Princess will commit EUR 30 million into Partners Group Direct Equity V. The fund will be focused on acquiring a globally diversified private equity portfolio targeting high quality mid-market companies where Partners Group has formed the conviction that it can lead a proactive value creation and entrepreneurial governance approach to improve and transform those companies.

With this new commitment, Princess will gain exposure to four private equity Lead¹ investments, two of which are new to Princess which were made by Partners Group in the last few months. The new seed investments are SureWerx, a leading North American manufacturer and supplier of safety gear and equipment, and Cloudflight, a leading digital transformation services provider in the DACH region. At the same time, the Princess portfolio will gain additional exposure to Breitling, the Swiss, high quality, neo-luxury watchmaker, and Foundation Risk Partners, an independent insurance broker assisting businesses and individuals navigate the intricate US insurance landscape. Over the investment period, Partners Group Direct Equity V is aiming to have approximately 25 companies in its portfolio.

Moreover, Princess plans to invest in additional Direct² Lead investments this year by investing alongside the Partners Group platform to give investors access to middle market businesses in sectors with strong growth characteristics. 

Active growth is key in a new era with higher rates and without valuation tailwinds.

Richard Battey, Chairman comments: "This commitment announced today is in line with the Princess strategy to have a majority of the portfolio in Partners Group Lead Investments which the investment manager believes offers the most attractive growth profiles in a new era with higher rates and without valuation tailwinds. It will also allow the Princess portfolio to be further diversified by geography and vintage. I am pleased to see investment activity in the portfolio gaining traction again."

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About Princess

Princess is an investment holding company founded in 1999 and domiciled in Guernsey. It invests, inter alia, in private equity and private debt investments. Princess is managed in its investment activities by Partners Group, a global private markets investment management firm with USD 135 billion in investment programs under management in private equity, private debt, private real estate, and private infrastructure. Princess aims to provide shareholders with long-term capital growth and an attractive dividend yield. Princess is traded on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange (ticker: PEY for the Euro Quote; PEYS for the Sterling Quote).

Contacts

Princess Private Equity Holding Limited:

[email protected]

www.princess-privateequity.net

Investor relations contact:                                                                   Media relations contact:

Sarah Page                                                                                                    Jenny Blinch

Phone: +44 20 7575 2695                                                                  Phone: +41 41 784 65 26

Email: [email protected]                                        E-mail: [email protected]

Registered Number: 35241   LEI: 54930038LU8RDPFFVJ57

Footnotes:

1.     Lead investments are those investments where Partners Group hold a controlling interest or share control with commensurate board representation in the portfolio company.

2.     Direct investments are those investments where Princess holds an interest in a portfolio company, either directly or through a Partners Group fund.

Notes:

1.     Note that references in this announcement to Princess Private Equity Holding Limited have been abbreviated to "Princess" or "Company". References to Partners Group AG have been abbreviated to "Partners Group " or "Investment Manager".

2.     This document does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy or subscribe for any securities and neither is it intended to be an investment advertisement or sales instrument of Princess Private Equity Holdings. The distribution of this document may be restricted by law in certain jurisdictions. Persons into whose possession this document comes must inform themselves about and observe any such restrictions on the distribution of this document. In particular, this document and the information contained therein is not for distribution or publication, neither directly nor indirectly, in or into the United States of America, Canada, Australia or Japan.

3.     This document may have been prepared using financial information contained in the books and records of the product described herein as of the reporting date. This information is believed to be accurate but has not been audited by any third party. This document may describe past performance, which may not be indicative of future results. No liability is accepted for any actions taken on the basis of the information provided in this document. Neither the contents of Princess' website nor the contents of any website accessible from hyperlinks on Princess' website (or any other website) is incorporated into, or forms part of, this announcement.