26 March 2018
LMS Capital plc ("LMS" or "the Company")
Receipt of proceeds from the sale interest in Brockton Capital LLP
On 8 February 2018, the Company announced that terms had been agreed for the sale of Brockton Capital LLP, in which the Company had an interest of 6.67%. Completion of the sale was subject to customary conditions including obtaining regulatory approval.
The net proceeds from the sale were expected to be in the region of £2.5 million. This amount was reflected in the 31 December 2017 results announced on 15 March 2018.
The Company can now confirm that the sale has completed and proceeds have been received. The Company's share of proceeds on sale amount to £2.65 million. In addition, £465,000 has been received being the Company's share of surplus funds held within the entity sold and which were distributed immediately prior to completion. The total cash receipt was therefore £3.1 million.
For further information please contact:
LMS Capital PLC 020 3837 6275
Martin Knight, Chairman
Gresham House Asset Management
Graham Bird, Investment Director 020 3837 6275
J.P. Morgan Cazenove
Michael Wentworth-Stanley 0207 742 4000
Notes:
In 2006 LMS, together with 3 other cornerstone investors, backed the establishment of Brockton Capital LLP, a private equity real estate investment adviser, and became an investor in Brockton Capital Fund I LP, a real estate investment fund. The investment in Brockton capital LLP gave LMS the right to participate in entities that would receive a share of any incentive payable in relation to the performance of the Fund and subsequent Brockton-advised funds (the "Carried Interest").
The sale of Brockton Capital LLP does not affect the Company's investment in Brockton Fund I which it continues to hold (carrying value £4.6 million at 31 December 2017). Similarly, the Company's interests in the Carried Interest on existing Brockton funds are unaffected.
