Monthly Performance Update

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Pantheon International PLC
19 February 2021
 

19 February 2021

 

For immediate release  

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Pantheon International Plc

("PIP" or the "Company")

 

Performance Update at 31 January 2021

 

Performance Update at 31 January 2021

 

3,094.7p  NAV per share

+0.1%  NAV per share movement for the month

£1.7bn  Net asset value

-£2.5m     Net portfolio cash flow*

4.7x  Financing cover**

+90%  Total shareholder return (5Y)***

 

Month to 31 January 2021

 

PIP announced an unaudited net asset value ("NAV") per share as at 31 January 2021 of 3,094.7p, an increase of +3.3p (+0.1%) from the NAV per share as at 31 December 2020.

In the month to 31 January 2021, valuation gains* added +23.6p (+0.8%), investment income* added +1.5p (+0.0%), foreign exchange movements* were -17.9p (-0.6%), and expenses and taxes**** were -3.9p (-0.1%)

At 31 January 2021, PIP's private equity assets stood at £1,584m, whilst net available cash balances^ were £137m. The Asset Linked Note^^ ("ALN") outstanding as at 31 January 2021 amounted to £47m. Undrawn commitments to investments stood at £427m as at 31 January 2021, calculated using exchange rates at that date. PIP's multi-currency revolving credit facilities comprise a US$269.8m facility and a €101.6m facility, which remained undrawn as at the month end.

 

PIP made one new commitment during the month:

 

§ A £1.7m co-investment alongside Parthenon Capital in Oasis Financial, a provider of consumer litigation finance solutions in the USA.

 

*Figures are stated net of movements associated with the ALN share of the reference portfolio.

**Ratio of net available cash, portfolio value and undrawn loan facility to outstanding commitments.

***Based on the change in the ordinary share price over the period.

****Withholding taxes on investment distributions.

^Net available cash calculated as cash and net current assets / (liabilities) less undistributed net cashflows associated with the ALN. 

^^Unlisted 10-year note issued on 31 October 2017 whose cost and repayments are linked to a reference portfolio consisting of the Company's older vintage funds.

 

Performance as at 31 January 2021^^^

 


1 Year (%)

3 Years (% p.a.)

5 Years (% p.a.)

10 Years (% p.a.)

Since Inception (% p.a.)

NAV TR per share

11.8%

12.9%

12.5%

12.2%

11.6%

Ordinary share price

(3.1%)

8.1%

13.7%

14.3%

11.1%

FTSE All-Share TR

(7.5%)

(0.5%)

5.6%

5.5%

7.3%

MSCI World (£) TR

13.5%

11.2%

15.4%

12.2%

8.3%

 

^^^PIP was launched on 18 September 1987. The performance figures for PIP assume reinvestment of dividends, capital repayments and cash flows from warrants.

 

Largest Holdings

 

Largest managers by value as at 30 November 2020

 


Region

% of portfolio

1 Insight Venture Partners

USA

5.7%

2 Providence Equity Partners

USA

5.3%

3 Essex Woodlands

USA

4.9%

4 Apax Partners SA

Europe

2.8%

5 Baring Private Equity Asia

Asia and EM

2.6%

 

 

Largest companies by value as at 30 September 2020µ

 


Country

 

Sector

 

% of portfolio

1 EUSA Pharma

UK

Healthcare

3.9%

2 JFrog

Israel

IT

1.8%

3 Allegro

Poland

Consumer

1.1%

4 Insurance Company µ

USA

Financials

1.0%

5 Abacus Data Systems

USA

IT

1.0%





µ   The private equity manager does not permit disclosure of this information.

µ µ   Based on valuations as at 30 September 2020 adjusted for known calls and distributions to 30 November 2020.

 

Monthly Report

 

The January monthly newsletter can be accessed on PIP's website at www.piplc.com in the Investor Relations section under the heading "Newsletters".

 

This announcement contains inside information.

 

Ends

LEI: 2138001B3CE5S5PEE928

 

For more information please visit PIP's website at www.piplc.com or contact:

 

Pantheon

Helen Steers / Vicki Bradley

020 3356 1800

Follow us on LinkedIn:   https://www.linkedin.com/company/pantheon-international-plc

 

NOTES

 

PIP

PIP is a listed FTSE 250 private equity investment trust, overseen by an independent Board of Directors and managed by Pantheon, one of the leading private equity investment managers globally. PIP offers investors a liquid, differentiated entry point to the excellent growth potential of global private equity, with access to the primary, secondary and co-investment opportunities of some of the best managers in the world. The Company has a track record of outperformance and manages risk through diversification and rigorous selection based on Pantheon's extensive experience and international platform.

 

 

 

Pantheon

Pantheon is a leading global private equity, infrastructure, real assets and debt fund investor that invests on behalf of over 600 investors. Founded in 1982, Pantheon has developed an established reputation in primary, co-investment and secondary private asset solutions across all stages and geographies. Pantheon has $58.4 billion in AUM^^ (as at 30 September 2020) and 359 employees (as at 31 December 2020), including 104 investment professionals, located across offices in London, San Francisco, New York, Hong Kong, Seoul, Bogotá, Tokyo and Dublin.

 

^^ This figure includes assets subject to discretionary or non-discretionary management, advice or those limited to a reporting function.

 

 

 

 

Important Information

A copy of this announcement will be available on the Company's website at www.piplc.com . Neither the content of the Company's website, nor the content on any website accessible from hyperlinks on its website for any other website, is incorporated into, or forms part of, this announcement nor, unless previously published by means of a recognised information service, should any such content be relied upon in reaching a decision as to whether or not to acquire, continue to hold, or dispose of, securities in the Company.

Sir Laurie Magnus

Chairman, Pantheon International Plc

Beaufort House, 51 New North Road, Exeter, Devon, EX4 4EP

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