Monthly Performance Update

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Pantheon International PLC
23 February 2022
 

23 February 2022

 

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Pantheon International Plc

("PIP" or the "Company")

 

Performance Update at 31 January 2022

 

 

Performance Update at 31 January 2022

 

412.3p    NAV per share

-0.7%  NAV per share movement for the month

£2.2bn  Net asset value

£2.9m      Net portfolio cash flow*

4.0x  Financing cover**

+84%  Total shareholder return (5Y)***

 

 

Month to 31 January 2022

 

PIP announced an unaudited net asset value ("NAV") per share as at 31 January 2022 of 412.3p, a decrease of 3.0p (-0.7%) from the NAV per share as at 31 December 2021.

In the month to 31 January 2022, valuation losses* were -4.5p (-1.1%), investment income* added +0.1p (+0.0%), foreign exchange movements* were +2.4p (+0.6%) and expenses and taxes**** were  -1.0p (-0.2%).

PIP's valuation policy for private equity funds is based on the latest valuations reported by the managers of the funds in which PIP has holdings. In the case of PIP's valuation as at 31 January 2022, 12% of reported valuations are dated 31 December 2021 or later, 86% are dated 30 September 2021 and 2% are dated 30 June 2021.

At 31 January 2022, PIP's private equity assets stood at £2,059m, whilst net available cash balances^ were £219m. The Asset Linked Note^^ ("ALN") outstanding as at 31 January 2022 amounted to £52m. Undrawn commitments to investments stood at £645m as at 31 January, 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 £32.7m of new commitments during the month to two primaries (£27.2m), one secondary (£2.8m), and one co-investment (£2.7m). These included:

· A £15.7m primary commitment to a North American venture fund.

· An £11.5m primary commitment to LYFE Capital Fund IV, an Asian growth equity fund.

· A £2.7m co-investment alongside Altamont Capital Partners in Accelerant, a tech-enabled specialty insurance risk exchange platform based 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 2022 ^^^

 


1 Year (%p.a.)

3 Years

(% p.a.)

5 Years

(% p.a.)

10 Years

(% p.a.)

Since Inception

(% p.a.)

 

 

NAV TR per share

33.2%

17.3%

14.8%

13.8%

12.2%

Ordinary share price

34.7%

14.8%

13.0%

17.2%

11.6%

FTSE All-Share TR

18.9%

6.8%

5.4%

7.4%

7.6%

MSCI World (£) TR

19.8%

16.4%

12.4%

14.0%

8.5%

^^^PIP was launched on 18 September 1987. The performance figures for PIP assume reinvestment of dividends, capital.

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

PIP is managed and advised by Pantheon, a leading global private equity, infrastructure & real assets and private debt investor with more than 35 years' experience sourcing and executing private market investment opportunities on behalf of clients. Pantheon has $81.2 billion in AUM ^^ (as at 30 September 2021) and employs approximately 398 staff including 116 investment professionals across offices in London, San Francisco, New York, Hong Kong, Seoul, Bogotá, Tokyo, Dublin and Berlin.

 

^^ 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 CBE

Chairman, Pantheon International Plc

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

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