Sale of New Haven property

RNS Number : 3507F
Sportech PLC
16 November 2020
 

For immediate release

16 November 2020

 

 

Sportech PLC

("Sportech", the "Group" or the "Company")

 

Sale of New Haven property

 

Sportech (LSE: SPO), an international betting technology business, is pleased to announce it has agreed the conditional sale (the "Sale") of its Sports Haven property in New Haven, Connecticut, USA (the "Property") to Criterion Group LLC (the "Buyer").

 

The Sale proceeds of US$6.75 million (£5.1 million) will be paid in cash on completion.  Completion is subject to the Buyer concluding acceptable due diligence on the Property, which is anticipated to conclude towards the end of March 2021.

 

The consideration represents a premium to the 30 June 2020 balance sheet gross asset value of the Property of   US$1.65 million (£1.2 million).

 

The proceeds from the Sale will create further investment capital for the Group's Connecticut business and further strengthen the Group's financial position. At completion, the Group will enter a six-month lease for use of the Property for a rent of US$0.30 million. In the year ending 31 December 2019, the Property contributed US$-0.5 million (£-0.4 million) to the Group's loss before tax.

 

The Sale constitutes a Class 2 transaction under the Financial Conduct Authority's Listing Rules.

 

Publication on website

 

A copy of this announcement is also available on the Group's website at www.sportechplc.com.

 

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For further information, please contact:

 

Sportech PLC

Giles Vardey, Chairman

Richard McGuire, Chief Executive Officer

Tom Hearne, Chief Financial Officer

Tel: +44 (0) 117 902 9000

 

 

 

Peel Hunt

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7418 8900

George Sellar / Andrew Clark

 

 

Buchanan

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7466 5000

Henry Harrison-Topham / Jamie Hooper

sportech@buchanan.uk.com

 

 

Notes to Editors:

 

About Sportech

Sportech PLC, an international betting technology business, delivers solutions and services for some of the world's best-known gaming companies, sports teams, racetracks, casinos and lottery clients as well as owning and operating its own gaming venues in Connecticut under exclusive licences.

 

The Group focuses on highly regulated markets worldwide. It has more than 29,000 betting terminals deployed to over 400 clients in 38 countries. Its global systems process US$12.3 billion in betting handle annually. In the US, it operates across 36 states. The Group has invested over US$60 million in the last five years in the successful expansion of its US gaming Venues, the diversification into raffle and lottery gaming platforms, and in developing its technology services, resulting in its proprietary Quantum™ System being the most widely deployed pari-mutuel betting system globally.

 

 

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