GRESHAM HOUSE STRATEGIC PLC JULY 2019 GRESHAM HOUSE ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD
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PRESENTING TEAM To discuss the Strategic Public Equity strategy further with us, please contact: Graham Bird Laurence Hulse Fund Manager Investment Manager g.bird@greshamhouse.com l.hulse@greshamhouse.com 020 3837 6270 020 3372 2807 | PAGE 3
CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - STRATEGIC PUBLIC EQUITY 5 RESULTS HIGHLIGHTS 6 POST-PERIOD END 7 WHAT IS STRATEGIC PUBLIC EQUITY? 8 PERFORMANCE 9 MARKET OPPORTUNITY 10 - 11 PROCESS 12 - 14 GRESHAM HOUSE STRATEGIC PLC - TOP 10 PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS 15 CASE STUDIES 16 - 17 CONCLUSION 18 APPENDIX 19 - 28 | PAGE 4
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - STRATEGIC PUBLIC EQUITY Specialist equity fund targeting 2xMM (15% IRR) over medium term, through investment in inefficient areas of UK/European smaller companies markets. ▪ Opportunity to buy at a 12.8% discount to NAV 1 GHS portfolio metrics vs. indices ▪ Concentrated portfolio with considerable potential upside, attractively valued GHS forecast 4 FTSE Small Cap ▪ Proven team - long-term 15-year track record 2 with strategy delivering an average of 11.5% EV: sales 0.8x 0.9x outperformance per annum EV: EBITDA 4.3x 8.2x ▪ Supportive market timing - focused on Sales growth 8.9% 1.2% undervalued areas (small cap, value) in a market EBITDA growth 26.3% N/A that is increasingly favouring stock pickers 3 Net debt: EBITDA -0.2x 1.9x Source: Bloomberg data as at 30 June 2019. Based on 1165p, uses weighted value of holdings and takes into account the discount to NAV and cash holdings 1. Discount to NAV as at 30 June 2019 and using GHS mid-price of 1165p 2. See the “ STRATEGIC PUBLIC EQUITY - TRACK RECORD” slide 3. “Stock pickers are poised to reap gains from falling correlations” Cormac Mullen, Bloomberg, 4 August 2017 4. GHS forecast values strip out two investments that are private companies and do not have public forecasts and exclude investments in convertible loan notes. Metrics take into account the discount to NAV and are calculated at a portfolio level including an allocation of portfolio level debt. Forecasts are calendarised to December year-end. Forecast represents 2019. Market ratios based on rolling twelve months | PAGE 5
RESULTS HIGHLIGHTS Investment highlights Operational highlights ▪ A top-performing UK small-cap fund 1 , delivering a ▪ 20.4% total shareholder returns in the year; GHS market-leading NAV Total Return of 8.0% from 1 April share price rose from 827p to 970p 2018 to 31 March 2019, vs -3.1% Total Return for the ▪ Share price discount to NAV reduced from 30.0% at FTSE Small Cap Index 31 March 2018 to 22.6% at 31 March 2019 ▪ NAV growth driven by the strong performance of ▪ £1.9m cash returned to GHS shareholders via several investments buyback and dividends ▪ Realisations of £16.4m generating net profits of ▪ Significant portfolio construction efforts to create a £5.4m against cost more balanced portfolio ▪ Value recovery plans are underway or currently being ‒ IMImobile weighting reduced from 43% to c.20% prepared in underperforming investments ‒ Five smaller investments exited ▪ A Sharpe Ratio of 1.54 since inception, outperforming ‒ New strategic investments built in Augean and its peers 2 and indicative of an attractive risk reward Pressure Technologies profile ▪ The recently announced Joint Venture between Gresham House and Aberdeen Standard Investments relating to the Strategic Public Equity (SPE) strategy, is expected to deliver significant positive benefits for GHS over the longer term 1. Data compiled by FE Trustnet and Morningstar for the year to 31 December 2018, shows that Gresham House Strategic plc outperformed all open-ended UK smaller companies funds and UK smaller companies closed-ended funds, achieving total NAV Total Returns of 8.9%. Since inception in August 2015, GHS has outperformed its benchmark by 13.3% 2. Data compiled and peer group defined by finnCap as at 21 June 2019 | PAGE 6
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