Brooks Macdonald Group PLC Disposal (3614R)

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Brooks Macdonald Group PLC

21 September 2017

21 September 2017

BROOKS MACDONALD GROUP PLC

Disposal of Braemar Estates

Brooks Macdonald Group plc (the "Group"), the AIM listed wealth management group, today announces the disposal of Braemar Estates (Residential) Limited ("Braemar Estates"), the Group's property management business ("the disposal").

The business is being acquired by Rendall & Rittner Limited, an experienced operator in the property management sector, for a total cash consideration of GBP1.9 million on a cash free, debt free basis. The consideration will be paid in three tranches with an initial 50% to be paid upon completion of the disposal (which is anticipated by the end of 2017 following a TUPE consultation), and the remainder deferred, payable over a two-year period from the completion date.

The disposal follows a recent a review of Braemar Estates, following which the Board took the decision to sell the business, enabling the Group to focus more closely on Brooks Macdonald's core offerings. It will allow the Group to operate with a more streamlined business and will contribute over time to improved margins.

In the Group's financial year ended 30 June 2017, Braemar Estates represented 3.2% of the Group's revenue (GBP2.9m), 0.7% of its underlying profit (GBP126,000), 1.4% of its statutory profit (GBP112,000) and -0.6% of its net assets (Braemar has net liabilities of GBP0.5m).

Caroline Connellan, Chief Executive of Brooks Macdonald Group, commented:

"The disposal of our property management business will enable us to focus more closely on our core offerings and is expected to contribute over time to improved margins."

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Enquiries to:

 
 Brooks Macdonald Group plc              www.brooksmacdonald.com 
  Caroline Connellan, Chief Executive              020 7499 6424 
  Simon Jackson, Finance Director 
  Andrew Shepherd, Deputy Chief 
  Executive 
 
 
   Peel Hunt LLP (Nominated Adviser 
   and Broker) 
   Guy Wiehahn / Adrian Haxby                      020 7418 8900 
 MHP Communications 
  Reg Hoare / Simon Hockridge / 
  Giles Robinson / Charlie Barker                  020 3128 8100 
 

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