Chrysalis Investments Limited Portfolio Update (2134P)

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RNS Number : 2134P

Chrysalis Investments Limited

07 February 2023

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7 February 2023

Chrysalis Investments Limited ("Chrysalis" or the "Company")

Portfolio Update

The Company can today announce that, subject to usual closing conditions, it has agreed to purchase GBP20 million of equity in Starling Bank ("Starling") via a secondary market transaction led by an existing, third-party shareholder in Starling.

The Company's Investment Adviser is optimistic about the prospects for Starling and believes this transaction will generate future value for Chrysalis shareholders.

On the 1 February 2023, the Company's Quarterly NAV Announcement detailed a gross cash position as of 30 January 2023 of approximately GBP69 million and a total liquidity position (including the listed position in Wise plc) of approximately GBP81 million. Assuming the Starling transaction closes, the Company's gross cash and total liquidity positions would both be reduced by GBP20 million, and Starling would account for approximately 15% of the portfolio including gross cash, versus approximately 12% as of 30 January 2023.

At the recent Capital Markets Day the Investment Adviser referred to a potential follow-on commitment to fund the portfolio of approximately GBP20 million. For clarity, this secondary transaction did not form part of this analysis.

If, following Completion, the Company's independent Valuation Committee recommends that the Board apply the "price of recent investment" approach to the Company's holding in Starling this would result in a modest uplift in the Company's NAV per share compared with the 31 December 2022 calculation.

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