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Share Name | Share Symbol | Market | Type | Share ISIN | Share Description |
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Duke Capital Limited | LSE:DUKE | London | Ordinary Share | GG00BYZSSY63 | ORDS NPV |
Price Change | % Change | Share Price | Bid Price | Offer Price | High Price | Low Price | Open Price | Shares Traded | Last Trade | |
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0.00 | 0.00% | 31.25 | 31.00 | 31.50 | 0.00 | 01:00:00 |
Industry Sector | Turnover | Profit | EPS - Basic | PE Ratio | Market Cap |
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Unit Inv Tr, Closed-end Mgmt | 31.06M | 19.59M | 0.0472 | 6.62 | 129.82M |
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RNS Number : 2040A
Duke Royalty Limited
28 May 2019
28 May 2019
Duke Royalty Limited
("Duke Royalty", "Duke" or the "Company")
GBP1.4 Million Follow-On Contribution with Existing Royalty Partner
Duke Royalty Limited (AIM: DUKE), a provider of alternative capital solutions to a diversified range of profitable and long-established businesses in Europe and abroad, is pleased to announce a follow-on investment of GBP1.4 million into its royalty partner Welltel (Ireland) Limited ("Welltel").
Highlights:
-- The investment represents the first follow-on investment that Duke has made into the portfolio recently acquired via Capital Step
-- Duke's total investment in Welltel amounts to approximately EUR6.9 million -- A pro forma cash yield of approximately 16% on the total amount
-- Welltel is a telecommunications solutions provider for over 3,000 business customers and a multiple winner of Deloitte's "Fast-50" award in Ireland
Royalty Partner - Welltel
Welltel, which was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Dublin, is a rapidly growing communications company currently employing 70 people and providing managed services to over 3,000 business customers in Ireland and internationally.
Welltel became a Duke royalty partner as a result of its recent acquisition of Capital Step, which initially invested in Welltel in June 2017. Capital Step subsequently upsized its position in Welltel in February 2018 to EUR5.3 million via a senior-secured Uni-tranche product, consisting of a EUR3.55 million term loan and a EUR1.75 million perpetual royalty.
In 2018, Welltel was a winner for the fifth consecutive year of the Deloitte "Fast-50" award, which is an award given to the fifty fastest growing technology companies in Ireland.
About the Financing
As a result of its latest contribution, Duke's new exposure to Welltel amounts to approximately EUR6.9 million with a pro forma cash yield of approximately 16%.
Use of proceeds for the GBP1.4 million include the settlement of all outstanding deferred consideration in relation to Welltel's two previous acquisitions and for general working capital purposes.
The investment secures Duke's first ranking position in the capital structure and provides Welltel with a strong and liquid balance sheet that will allow it to continue its path of strong organic sales growth as well as allowing it to investigate new accretive acquisition targets.
In that regard, as part of this new investment Duke has secured the right to provide additional follow-on investment into Welltel in the future as and when new acquisition targets are identified and consummated. Both parties have signed a formal exclusivity agreement which gives Duke the right, but not the obligation, to provide additional senior secured funding to Welltel as part of the overall funding solution for the next acquisition.
Neil Johnson, CEO of Duke Royalty, said:
"This investment represents the first follow-on investment that Duke has made into the portfolio recently acquired via Capital Step. Having spent time with CEO and co-founder Ross Murray and his team over the past few months, we've been impressed with their drive to continue expanding the business both organically and through accretive acquisitions."
Ross Murray, CEO of Welltel, said:
"Duke's funding solution is an excellent fit, allowing companies like ours to maintain control whilst benefiting from flexible and long-term capital that provides us the platform to implement our acquisition strategy without re-financing risk."
Duke Royalty Portfolio
Following this follow-on investment into Welltel, Duke's portfolio of core royalty investments is as follows:
Royalty Partner Total Investment Amount Date of Initial Investment Temarca B.V. EUR10,700,000 April 2017 ------------------------ --------------------------- Berkley Recruitment EUR1,300,000 June 2017 (Group) Limited ------------------------ --------------------------- Welltel (Ireland) EUR6,900,000 June 2017 Limited ------------------------ --------------------------- Lynx Equity (UK) GBP10,000,000 October 2017 Limited ------------------------ --------------------------- Xtremepush Limited GBP2,000,000 February 2018 ------------------------ --------------------------- Trimite Global GBP10,000,000 March 2018 Coatings Limited ------------------------ --------------------------- United Glass Group GBP7,500,000 April 2018 Ltd (formerly Brownhills Investments Limited) ------------------------ --------------------------- Pearl & Dean Cinemas GBP2,500,000 June 2018 Limited ------------------------ --------------------------- BHPC Limited EUR4,600,000 August 2018 ------------------------ --------------------------- InterHealth Canada GBP10,000,000 August 2018 ------------------------ --------------------------- Brightwater Selection EUR1,875,000 September 2018 (Ireland) Limited ------------------------ --------------------------- MRDB Holdings Limited GBP10,000,000 February 2019 Group ------------------------ ---------------------------
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About Duke
For further information, please contact www.dukeroyalty.com, or contact:
Neil Johnson / Charlie Duke Royalty Limited Cannon-Brookes +44 (0) 1481 741 240 Stephen Keys / Callum Cenkos Securities Davidson (Nomad) plc / Julian Morse / (Nominated Adviser Michael Johnson and Broker) (Brokers) +44 (0) 207 397 8900 ------------------------ ------------------------------ Newgate Communications Elisabeth Cowell +44 (0) 20 3757 6880 (PR) / Ian Silvera / Dukeroyalty@newgatecomms.com Tom Carnegie ------------------------ ------------------------------
About Duke Royalty
Duke Royalty Limited provides alternative capital solutions to a diversified range of profitable and long-established businesses in Europe and abroad. Duke Royalty's experienced team provide financing solutions to private companies that are in need of capital but whose owners wish to maintain equity control of their business. Duke Royalty's royalty investments are intended to provide robust, stable, long term returns to its shareholders. Duke Royalty is listed on the AIM market under the ticker DUKE and is headquartered in Guernsey.
About Welltel
Welltel designs, commissions and maintains telecoms and connectivity solutions to over 3,000 customers in Ireland and internationally. Welltel works with leading manufacturers, including Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise, Avaya, Cisco, Liquid Voice, NEC, Polycom and Verint to ensure its customers benefit from the latest, business-centric technology to help their business function and grow effectively.
For more information, visit www.welltelgroup.com.
The information contained within this announcement is deemed to constitute inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulations (EU) No. 596/2014. Upon the publication of this announcement, this inside information is now considered to be in the public domain.
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