Year-end Report 2017

    Year-end Report 2017 


 

Stockholm, January 30, 2018

PRESS RELEASE - NAXS AB (publ)

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Year-end Report 2017

January-December 2017

• Net profit/loss for the period amounted to MSEK 40.7 (94.0).
• Earnings per share amounted to SEK 2.91 (6.32).
• Net asset value amounted to MSEK 821 (SEK 60.17 per share) at December 31, 2017, compared to MSEK 842 (SEK 56.69 per share) at year-end 2016.
• Net cash amounted to MSEK 450 (SEK 32.97 per share) at December 31, 2017, compared to MSEK 384 (SEK 25.85 per share) at year-end 2016.
• The 2017 Annual General Meeting resolved that no dividend would paid for FY 2016 in view of the fact that SEK 38m (SEK 2.57/share) had been distributed through shares repurchases during Q1 2017.

Fourth quarter 2017

• Net profit/loss for the quarter amounted to MSEK -2.7 (38.9).
• Earnings per share amounted to SEK -0.20 (2.62).

Distribution of profits

The Board of Directors intends to make the level of the dividend to be proposed for the fiscal year 2017 dependent on the amount that may be distributed under the form of share repurchases during the first quarter of 2018.

The Board of Directors proposes a dividend of maximum SEK 2,75/share for the fiscal year 2017, corresponding to SEK 37,502,814.25 at December 31, 2017. The actual level of the dividend will be set as the difference between SEK 37,502,814.25 and the amount that has been distributed under the form of share repurchases during the period between January 1 and March 31, 2018. The Board of Directors will announce the level of the proposed dividend ahead of the publication of the notice of the 2018 Annual General Meeting

In addition, the Board of Directors proposes to the Annual General Meeting to vote on a continued share repurchase mandate.

Comments by the CEO

NAXS continued to make progress in 2017, with the net asset value per share increasing by 6.2%. During the year, NAXS’s underlying private equity funds made 4 new acquisitions, 10 full exits and 5 partial exits through initial public offerings.

2017 was also the year during which NAXS started to implement its revised investment policy, making 3 new investments: a commitment to the special situations manager Mimir Invest, an investment in the initial public offering of helmet safety solutions provider MIPS, as well as a cornerstone investment in the initial public offering of fantasy software provider Scout Gaming Group.

NAXS actively repurchased shares throughout 2017, acquiring 1,210,915 shares, representing 8% of the total outstanding number of shares.

NAXS maintains a robust balance sheet, with a high proportion of cash, which the company will continue to selectively seek to deploy.

Lennart Svantesson

 

Financial summary

	2017 1/1–12/31	2016 1/1–12/31		2017 10/1-12/31	2016 10/1-12/31
Net profit/loss for the period, KSEK	40 696	94 012	-2 706		38 939

 

	2017 12/31	2016 12/31
Private equity fund investments, KSEK	357 780	458 701
Private equity fund investments in % of equity	44	55
Remaining commitments, KSEK	92 928	58 444
Total exposure to private equity fund investments, KSEK	450 708	517 145
Net cash, KSEK	449 671	383 807
Private equity fund investments per share, SEK	26.24	30.89
Net cash per share, SEK	32.97	25.85
Net asset value per share, SEK	60.17	56.69
Share price, SEK	50.25	49.40

 

Contact information

Lennart Svantesson, CEO

Telephone: [phone]

Gösta Lundgren, CFO

Telephone: [phone]

This information is information that Naxs AB (publ) is obliged to make public pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation and the Securities Markets Act. The information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact persons set out above, at 8.30 CET on January 30, 2018.

This press release and further information is available on the Company’s website: www.naxs.se

NAXS AB (publ)Corp. Reg. No. 556712-2972Grev Turegatan 10114 46 Stockholm, SwedenTel: [phone], E-mail: [e-mail]

NAXS is an investment company listed on NASDAQ Stockholm. NAXS primarily invests in private equity funds with a Nordic focus, but may also make direct investments or co-investments alongside private equity or other alternative assets funds. In addition, NAXS may, to a limited extent, make other types of investments.

 

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