ACP Capital Limited
Preliminary interim resul ts for the period ending 30 June 2007
ACP Capital results for the Period are in line with full year trading expectations

17 SEPTEMBER 2007

ACP Capital (“ACP Capital” or the “Company”; AIM: APL), a Jersey-incorporated niche integrated finance and asset management company, today announces its interim results for the six month period ended 30 June 2007 (The “Period”).

Financial Highlights

  • Total revenue of £8.4 million.
  • Net profit of £6.5 million
  • Diluted earnings per share of 4.29p
  • NAV of £1.19 per share
  • Total dividend target of 3 pence per share as stated in its Secondary Placing Document dated 20 March 2007 remains the objective

    Please refer to Appendix A for a full description of ACP Capital’s interim results.

Derek Vago, Chief Executive Officer said:

“ACP Capital has made strong progress in the period and we believe we remain on track to becoming a leading integrated finance provider to the SME market in Europe.

The £150m capital raise in March was designed primarily to assist the Company in implementing its expansion into its key markets through investments in localised finance companies such as Leasecom in France and GCI in Germany, which in turn would enable the Company significantly to increase its origination in its core markets.

We, therefore, continue to focus on developing and positioning the Company to become a combined merchant bank and asset manager for the small to mid-cap sector across continental Europe and the UK.

Furthermore, the Company and ACP Mezzanine are performing in line with our expectations and have no distressed assets, no exposure to the US sub-prime market, minimal exposure to the UK mortgage market and no short-term funding risks.

We note that continued difficult market conditions may impede growth in the short term given our ongoing requirements for expansionary capital, though we believe the current market conditions will only strengthen the opportunity/sectors that ACP Capital focuses on in the long-term.”

For further information please contact:

Investor Relations:
          Rob Bailhache - +44 (0) 207 269 7200
          Nick Henderson - + 44 (0) 207 269 7114

ACP Capital:
          Derek Vago - +44 (0) 84 4800 4530

Website:
         www.acpcapital.com

Analyst Presentation:

There will be an analyst presentation to discuss the results at 9.30am on 17 September 2007 at The Brewery, Chiswell Street, London, EC1Y 4SD.

Those analysts wishing to attend are asked to contact Rob Bailhache / Nick Henderson at Financial Dynamics on +44 20 7269 7200 / +44 20 7269 7114 or at robert.bailhache@fd.com / nick.henderson@fd.com.

About the Company:
ACP Capital is a Jersey-incorporated niche integrated finance and asset management company whose shares were admitted to trading on AIM in January 2006.

The Company’s strategy is to operate as a combined hybrid merchant bank and asset manager through an integrated finance approach whereby ACP Capital will provide funding across the capital structure (senior debt, mezzanine debt and equity) in the SME sector, thus procuring a flow of assets for its various managed vehicles, in which it has raised 3rd party capital.

In order to augment origination, the Company may form joint ventures with or even invest in companies who are active in the markets that ACP Capital specialises in. These include, for example, mortgage/leasing origination platforms, specialist debt arrangers and alternative asset managers.

Independent Review Report

Introduction
We have been instructed by ACP Capital Limited to review the financial information for the six months ended 30 June 2007 which comprises the Consolidated Income Statement, Consolidated Balance Sheet, Consolidated Cash Flow Statement, Consolidated Statement of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity and the related notes 1 to 9. We have read the other information contained in the interim report and considered whether it contains any apparent misstatements or material inconsistencies with the financial information.

This report is made solely to the Company in accordance with guidance contained in Bulletin 1999/4 “ Review of interim financial information” issued by the Auditing Practices Board. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the Company, for our work, for this report, or for the conclusions we have formed.

Directors' Responsibilities
The interim report, including the financial information contained therein, is the responsibility of, and has been approved by, the directors. The AIM Rules of the London Stock Exchange require that the accounting policies and presentation applied to the interim figures should be consistent with those applied in preceding annual accounts except where any changes, and the reasons for them, are disclosed.

Review Work Performed
We conducted our review in accordance with guidance contained in Bulletin 1999/4 “Review of interim financial information” issued by the Auditing Practices Board. A review consists principally of making enquiries of group management and applying analytical procedures to the financial information and underlying financial data and based thereon, assessing whether the accounting policies and presentation have been consistently applied unless otherwise disclosed. A review excludes audit procedures such as tests of controls and verification of assets, liabilities and transactions. It is substantially less in scope than an audit performed in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK and Ireland) and therefore provides a lower level of assurance than an audit. Accordingly, we do not express an audit opinion on the financial information.

Review Conclusion
On the basis of our review we are not aware of any material modifications that should be made to the financial information as presented for the six months ended 30 June 2007.

Kingston Smith LLP
Chartered Accountants

Devonshire House
60, Goswell Road
London
EC1M 7AD

Dated: 16 September 2007

Consolidated Income Statement (Unaudited)
For the period ended 30 June 2007

    6 months ended 30 June 2007
Unaudited		 6 months ended 30
June 2006
Unaudited		 Period from 30
August 2005 to 31
December 2006
Audited
    £ £ £
Revenue        
Increase in fair value of investments   3,472,814 12,077,832 15,771,223
Interest and dividend income   3,306,932 1,023,040 2,234,929
Fees receivable   2,017,511 342,615 1,798,883
Exchange movements   (348,874) 150,286 (804,686)
    8,448,384 13,593,773 19,000,349
         
 Interest payable and other related financing costs   (14,644) - -
 Equity-settled share-based payments   (512,253) (2,138,794) (2,369,867)
Other expenses   (1,327,185) (535,774) (1,553,746)
Profit before tax   6,594,302 10,919,205 15,076,736
Income Taxes 3 (57,022) - (69,061)
Profit for the period attributable to the
equity shareholders		   6,537,280 10,919,205 15,007,675
         
Earnings per share:        
 Basic 4 4.44p 17.0p 22.92p
 Diluted 4 4.29p 16.6p 21.50p

All activities relate to continuing operations

There are no recognised gains and losses other than the profit for the period stated above. Accordingly, a separate consolidated statemen of recognised income and expense is not presented in these financial statements.

Consolidated Balance Sheet (Unaudited)
As at 30 June 2007

  30 June 2007
Unaudited		 30 June 2006
Unaudited		 31 December 2006
Audited
  £ £ £
Assets      
Non-current assets      
 Investments      
             Equity investments at fair value
             through profit and loss account		 102,920,354 14,350,957 62,281,436
             Loans and receivables 15,594,569 6,396,793 13,588,149
  118,514,923 20,747,750 75,869,585
Property, plant and equipment 13,684 22,804 24,787
Trade and other receivables 100,000 - -
Total non-current assets 118,628,607 20,770,554 75,894,372
       
Current assets      
Available for sale financial assets - 22,950,268 -
Trade and other receivables 1,707,018 511,360 677,759
Cash and cash equivalents 127,723,421 23,799,977 10,769,468
Total current assets 129,430,439 47,261,605 11,447,227
       
Total assets 248,059,046 68,032,159 87,341,599
       
Non-current liabilities      
Loans and borrowings 8,833,594 - -
Total non-current liabilities 8,833,594 - -
       
Current liabilities      
Trade and other payables 1,586,631 302,023 540,495
Current income tax payable 126,083 - 69,061
Total current liabilities 1,712,714 302,023 609,556
       
Total liabilities 10,546,308 302,023 609,556
       
Net Assets 237,512,738 67,730,136 86,732,043
       
Equity & Reserves      
Issued share capital 199,531 64,194 77,237
Share premium 216,734,311 54,744,437 69,231,328
Share-based payment reserve 962,107 2,002,300 2,415,803
 Retained earnings 19,616,789 10,919,205 15,007,675
Equity Shareholders' funds 237,512,738 67,730,136 86,732,043
       
Net Asset Value per share 1.19 1.05 1.12

Mr. D Vago                                                                                                                       Mr. E Youngblood
Chief Executive Officer                                                                                                     Chief Financial Officer

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Shareholder’s Equity (Unaudited)
For the Period ended 30 June 2007

 

  6 months
ended 30 June 2007		 6 months
ended 30 June 2006		 Period from 30 August
2005 to 31 December
2006
       
Profit for the period 6,537,280 10,919,205 15,007,675
Equity dividends paid (1,994,654) - -
 Shares issued in the period 145,725,816 54,808,631 69,308,565
Share-based payments 512,253 2,002,300 2,415,803
Movement in shareholders' equity in the period 150,780,695 67,730,136 86,732,043
       
Shareholders' equity at start of period 86,732,043 - -
       
Shareholders' equity at end of period 237,512,738 67,730,136 86,732,043

Consolidated Cash Flow Statement (Unaudited)
For the period ended 30 June 2007

  6 months ended 30
June 2007
 6 months ended 30
June 2006		 Period from 30 August
2005 to 31 December
2006
  Unaudited
£		 Unaudited
£		 Unaudited
£
Cash flow from operating activities      
Purchase of investments (51,642,906) (31,547,125) (86,585,723)
Repayments of loan capital 12,866,175 - 26,246,652
Investment income 3,702,227 949,978 1,672,110
Fees received 1,236,675 - 1,140,576
Operating expenses (1,337,922) (388,703) (1,360,322)
Net cash outflow from operations (35,175,750) (30,985,850) (58,886,707)
       
Cash flow from financing activities      
Proceeds from issues of share capital 150,000,000 57,097,009 72,097,009
Amounts received from employees in respect of shares to be issued - - 334,983
Costs of issues of share capital (4,709,167) (2,288,378) (2,742,508)
Drawdown of loan 8,833,594 - -
Dividends paid (1,994,681) - -
Net cash inflow from financing activities 152,129,747 54,808,631 69,689,484
       
Cash flow from investment activities      
Purchase of property, plant and equipment - (22,804) (33,309
Net cash outflow from investing activities - (22,804) (33,309
       
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents 116,953,953 23,799,977 10,769,468
Cash and cash equivalents at start of period 10,769,468 - -
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period 127,723,421 23,799,977 10,769,468

 

 

Notes to the Unaudited Interim Financial Statements
For the period ended 30 June 2007

 

  1. General Information
    ACP Capital Limited (the “Company”) and its subsidiaries (together "the Group") is a company incorporated on 30 August 2005 and registered in Jersey under registration number 91066. The Company's shares were admitted to trading on AIM on 6 January 2006. The Company and its subsidiaries carry on business as investment holding and management companies.

  2. Basis of preparation
    The unaudited interim financial statements have been prepared on the basis of the accounting policies set out in the Group's Report and Financial Statements for the period ended 31 December 2006.The interim financial statements comply with IAS 34 "Interim Financial reporting". The interim financial statements and the comparative information for the periods ended 30 June 2006 and 31 December 2006 do not constitute statutory financial statements within the meaning of the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991. The Report and Financial Statements for the period ended 31 December 2006 contained an unqualified audit report and the audit report did not contain any statement of matters
    that needed to be brought to the attention of the members.

    The interim financial statements were authorised for issue by the Directors on 16 September 2007.

  3. Taxation
    The income tax charge represents UK Corporation tax charged at standard rate of 30% on the Group's share of profits arising in ACP Capital (UK) LLP, a limited partnership in which the subsidiary, ACP Capital (UK) Limited, is the controlling partner. The company and a number of the subsidiaries are registered in Jersey as exempt companies and are, therefore, not liable to Jersey income tax on profits derived outside Jersey. Confirmation has been obtained from the Comptroller of Income Tax in Jersey that, by concession, the companies will be liable to tax in Jersey only in respect of income, other than bank interest income, arising in Jersey. During the period no income,
    other than bank interest income, arose in Jersey. The subsidiaries resident in Cyprus had no income subject to Cyprus company taxes in the period.


  4. Earnings per share
      6 months to 30 June 2007 6 months to 30 June 2006 Period from 30
    August 2005 to 31
    December 2006

    The calculation of the basic earnings and diluted earnings per share attributable to the equity shareholders of the Company is based on the following data:
    Earnings £ £ £
    Earnings for the purposes of basic arnings per share being profit attributable to equity shareholders of the Company 6,537,280 10,919,205 15,007,675
           
    Number of shares      
    Weighted average number of ordinary shares for the purposes of basic earnings per share 147,108,737 64,194,018 65,479,704
    Effect of dilutive potential
    ordinary shares    		      
    Share options 5,109,838 1,450,272 4,313,953
    Weighted average number of ordinary shares for the purposes of diluted earnings per share 152,218,575 65,644,290 69,793,657


  5. Segment Reporting
    The group operates only one business and geographical segment. Accordingly, no additional segment analysis is disclosed.

  6. Dividend
    A dividend in respect of the period ended 31 December 2006 of 3 pence per share, amounting to a total dividend of £1,994,654 was paid in the period.

  7. Share Issues
    On 12 February 2007, 200,000 ordinary shares of 0.1p were issued at a price of 50p per share to Mr E Youngblood, for total proceeds of £100,000

    On 20 March 2007, 120,000,000 ordinary shares of 0.1p were issued at a price of 125p each in an equity placing, for total proceeds of £150,000,000 before placing costs.

    On 20 March 2007, 2,094,444 ordinary shares of 0.1p were issued under the ACP Capital Employee Share Award Plan. The amount paid by employees in respect of these shares was £334,983

  8. Related Party Transactions
    During the period, ACP Investment Management Limited, a subsidiary company, provided investment management services to ACP Mezzanine Limited, a company in which ACP Capital Limited holds a share interest of 46%.The fees earned from those services amounted to £590,290

    Under the provisions of a service agreement, the group has provided a loan of £100,000 to Mr E Youngblood to enable the purchase of 200,000 ordinary shares of 0.1p in the company at a price of 50p each. The loan is not repayable until February 2009 and is subject to interest at Libor rate + 1%

  9. Post Balance Sheet Event
    On 30 May 2007, the Company entered into a commitment to provide €142 million finance for the acquisition of Homann Chilled Food Gmbh by IFR Capital plc. The funding was completed on 3 July 2007 from bank facilities available to the Company. The €142 million advanced will be accounted for as an investment held at fair value through profit or loss by the Company.

    Subsequent to 30 June 2007, the company acquired a 45% stake in Leasecom Group SAS for approximately £22 million in cash. (€33 million)

Appendix – The content of investor presentation

Slide 1: Front page

Slide 2: Disclaimer

  • The information contained in these slides and this presentation is being supplied to you by ACP Capital Limited (“ACP Capital” or the "Company") solely for your information and may not be reproduced or redistributed in whole or in part to any other person. The information in this document may be incomplete and is subject to updating, completion, revision, verification and amendment. In particular, in preparing parts of this document, reliance has been made, inter alia, on unverified information.
  • This document does not constitute, or form part of, any offer or invitation to sell, allot or issue, or any solicitation of any offer to purchase or subscribe for any securities, nor shall it (or any part of it) or the fact of its distribution form the basis of, or be relied upon in connection with, or act as any inducement to enter into, any contract or ommitment for securities whatsoever. No reliance whatsoever may be placed by recipients for any purpose whatsoever on the information or opinions contained in this document or on its completeness.
  • No undertaking, representation, warranty or other assurance, express or implied, is made or given by or on behalf of ACP Capital or any of its respective directors, officers, partners, employees, agents or advisers or any other person as to the accuracy or completeness of the information or opinions contained in this document and no responsibility or liability is accepted by any of them for any such information or opinions. Many figures in the document are goals and no assurance is or can be given that the objectives will be reached
  • This document should not be distributed, published, reproduced or otherwise made available, in whole or in part, or disclosed by recipient to any other person.
  • This document is being provided to recipients on the basis that it keeps confidential any information contained herein or otherwise made available to recipients, whether oral or in writing, in connection with ACP Capital or in connection with any of its plans or prospects. This document is confidential and must not be copied, reproduced, distributed or passed to others at any time without the prior written consent of ACP Capital.

Slide 3: Table of contents

  • Key highlights and business update
  • Interim Results
  • Appendix – Key Management and Board of Directors

Slide 4: Key highlights

  • Total revenue of £8.4 million (£5.5 million of which is recurring interest, dividends and fees) and net profit of £6.5 million
  • Dividend target of 3p per share stated in the Secondary Placing Document dated 20 March is achievable
  • In March 2007, placed 120 million new ordinary shares at £1.25 per share, raising £150 million (pre-costs)
  • Strategic platforms initiative is well underway
    • In June 2007, acquired c. 20% of GCI Management AG, a Deutsche Borse-listed private equity company focused on SME sector in German-speaking Europe for c. €19 million
    • In June 2007, agreed to acquire a 45% stake in Leasecom Group SAS, the holding company for France’s leading independent IT lease broker Leasecom SAS and its subsidiaries for c. €33 million (transaction completed in July). ACP Capital has agreed to put in place a funding line of €100m for this business, expected to close at the end of October
    • The above two strategic platforms have been established in line with ACP Capital’s focus on its key Continental European markets including France, Germany and Italy (these markets continue to show strong and improving economic conditions)
    • Currently in advanced discussions to invest in or form an alliance with a debt origination platform in Germany and two strategic platforms in Italy (see page 7)
  • The Senior Debt Underwriting business has been launched with the bridge loan for IFR Capital (see page 8)
    • In June 2007, ACP Capital committed to underwrite €142m of senior debt for IFR Capital’s acquisition of Homann GmbH, alongside €75m bridge provided by ACP Mezzanine (representing leverage multiples of c. 3.0x for senior debt and c. 4.2x for mezzanine)
      • The refinancing of this bridge is underway with equivalent leverage multiples and is expected to close in November

Slide 5: Key highlights (cont’d)

  • Market conditions
  • The June 30 NAV of £1.19 per share is in line with growth from a position of £0.85 at IPO and £1.12 at 31 December 2006, with management’s assessment of current fair value being in excess of this value. It should also be noted that Derek Vago bought ACP Capital shares at a price of £1.29 in July 2007, acquired just prior to the closed period
  • It should be noted that ACP Capital and ACP Mezzanine have no distressed assets, no credit losses, no exposure to US sub – prime markets and negligible exposure to the UK real estate market
  • ACP Group has no short- term funding lines – they are all 5 year term facilities.
  • There have been some margin calls, requiring temporary cash collateral only, on certain bond assets in the leverage facilities with Deutsche Bank arising from market spread widening on these assets
  • In management’s view, prospects in the SME lending market have never been better – banks, particularly in Germany (e.g. IKB) are increasingly conservative but the SME sector continues to be stronger – thus creating great opportunities for ACP Capital
  • However, market conditions may impede growth in terms of access to future identified expansion capital
  • Growth for ACP Capital and achievement of the targets set out at the time of the capital raise in March 2007 is dependant on availability of expansion capital – including the following planned capital raisings:
  • Secondary equity placing for ACP Mezzanine Limited
  • Corporate debt facility for ACP Capital
  • Potentially further equity placing for ACP Capital in order to achieve drawdown requirements for the corporate debt and as part of move to main listing
  • Intended IPOs of new managed vehicles: ACP Senior High Yield, ACP Infrastructure, ACP Strategic Equity

Slide 6: Key highlights (cont’d)

  • ACP Capital’s first managed vehicle ACP Mezzanine has performed well, assets for ACP Senior High Yield are being warehoused, and plans for further vehicles are progressing (see page 9)
  • Citigroup has been appointed as joint-broker alongside Collins Stewart
  • ACP Capital, with the assistance of Citigroup, is progressing with its review of a move to the Official List of the London Stock Exchange
  • ACP Capital hiring has continued as previously stated (see page 11) with searches pending for a Group Financial Controller, Head of Italy, Head of Syndication, Head of Strategic Equity and Head of Risk Management

Slide 7: Development of strategic platforms (“SPs”) - update

Targets Equity Investments Current Status Targeted debt origination flow
generated through the SPs
UK Finance
Businesses		 c. £30 m c. £25 m invested ACP Capital has not pursued discussions to invest in Beacon (UK residential mortgage platform)

ACP Capital holds 29.19% shareholding in Davenham Group plc (as of September 2007). Discussions with management held		 c.£100 million first
year of operations
– TBD

c. £250 million
second year of
operations – TBD
Italian
Finance
Businesses		 c.€20m c.€50m expected In due diligence stage with Italian company regarding forming a joint venture to focus primarily on private equity / asset management

In parallel, in discussion to invest in and develop a debt origination platform

In preliminary discussions on a joint venture to buy a small financial institution		 c. €50 million first year of operations – on track

c. €125 million second year of
operation – on track
French
Finance
Businesses		 c.€20 m c.€33m invested ACP Capital acquired a 45% stake in debt platform Leasecom Group SAS

Leasecom funding line of €100m has been agreed

In preliminary discussion with a potential private equity joint venture partner for French SME markets		 c. €150 million first year of
operations - on track

c. €275 million second year of
operation - on track
German
Finance
Businesses		 c.€50m c. €19 m invested

c. €20 m expected		 ACP Capital acquired a c. 20% stake in equity platform GCI Management AG

In advanced discussions with another German party to invest in and develop a debt origination platform, which may become vehicle for investment grade funding line and potentially Pfandbrief issuance		 c. €250 million first year of
operations – reviewed to €150m

c. €500 million second year of
operations – reviewed to €300m

Note: Many of the figures contained above are estimated and represent the Company’s targets at the time of its Secondary Placing. These figures are targets and no assurance is or can be given that these targets will be reached

Slide 8: Development of senior debt funding facilities

Senior Debt
Senior Debt Underwriting
Vehicle		 Investment Grade Funding
Vehicle		 Pfandbrief – Investment Grade
Real Estate
Launched senior debt underwriting business by underwriting €142m of senior debt bridge for IFR Capital’s acquisition of Homann, alongside €75m bridge provided by ACP Mezzanine. This debt is expected to be refinanced in November 2007 Offers funding lines for diversified pools of assets to the strategic latforms, such as equipment leasing or container/railcar leasing The principal funding instrument used by German mortgage banks
Negotiating with the banks for funding lines tailored for this business Agreed funding line of €100 million to fund new lease origination for French strategic platform Leasecom SAS May be achieved through the launch of a proposed German debt platform which is currently under discussion and which is
seeking appropriate licences
  May be transferred into proposed German debt platform which is currently under discussion  

Slide 9: Development of managed vehicles

ACP Senior High Yield ACP Strategic Equity ACP Infrastructure
Now designing the structure Intention to hold strategic equity investments in companies and vehicles, such as IFR Capital Equity holdings in infrastructure assets, in sectors such as renewable energy, shipping containers, railcars etc
Intention to focus predominantly on senior debt loan assets through ACP Capital’s integrated finance activities as well as through secondary market Co-investment approach through ACP Capital and its partners including, for example, GCI Non-binding heads of terms signed with an international operator in the shipping
container and railcar sectors; transaction still pending
ACP Capital is presently warehousing c. £16 million of assets intended for ACP Senior High Yield, and intends to
warehouse further assets before launch		 Generally more flexible investment parameters than private equity, capable of taking longer term investments and /
or minority shareholding positions		 In discussions with strategic partner in Italy to jointly invest and finance wind and solar projects across Europe
Scheduled for 2007 launch if market conditions permit Originally scheduled for 2007 launch, however now expected in 2008 ACP Capital intends to warehouse assets prior to launch
Tremendous opportunity arising from further retrenchment in bank / hedge fund market   Alexander Koch hired with primary responsibilities for infrastructure
    Leverage ACP Capital’s assetbacked
expertise
    Scheduled for 2008 launch

Slide 10: Update on the use of placing proceeds

  • Secondary placing
  • Total £150 million was raised in March 2007 with identified potential use of proceeds
  • Further funding
  • The Company intends to raise corporate debt to fund its intended development plans and has appointed Close Brothers to arrange
  • Initial plan was to have access to corporate facility in parallel with additional equity raise, however some further equity raise may now be required in advance to allow further growth until corporate debt is in place and can be drawn down (subject to recurring revenue generation, etc.)
  • Such funding does not anticipate any extraordinary acquisitions
Illustrative Sources of Funds Planned Achieved
Cash on the balance sheet £10m £10m
Net proceeds from Secondary Placing £144m £145
Repayment of loans £14m £14
Corporate Debt £72-92m £0
Leverage Facility   £9m
Total Sources of Funds £240-260m c.£178m


Illustrative Uses of Funds Planned Achieved
Equity investments in Strategic Platforms £100-115m £57m
Equity investments in Managed Vehicles
(including warehousing of assets pre - launch)		 £70-80m £16m
Equity to funding lines £70-80m £96m
Cash   £9m
Total Uses of Funds £240-275m c.£178m

Slide 11: ACP Capital -Staffing

  • The Company has established an office in Munich
  • Nikolaj Larsen, Head of Strategic Investments, is in the process of relocating to Munich office
  • The Company is in discussions with further individuals with the goal of building a 4-5 person team in Munich by the end of 2007
  • ACP Capital is considering an additional office location, including Milan or Geneva
  • Lyndon Miles hired as Head of Finance, responsible for debt origination
  • Emmanuel Pezier hired as Head of Equity Capital Markets, responsible for capital raising strategies
  • Alexander Koch hired as Head of the Infrastructure and focusing on the German market
  • Outstanding senior positions to be filled: Head of Syndication, Head of Risk Management, Head of Italy, Head of Strategic Equity and Group Financial Controller
  • Total staff is expected to be 20-25 by the end of 2007, although this may be reviewed as a result
    of current market environment

Slide 12: Conclusion

  • At present, and subject to market conditions, ACP Capital continues with its intended development plans and notes the following:
  • 2007 Interim revenue of £8.4 million, diluted earnings per share of 4.29p and net profit of £6.5 million (1)
  • Dividend targets of 3p per share for 2007 and 5p per share for 2008 remain target
  • June 30 NAV £1.19 per share is in line with growth; management believes that current fair value is in excess of this value
  • Strategic platform initiatives well underway
  • No credit losses or distressed assets
  • No short-term credit lines – all term loans
  • Market conditions may impede growth in terms of access to future identified expansion capital
  • However, management believes there has never been a better time to be a lender to the SME sector and take advantage of the opportunity to create a leading independent pan-European SME focused merchant bank and asset manager

Slides 13-16: Interim results

Slides 17-22: Appendix - Management and Board