24th Apr 2015 17:08
24 April 2015
Duet Real Estate Finance Limited
("DREF" or the "Company")
Investment Update
The board of the Company is pleased to announce that the full repayment of all principal and accrued interest has been received on the Master Fund's German Retail loan (Loan 7), earning returns in-line with its investment criteria. The Company's share of proceeds realised by the Master Fund totals £4.4 million, equivalent to 5.98 pence per share. Furthermore, the Company has received notice from the General Partner of the Master Fund that it has cancelled £0.7 million of uncalled commitment reflecting the reduced residual value of the investment portfolio as a consequence of recent realisations and distributions.
The Company intends to distribute its share of the realised proceeds pertaining to capital received from the Master Fund, including the cash held by the Company no longer required to fund the uncalled commitment referred to above, after the deduction of costs and expenses of this distribution along with amounts to be withheld for working capital and for any continuing purchases of the Company's own shares under the Buyback Programme, alongside its next quarterly dividend as a return of capital via an issue of redeemable B shares to existing shareholders and subsequent redemption of those shares pro rata to their holding at the time of the relevant issue.
The Company will issue further details concerning the return of capital along with a dividend, net asset value and investment update in May 2015. Further details of the capital return mechanism are summarised in the Company's Prospectus, which may be accessed via the Company's website (www.dreflimited.com).
For further information, please contact:
DRC Capital LLP +44 (0)20 7042 0600
Dale Lattanzio
Cyrus Korat
Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited +44 (0)20 7710 7600
Neil Winward
Mark Bloomfield
Tunga Chigovanyika
Related Shares:
DREF.L