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Monthly Performance Update

29th Jan 2014 07:00

PANTHEON INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPATIONS PLC - Monthly Performance Update

PANTHEON INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPATIONS PLC - Monthly Performance Update

PR Newswire

London, January 28

29th January 2014 Pantheon International Participations PLC Performance update at 31st December 2013 Pantheon International Participations PLC ("PIP") announces an unaudited netasset value ("NAV") per share at 31st December 2013 of 1,303.9p, a decrease of8.4p (0.6%) from the NAV per share at 30th November 2013. Adverse foreignexchange movements (-10.8p) drove the decrease. PIP received little newvaluation information in the month. PIP's valuation policy for private equity funds is based on the latestvaluations reported by the managers of the funds in which PIP has holdings. Inthe case of PIP's valuation at 31st December 2013, the majority of reportedvaluations (accounting for circa 90% by value) are dated 30th September 2013. At 31st December 2013, PIP's private equity assets stood at £803m, with cashbalances of £68m. Undrawn commitments to investments stood at £188m at 31stDecember 2013, calculated using exchange rates at that date. In addition, theCompany's multi-currency revolving credit facility agreement, comprising aUS$82m facility and a €57m facility, remained completely undrawn. PIP's portfolio generated net cash of £16.9m during the month, withdistributions of £22.8m relative to £5.9m of calls from existing commitments toprivate equity funds. PIP completed nine new investments in the month totalling £80.8m of newcommitments. £70.7m was committed to four secondary portfolios, the majority ofwhich were US buyout funds. A £3.1m primary commitment was made to Bain XI, aUS buyout fund. A £2.2m co-investment was made alongside CBPE in Allied Glass,a supplier of glass packaging products for the food and beverage industries. A£2.1m co-investment was made alongside HgCapital to P&I, a payroll and HRsoftware provider in Germany. A £1.4m co-investment was made alongside Apax toINSEEC, a French post-secondary education services provider. Finally, a £1.3mcommitment was made alongside Wasserstein & Co. to Globecomm, a communicationsservices and infrastructure provider. During the month, PIP invested £3.0m in share buybacks, acquiring 300,000redeemable shares at a price of 995.0p per share. The share buybacks wereexecuted at discount of 24% to the NAV per share at 30th November 2013. Monthly Report The December monthly newsletter can be accessed on PIP's website atwww.pipplc.com in the Investor Relations section under the heading "Reports &Newsletters", or by following this link: http://www.pipplc.com/investor-relations/financial-reports. Ends NOTES PIP PIP is a London quoted investment trust, managed by Pantheon Ventures (UK) LLP("Pantheon"), one of the longest-established international private equityfund-of-funds managers, investing in both primary funds and secondarytransactions. With investments in private equity funds, covering multipleprivate equity strategies ranging from investments in late stage buyouts toearly stage technology, PIP enables individuals as well as institutions to gainaccess to a substantial portfolio of unquoted companies in the USA, the UK,Continental Europe and Asia, within funds managed by experienced private equitymanagers. PIP may occasionally acquire direct holdings in unquoted companies,usually where a vendor is seeking to sell a combined portfolio of funds anddirect holdings. PIP's investment policy also extends to investing directly incompanies where there is a private equity manager well known to the Companyinvesting on the same terms. Pantheon Pantheon has been active in private equity since 1982 and is now one of theworld's leading private equity fund-of-funds managers, with £17.3bn undermanagement (as at 30th September 2013). Pantheon's offices are located inLondon, San Francisco, New York and Hong Kong, and it has made investments inover 1,000 funds globally. For more information please visit PIP's website at www.pipplc.com or contact: Andrew Lebus or Alexis Barling Pantheon 020 7484 6200 Neither the contents of the Company's website nor the contents of any websiteaccessible from hyperlinks on the Company's website (or any other website) isincorporated into, or forms part of this announcement. Pantheon International Telephone +44 (0) 20 Participations PLC 7484 6200 Norfolk House Facsimile +44 (0)20 7484 6201 31 St. James's Square E-mail: London SW1Y 4JR [email protected] Internet: www.pipplc.com Registered office: Beaufort House, 51 New North Road, Exeter, Devon EX4 4EP.Incorporated in England number: 2147984. An investment company under section 833 of the Companies Act 2006. Managed byPantheon Ventures (UK) LLP.

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