Disposals - but when11 May 2021 21:53
Have to admit to being a little disappointed not to get news of at least one disposal with todays AGM.
Here was a question from Barclays Analyst at 17 March presentation and Outgoing Interim CFO response
Paul Sullivan:
Yeah. I mean, you're targeting £400 million new proceeds with a revenue basis £700 million. And it doesn't seem, I sense things are rather unambitious. I mean, what does it imply in terms of the profits coming out of those assets? It may be split between the two buckets that you've talked about, with £200 million going in this year and £200 million sort of next year and beyond.
Gordon Boyd:
Sure. As you can imagine, it's always, giving an estimate of this is always fraught with difficulty in a public forum. And I think historically Capita has actually done better than expected in proceeds. I think it's safe to say the market was disappointed when we sold ESS for less than what the market had been anticipating. So, I think -- I think you could argue, sorry, it's possible to argue that we are -- we have learned a lesson from that. And there are a number of disparate businesses there. And at the end of day, several are already underway, and we're probably better informed than those ones. And others will be dependent to a circumstance on to cover it. So, say we're being reasonably cautious.
8 weeks later and no more news - hope at least one is soon, otherwise there will be nothing to report until H1 results.
Fingers crossed GLA