30 Dec 2013 08:03
For immediate release 30 December 2013
Global Ports Investments PLC
Cancellation announcement
Global Ports Investments PLC ("Global Ports" or the "Company", together with its subsidiaries and joint ventures, the "Group"; LSE ticker: GLPR) announces that, effective 8:00am on 30 December 2013, the Global Depositary Receipts (GDR) representing interests in Global Ports' ordinary shares, have been cancelled from the Official List and from admission to trading on the London Stock Exchange. Each GDR represents an interest in three ordinary Shares. The cancellation has been effected upon a written cancellation request submitted by the Group to the UK Listing Authority. This follows the announcement on 27 December 2013, that the Group had completed the acquisition of 100% of the share capital of NCC Group Limited ("NCC").
According to the Listing Rules, applications have been made to the UK Listing Authority and the London Stock Exchange for the readmission to listing on the standard segment of the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities of up to 191,056,910 GDRs[1] (the "Readmission"). The Group expects the Readmission to occur at 8:00 am on 30 December 2013, immediately after the cancellation.
ENQUIRIES
Global Ports Investor Relations
Mikhail Grigoriev
+357 25 503 163
Email: ir@globalports.com
Global Ports Media Relations
Anna Vostrukhova
+357 25 503 163
E-mail: media@globalports.com
StockWell Communications
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E-mail: globalports@stockwellgroup.com.
NOTES TO EDITORS
Global Ports
Global Ports Investments PLC is the leading operator of container terminals in the Russian market.
Global Ports' terminals are located in the Baltic and Far East Basins, key regions for foreign trade cargo flows. Global Ports operates five container terminals in Russia (Petrolesport, First Container Terminal, Ust-Luga Container Terminal and Moby Dik in St. Petersburg and Ust-Luga port cluster, Vostochnaya Stevedoring Company in the Vostochny Port) and two container terminals in Finland (Multi-Link Terminals Helsinki and Multi-Link Terminals Kotka). Global Ports Group also owns 75% in Yanino Logistics Park and 100% of inland Logistika-Terminal, both located in the vicinity of St. Petersburg, and a 50% share in the major oil product terminal, AS Vopak E.O.S., in Estonia.
Excluding NCC Group, Global Ports' consolidated revenue[2] for the first six months of 2013 was USD 249.1 million. Adjusted EBITDA[3] for the first six months of 2013 was USD 137.7million. The Russian Ports segment had a total container throughput of approximately 707 thousand TEUs in the first six months of 2013 (excluding Yanino).
Global Ports major shareholders are Transportation Investments Holding Limited (operating under the brand name of N-Trans), one of the largest private transportation and infrastructure groups in Russia (30.75%), and APM Terminals B.V., whose core expertise is the design, construction, management and operation of ports, terminals and inland services with a global terminal network of 64 operating port facilities and 165 Inland Services operations, giving APM Terminals a global presence in 68 countries (30.75%). 20.5% of Global Ports shares are in public hands and held in the form of global depositary receipts listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange (LSE ticker: GLPR). Each of Ilibrinio Establishment Limited and Polozio Enterprises Limited (former owners of NCC Group) own 9% of the share capital of Global Ports.
On 27 December 2013, Global Ports announced that it had completed acquisition of 100% of the share capital of NCC Group Limited. NCC Group Limited, together with its subsidiaries, is an operator of two marine container terminals in the Russian Baltic basin and one in-land container facility, as further described below.
For more information please see: www.globalports.com.
NCC Group
NCC Group Limited was founded in 2002 and, together with its subsidiaries, was the second largest container terminal operator in Russia, by gross container throughput in 2012, according to ASOP. Its key assets include 100% of the First Container Terminal in St. Petersburg, 80% of the recently launched Ust-Luga Container Terminal in the port of Ust-Luga and 100% of Logistika-Terminal ("LT"), an inland container terminal close to St. Petersburg. NCC Group's container terminal operations are located on the Baltic Sea, one of the key gateways for Russian container cargo. NCC Group's marine terminals had an annual container handling capacity of approximately 1.69 million TEUs and have the potential to be expanded to accommodate increases in demand for container handling services in the Baltic region of Russia. The annual capacity of NCC Group's inland container facility, LT, currently amounts to 200 thousand TEUs.
NCC Group's marine container terminals had a total container throughput of approximately 1,069 thousand TEUs in 2012. In the first six months of 2013, NCC Group's marine terminals handled approximately 561 thousand TEUs, which represented growth of approximately 6.5% compared to the first six months of 2012.
In the first six months of 2013, NCC Group's consolidated revenue and Adjusted EBITDA[4] were USD 131,801 thousand and USD 84,749 thousand, respectively.
LEGAL DISCLAIMER
Some of the information in these materials may contain projections or other forward-looking statements regarding future events or the future financial performance of the Global Ports Group. You can identify forward looking statements by terms such as "expect", "believe", "anticipate", "estimate", "intend", "will", "could," "may" or "might" or the negative of such terms or other similar expressions. The Global Ports Group wishes to caution you that these statements are only predictions and that actual events or results may differ materially. The Global Ports Group does not intend to update these statements to reflect events and circumstances occurring after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. Many factors could cause the actual results to differ materially from those contained in projections or forward-looking statements of the Global Ports Group, including, among others, general economic conditions, the competitive environment, risks associated with operating in Russia and market change in the industries the Global Ports Group operates in, as well as many other risks specifically related to the Global Ports Group and its operations.
[1] Representing 573,170,730 shares of Global Ports (with each GDR representing 3 ordinary shares) which form the entire enlarged share capital of Global Ports following the issue of new shares to the sellers of NCC
[2] According to the interim condensed consolidated financial information of Global Ports as at and for the six months ended 30 June 2013.
[3] Adjusted EBITDA in respect of Global Ports is defined as profit for the period before income tax expense, finance costs, finance income, depreciation of property, plant and equipment, amortisation of intangible assets, other gains/(losses)-net, impairment charge of property, plant and equipment and impairment charge of goodwill.
[4] Adjusted EBITDA in respect of the NCC Group is defined as profit for the period before income tax expense, foreign exchange gains/(loss), net, finance costs, finance income and depreciation and amortisation expenses adjusted further certain non-cash or one-off gains and losses included within other income/(expenses), net in Note 8 to each of the audited consolidated financial statements of the NCC Group as at and for the years ended 31 December 2010, 2011 and 2012 and the unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial information of the NCC Group as at and for the six month period ended 30 June 2013.