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23 October 2017
VPC Specialty Lending Investments PLC
(the "Company")
PORTFOLIO UPDATE
In line with the previously stated strategy of reallocating capital from marketplace lending to balance sheet lending, the Company is pleased to announce that it has sold the vast majority of its Avant marketplace loans, excluding the securitisations. The loans sold represented 7.6% of the Company's NAV as at 31 August 2017. The impact of the sale on the Company's NAV, which the Company estimates to be approximately -0.53%, will be reflected in the October NAV announcement.
Portfolio sales such as the sale of the Avant loans have helped accelerate the Company's strategy of reallocating capital away from marketplace lending investments into balance sheet investments, which consistently have generated higher returns with lower volatility. Taking account of the Avant marketplace loan sale, the Company's marketplace loans accounted for 7.8% of the NAV as at 31 August 2017. The Company expects to re-invest substantially all of the Avant sale proceeds into balance sheet investments in the near-term. The Company will continue to seek opportunities to further reduce its exposure to marketplace loans where it is accretive to shareholder value.
The information contained in this announcement is inside information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Victory Park Capital Brendan Carroll (Senior Partner and Co-Founder) Gordon Watson (Partner, Investment Manager)
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Jefferies International Limited | Tel: +44 20 7029 8000 |
Gary Gould | |
Andrew MorrisAndrew Davison
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MHP (PR Adviser) | Tel: +44 20 3128 8100 |
Mark Lunn Tim Rowntree Kelsey Traynor | Email: vpc@mhpc.com |
ABOUT VPC Specialty Lending Investments PLC:
VPC Specialty Lending Investments PLC invests in opportunities within the specialty lending market primarily through online lending platforms. The Company intends to generate an attractive total return for shareholders consisting of distributable income and capital growth via investments in a diverse portfolio of various platforms, asset classes, geographies (primarily U.S., U.K., Australia and Europe) and credit bands.
Since 2010, the Company's investment manager, VPC, has been actively involved in the specialty lending marketplace and has made more than $5.2 billion of investments and commitments across a number of financial technology platforms, multiple geographies (U.S., U.K., Australia and Europe), products (consumer and business) and structures (whole loans and senior credit facilities).
Further information on VPC Specialty Lending Investments PLC is available at: http://vpcspecialtylending.com.