In QuotedData’s morning briefing 31 October 2024:

• Augmentum Fintech says nCino, a NASDAQ listed US digital banking platform, has agreed to acquire FullCircl. The deal implies a £6m valuation for Augmentum’s stake, which represents a 75% increase on the last published valuation of £3.4m as at 31 March 2024. Augmentum Fintech first acquired its interest in FullCircl in August 2018 with an initial £2.0m investment in DueDil, with follow-on investments totalling £1.6m made in June 2019, August 2020, and most recently in July 2021 as part of the formation of FullCircl through the merger of DueDil and Artesian Solutions.
• NB Distressed Debt Extended Life (NBDX) and NB Distressed Debt Global (NBDG) have freed up $10.7m via cash distributions from an oil & gas asset. This equates to the value that the asset was being held at in the NAV. For NBDX it is about 17.3% of NAV and for NBDG it represents about 15.3% of the NAV. There are remaining assets within that oil & gas investment which may provide for additional upside. Further details, including regarding any related returns of capital, will be provided in due course.
• Custodian Property Income REIT (CREI) has sold a vacant office unit in Solihull for £1.4m, representing a 33% premium to the 30 June 2024 valuation. The office was acquired in early 2015 and has provided the company with a stable income stream over the nine years of ownership, delivering an average yield of circa 7%. Given limited opportunities for future rental growth, the manager felt that now was the right time to sell and crystallise a profit for shareholders.
• Alternative Income REIT (AIRE) has upped its target dividend for the year ended 30 June 2025 to 6.2p from 5.9p. It made an NAV total return of 2.5% for the quarter ended 30 September. Its portfolio remains relatively insulated from market fluctuations, benefiting from being 100% let, achieving 100% collection of rent due, and a 95.9% index-linked rent review profile. The board continues to actively seek properties to invest the remaining £2.2m from the proceeds of the sale of the hotel in Glasgow, which has taken longer than originally anticipated.
• Oryx International Growth (OIG) has highlighted that GYG (which it holds) has been bid for – the second portfolio company in two days. The bid is at 64p per share, with a potential for an additional 11p dependent on GYG’s results for the year ended 31 December 2024. This would add £6.7m to the trust’s cash pile now and £1.5m if the earn out comes through. The bid price is about 106% higher than the valuation as at end March 2024, but the stake had already been written up in September, so it is ‘only’ a 7% premium to the end September valuation.

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