Trinity Venture Capital Holdings today published what analysts said were a strong set of full-year results for the year ended March 31st, 2011.
The company reported profit before tax of €11.6 million. It said strong gross portfolio return attributable to equity shareholders of €13.7 million in the year to the end of March, driven by gains realised from the sale of Norkom and the increase in value of the company’s investment in UTV.
TVC sold its investment in Norkom in March 2011, as part of its acquisition by BAE Systems (Holdings) Limited/ TVC said it realised cash proceeds of €41.6 million representing a gain of €10.9 million.
Its sale of investment in APT Licensing Limited in July 2010 realised proceeds of up to €1.2 million (net of non-controlling interest) which, when combined with the proceeds received from the sale of APT’s hardware division in 2009, represented a 1.5 times total return on the carrying value prior to disposal.
TVC said there was a 13 per cent increase in equity value per share from €0.93 at March 31st, 2010, to €1.05 at the same date this year. The company held net assets of €106 million at March 31st, 2011.
Executive chairman Shane Reihill said: “We are pleased with our performance for the year during which we have continued to work actively with our core portfolio investments to maximise their value. This was shown by the successful sales of Norkom and APT, generating proceeds of €42.8 million, which contributed to a gross portfolio return attributable to equity shareholders of €13.7 million.
“We believe that there will be significant restructuring opportunities in Ireland and the UK where trading companies with excessive debt will need to raise new equity at attractive terms for new investors," he added.