Following the delisting of Core VCT plc, Core VCT IV plc, Core VCT V plc ("the VCTs") and the appointment of Mark Fry and Neil Mather of Begbies Traynor (Central) LLP ("BT") to manage the winding up, we have been working with the two remaining board members and our main institutional investors to exit the portfolio and return proceeds to investors.
Shareholders will recall that at the Extraordinary General Meeting on 16 April 2015 it was resolved, as part of the arrangements relating to Members' Voluntary Liquidation and the distribution of cash proceeds to shareholders, to appoint Peter Smaill and Raymond Maxwell as continuing Directors of the Trusts so as to oversee the process whereby the residual assets (following the special dividend paid on 15 May 2015) would be realised and the proceeds, at some future date, distributed.
Core Capital ("Core") has successfully exited its mezzanine investment in Camwatch, a leading pioneer in specialist CCTV monitoring, following the completion of the acquisition by trade buyer VPS Holdings Limited.
Core Capital Partners LLP ("Core"), the specialist private equity investor, announces today that it has sold its stake in Kelway Holdings, one of the UK’s leading IT services and solutions provider, through a management buyout supported by CDW. Core will receive £76 million in exchange for its 29% equity stake and other economic interests in Kelway.
Brasserie Bar Co, the owner of Raymond Blanc-inspired Brasserie Blanc and White Brasserie Company, has secured £13.5 million of new funding to support the expansion of the group by at least 20 new sites over the next three years...
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