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Tavistock Investments Plc
("Tavistock" or the "Company")
Sale of LEBC Hummingbird Limited
1 December 2022
Tavistock announces that it has today sold LEBC Hummingbird Limited ("Hummingbird") to a wholly owned subsidiary of LEBC Holdings Limited ("LEBC"), Aspira Corporate Solutions Limited ("Aspira"), for a consideration of £3.0 million.
On 3 May 2022, Tavistock announced that it had received consent from the Financial Conduct Authority for the Company to become a controller of LEBC and that, as a consequence, it had completed the purchase of the 21% stake in LEBC which had been announced on 10 January 2022.
In the Chairman's Statement, forming a part of the Company's audited accounts for the year ended 31 March 2022 (which were announced to the market on 26 September 2022), it was confirmed that Tavistock's Board was working closely with the management of LEBC to maximise the value of this investment for the benefit of both sets of shareholders. As a part of the arrangements, Tavistock agreed to acquire Hummingbird from LEBC Group Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of LEBC, principally to provide that company with additional working capital and this transaction was announced on 23 May 2022. However, as an alternative source of working capital was subsequently identified for LEBC Group Limited, Tavistock agreed to sell Hummingbird to Aspira on the same terms as those on which it had been purchased in May 2022.
Hummingbird began trading in 2020 as a provider of financial research for the LEBC Group. Hummingbird's audited accounts for the financial year ended 30 September 2021 show that the company achieved gross revenues of £0.61 million, profit before tax of £0.43 million and had gross assets of £0.13 million as at 30 September 2021. Tavistock has received approximately 6 months contribution from Hummingbird to the Group's results for the year ending 31 March 2023.
For further information:
| Tavistock Investments Plc Oliver Cooke Brian Raven
| Tel: 01753 867000 |
| Allenby Capital Limited (Nominated adviser and broker) Corporate Finance: Nick Naylor, Nick Athanas, Freddie Wooding Sales and Corporate Broking: Tony Quirke
| Tel: 020 3328 5656 |
| Powerscourt Gilly Lock Roxane Girard | Tel: 07711 380 007 020 7250 1446 |
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