Panther Securities Trading update
March 07 2018 - 1:00AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMPNS
7 March 2018
Prior to publication, the information contained within this announcement was
deemed by the Company to constitute inside information as stipulated under the
Market Abuse Regulations (EU) No. 596/2014 ("MAR"). With the publication of
this announcement, this information is now considered to be in the public
domain.
Panther Securities PLC
(the "Company" or the "Group")
Trading update
The Board of Panther Securities PLC is pleased to announce that, based on
preliminary unaudited information, it expects the profit after taxation for the
year ended 31 December 2017 to be of the order of GBP20 million, which has arisen
as a result of the following principal factors:
* The Directors sought an independent revaluation of the Group's entire
portfolio at 31 December 2017 which will likely result in an increase in
valuation at 31 December 2017 of approximately GBP16 million;
* The Group's interest rate swaps liability at 31 December 2017 showed a
positive movement of approximately GBP2 million over the financial year;
* The Board expects to report a profit of approximately GBP1 million on the
sale of a number of investment properties. In addition, the sale of most
of our investment shares produced a profit of over GBP1 million; and
* Rental income has held up very well in a tough environment for retailers.
The above expected Group profit after taxation in the order of GBP20 million does
not include any additional profit that would arise on the completion of the
sale of Holloway Head, Birmingham. On 30 November 2017, the Company announced
that the contract had been extended, with the purchaser seeking to complete at
the beginning of March 2018. The purchaser was not in a position to complete
and has been granted a further extension of five weeks, at a cost of GBP40,000
per week. In the event that completion takes place before the accounts for the
year ended 31 December 2017 are signed, under the accounting standards, an
additional profit after taxation of GBP3.8 million would be achieved as part of
the results for the year ended 31 December 2017.
The Board expect to announce the audited results for the year ended 31 December
2017 in late April 2018.
For further information:
Panther Securities plc: Tel: 01707 667 300
Andrew Perloff/ Simon Peters
Allenby Capital Limited (Nomad and Joint Tel: 020 3328 5656
Broker)
David Worlidge/ Alex Brearley
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