Lloyds’ private equity sell-off
     

09 July 2010

Lloyds Banking Group has completed the sale of a portfolio of 40 private equity investments, including Lambert Smith Hampton, in its Bank of Scotland Integrated Finance business to a new joint venture, Cavendish Square Partners

The new joint venture will be 70% owned by Coller Capital, a private equity secondary transactions specialist, and Lloyds will retain the other 30%.
Coller is paying £332m for its stake, which values the portfolio at £480m.

Lloyds said it held a competitive tender process before selecting Coller as its preferred bidder and will retain any associated corporate lending.

This transaction is in line with Lloyds strategy of divesting assets that are not deemed core – over the last 12 months it has sold six businesses and has raised more than £750m.

Coller has retained the existing Bank of Scotland integrated finance team, led by Graeme Shankland, which team took equity stakes in companies as well as providing debt. For LSH it
took a 20% stake and provided debt of £40m for its £46.5m management buyout from WS Atkins three years ago
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Source: Property Week (www.propertyweek.co.uk)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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