HG Capital Trust plc (HGT) ORD GBP0.025

HgCapital Trust PLC is a United Kingdom-based investment company. The investment objective of the Company is to provide shareholders with consistent long-term returns in excess of the FTSE All-Share Index by investing predominantly in unquoted companies where value can be created through strategic and operational change. The investment policy of the Company is, in summary, to invest in or alongside private funds managed by the manager, which in turn invest in a portfolio of companies. It seeks to provide investors with consistent long-term capital appreciation by investing predominantly in unquoted software and services businesses where value can be created through strategic and operational change. It invests in and often operates across multiple countries but is substantially in Europe, with a minority based in North America. Its investment manager is Hg Pooled Management Limited.

To invest in or alongside private funds managed by Hg, which in turn invest, in a portfolio of companies, where Hg believes that it can add value through increasing organic growth, generating operational improvements, driving margin expansion, reorganisation or acquisition – to achieve scale. In this way, HgT seeks to maximise its opportunities and reduce investment risk by holding a spread of businesses diversified by end‑market and geography.

• Ongoing charge1.99%
• Annual management charge1.50% of Net Assets
• Performance feeYes

Management fee 1.5% p.a. of NAV. Performance fee allows for a carried interest of 20% of the excess annual growth in average NAV over an 8% preferred return, based on a three year rolling average NAV. Contract terminable on 2 years notice.