ICG Enterprise Trust Posts 3.3% NAV Total Return, Declares 9.5p Dividend

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ICG Enterprise Trust plc reported a NAV per Share Total Return of 3.3% for the six months ended 31 July 2026, with NAV per Share at 2,091p and a Portfolio Return on a Sterling Basis of 3.6%. The Portfolio was valued at £1,383m at period end, and Total Proceeds reached £84m, of which £32m came from exits of two of the trust's top 30 companies, Curium and Yudo, while a further roughly £70m of proceeds is expected in coming quarters from two further large exits, Exail and Ambassador Theatre Group. The trust made Total New Investments of £65m and New Fund Commitments of £104m, and executed £20m of buybacks in the period, increasing NAV per Share by 14.9p, or 0.7%. The Board declared a second-quarter dividend of 9.5p per share, taking total dividends for the period to 19p, and reiterated its intention to pay total FY27 dividends of at least 42p per share against FY26's 39p. The period included 24 Full Exits at a weighted-average Multiple of Cost of 3.0x and an Uplift to Carrying Value of 9.4%, while underlying portfolio companies grew LTM revenue 11% and EBITDA 16% on an Enlarged Perimeter covering 69% of the Portfolio.

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Exail Technologies S.A.
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Exail is named as one of two further large exits expected to generate roughly £70m of proceeds in coming quarters

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Ambassador Theatre Groupi
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Yudoi
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