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Investment in SC Lowy
UNIVERSAL PARTNERS LIMITED
(Incorporated in the Republic of Mauritius)
(Registration number 138035 C1/GBL)
SEM share code: UPL.N0000
JSE share code: UPL ISIN: MU0526N00007
(“Universal Partners” or “the Company”)
INVESTMENT IN SC LOWY
THE TRANSACTION
Shareholders of Universal Partners are hereby advised that the Company concluded an agreement on 22
December 2017 to invest in SC Lowy Partners (“SC Lowy”), a high yield bond and distressed debt trading and
investment business headquartered in Hong Kong, for a total consideration of US$ 15 million.
Universal Partners, together with Investec Bank, is leading a consortium of investors which has acquired a
minority shareholding in SC Lowy following the conclusion of this transaction.
The relevant agreements, which contain the standard terms and conditions for a transaction of this nature, have
been executed and all conditions precedent relating to the transaction have been completed.
The value of the transaction was determined by the directors of Universal Partners who are satisfied that the
aggregate value attributed to the transaction is in line with the net purchase consideration paid by Universal
Partners.
Per its Listing Particulars dated 22 July 2016, the principal activity of Universal Partners is to hold investments
in high quality growth businesses with the primary objective of achieving strong capital appreciation over the
medium- to long-term from such investments. The investment by Universal Partners in SC Lowy is in line with
the stated investment strategy of the Company.
OVERVIEW OF SC LOWY
SC Lowy is a high yield bond and distressed debt specialist. The firm facilitates primary issuance, secondary
trading and investments with a primary focus on corporate bonds, loans, trade claims and special situations. SC
Lowy’s in-house analysts cover the energy, infrastructure, manufacturing, telecommunications, media, metals,
mining, financials, shipping and real estate sectors for issuers based in Australia, Asia, the Middle East and
Europe. The business is headquartered in Hong Kong, with a team of investment professionals based in London,
Milan, Seoul and New York. SC Lowy has built a global client network of over 800 international and regional
banks, asset managers, hedge funds, private equity and pension funds, family offices and corporations, who either
hold or trade in these instruments.
SC Lowy is currently 100% employee owned and the founders, Michel Löwy and Soo Cheon Lee, will retain
majority ownership of the business post the consortium’s investment. SC Lowy is undertaking this capital raise
to fund the expansion of its European activities. As an owner managed business, SC Lowy fits the Universal
Partners investment profile of investing in owner managed businesses which require growth capital to deliver
their strategy.
Michel Löwy and Soo Cheon Lee co-founded the business in 2009 and the company has delivered consistent
growth in profitability over the last 8 years under their leadership. Michel and Soo Cheon are entrepreneurs with
a proven track record of building and managing businesses in this space and have a long history of working
together. Prior to founding SC Lowy, Michel led Deutsche Bank’s strategic investment group and built market-
leading franchises in Asia, Japan and Latin America. Previously, he built Cargill’s Value Investment Group in
Singapore and was an early investor in the Japanese Non Performing Loan (NPL) sector in the late 1990s. Soo
Cheon was previously Managing Director and Head of in-house Research and Trading at Deutsche Bank’s
Distressed Products Group in Asia Pacific, managing a diversified trading book, hard asset real estate holdings
and significant distressed non-performing loan portfolios across Asia. Prior to his Deutsche Bank role, Soo Cheon
was a senior research analyst at Cargill’s Value Investment Group, based in Singapore.
Universal Partners and the consortium will be represented on the SC Lowy Board of Directors by Gary Burg, the
co-founder of Global Capital with Larry Nestadt. Andrew Birrell will be an alternate director to Gary Burg.
CATEGORISATION OF THE TRANSACTION
The transaction constitutes an undertaking in the ordinary course of business of Universal Partners and therefore
does not fall within the scope of Chapter 13 of the Listing Rules of the Stock Exchange of Mauritius Ltd (“SEM”).
The acquisition is a non-categorisable transaction in terms of the JSE Listings Requirements and accordingly
does not require shareholder approval.
Universal Partners has its primary listing on the Official Market of the SEM and a secondary listing on the
Alternative Exchange of the JSE Limited.
By order of the Board
22 December 2017
For further information please contact:
Company Secretary
Intercontinental Trust Ltd
+230 403 0800
SEM Authorised Representative and Sponsor
Perigeum Captial
+230 402 0890
JSE Sponsor
Java Capital
+27 11 722 3050
This notice is issued pursuant to SEM Listing Rule 11.3 and Rule 5(1) of the Securities (Disclosure Obligations of
Reporting Issuers) Rules 2007. The board of directors of Universal Partners Limited accepts full responsibility for
the accuracy of the information contained in this announcement.
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