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Helios Underwriting Plc

04 October 2021

4(th) October 2021

Helios Underwriting plc

("Helios" or the "Company")

Acquisition of Further Limited Liability Vehicles ( LLVs )

Helios, the unique investment vehicle that acquires and consolidates underwriting capacity at Lloyd's, is pleased to announce the completion of four of the twenty LLV acquisitions referred to in its announcement of interim results on 30 September 2021 as having terms agreed. These LLVs have been acquired for an aggregate cash consideration of GBP 2.5m , acquiring syndicate capacity of GBP 2.6m . The details are as follows:

 
                                               Humphrey 
 Name                         Consideration    Valuation   Discount 
                                GBP'000's     GBP'000's        % 
 Kemah Lime Street Capital 
  Limited                          480           499         3.8% 
 Nameco (No 1130) Limited          715           742         3.6% 
 Nomina No. 070 LLP                645           686         6.0% 
 New Filcom Limited                651           695         6.3% 
                                  2,491         2,622        5.0% 
                             ==============  ===========  ========== 
 
 
                                                                        Profits 
                                               Capacity                  before 
 Name                         2021 Capacity      Value     Turnover       tax 
                                GBP'000's     GBP'000's    GBP'000's   GBP'000's 
 Kemah Lime Street Capital                                               (43) 
  Limited                          502           184        615 (1)       (1) 
 Nameco (No 1130) Limited          653           234        874 (1)     35 (1) 
                                                                         (34) 
 Nomina No. 070 LLP               1,044          474       1,105 (1)      (1) 
                                                                          149 
 New Filcom Limited                364           190       1,272 (2)      (2) 
                                  2,563         1,082 
                             ==============  =========== 
 

(1) Financial information per the latest available annual accounts; being for the year ended 31(st) December 2020

(2) Financial information per the latest available annual accounts; being for the year ended 31(st) December 2019

It is expected that the remaining acquisitions will be completed shortly .

This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of Regulation (EU) NO 596/2014.

For further information, please contact:

Helios Underwriting plc

   Nigel Hanbury - Chief Executive                                               +44 (0)7787 530 404 / nigel.hanbury@huwplc.com 
   Arthur Manners - Chief Financial Officer                                +44 (0)7754 965 917 

Shore Capital (Nomad and Broker)

Robert Finlay +44 (0)20 7601 6100

David Coaten

Willis Re Securities (Financial Adviser)

Alastair Rodger +44 (0)20 3124 6033

Buchanan (PR)

   Helen Tarbet / Henry Wilson / George Beale                         +44 (0)7872 604 453 

+44 (0)20 7466 5111

About Helios

Helios provides a limited liability direct investment into the Lloyd's insurance market and is quoted on the London Stock Exchange's AIM market (ticker: HUW). Helios trades within the Lloyd's insurance market writing approximately GBP110m of capacity for the 2021 account. The portfolio provides a good spread of business being concentrated in property insurance and reinsurance. For further information please visit www.huwplc.com .

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