ALLEGRO NEWS: Spring edition
Chester and Adrian
Welcome to the September 2022 Allegro newsletter. In June we celebrated the launch of Allegro Fund IV with investors, advisers, portfolio company management teams and Allegro employees at the Sydney Opera House. We held our AGM in June, received some more awards, plus we had lunch with the New Zealand Prime Minister. Read all about this and more!
Allegro Funds Pty Ltd (“Allegro”) is pleased to announce the completion of its acquisition of Gull New Zealand (“Gull”) from Ampol Limited (ASX:ALD).
Under the terms of the sale, Allegro has acquired 100% of Gull for net cash proceeds of approximately NZ$522 million (subject to adjustment).
ALLEGRO NEWS: Autumn edition
Chester and Adrian
Welcome to the Autumn 2022 edition of the Allegro newsletter. A lot has happened since our last newsletter, and this has set the tone for the year ahead. Exciting times! We hope you enjoy this quick update about what we’ve been doing. Enjoy!
We are pleased to advise that we have reached the first close milestone of our Fund IV fundraising.
Since launching on 1 September 2021, we have experienced strong demand with commitments for the core fund at approximately $500 million and $100 million for the sidecar, which includes the required manager commitment.
We have been humbled by the support from our existing investor base with a re-up rate of more than 90% and are delighted to welcome several new investors – both offshore and domestic to the Fund.
We anticipate accepting further commitments into Fund IV during the remainder of this calendar year, with a final close to be held during the 1st quarter of 2022.
Allegro is pleased to announce the sale of its investment in The Interiors Group (“TIG”) to Pencarrow Private Equity, one of New Zealand’s leading growth private equity firms.
Allegro’s interest in the business began in 2015 with the acquisition of Carpet Court, New Zealand’s largest national flooring brand. In 2018, Allegro bolted on CurtainStudio, a leading national window furnishings retailer, at which time the business was renamed The Interiors Group, reflecting the successful platform business it had become.
Today marks the successful completion of Allegro’s acquisition of Toll Global Express, first announced in April this year.
It’s a landmark deal for Allegro and the culmination of month’s of work. A key component of the transaction was the $500 million funding package Allegro secured to transform the business and separate it from Toll Holdings.
