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WATERLOO INVESTMENT HOLDINGS LIMITED ANNOUNCES RESULTS FOR THE SIX-MONTH PERIOD ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

November 15, 2016 – Waterloo Investment Holdings Limited (Bermuda – WIHL) (the “Company” or “WIHL”) reported a net loss of $2.1mfor the six-month period ended September 30, 2016 (2015 – net loss $1.5m) and net loss per ordinary share for the period of $0.01 (2015 – net loss $0.02).

At September 30, 2016 total assets are $480.8m (March 31, 2016 - $486.0m) and shareholders’ equity is $413.0m (March 31, 2016- $217.0m).

In August 2016, Waterloo Investment Holdings Limited completed a share offering of 396,277,657 ordinary shares at $0.50 per share and raised $198,138,828 of additional capital before expenses. The proceeds of the offer were used to repay the amounts of principal and accrued interest outstanding under the Series 3 and 4 loan notes issued by the Company and held by Daza Corporation as nominee for Lord Ashcroft KCMG PC, the principal shareholder of the Company.

Background

      WIHL is an investment holding company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands. WIHL owns the British Caribbean Bank Limited, a financial services business in the Turks and Caicos Islands, a hotel management division, namely the Turks and Caicos Collection, and, through various subsidiaries, substantial other investment interests in the Turks and Caicos Islands, principally through secured loans. WIHL also holds an approximate 25 percent interest in a successful and market-leading edible oil processing and distribution operation in Latin America. The Company also has an investment in the form of secured loans to the largest port in Belize. 

    

For further information contact:

Waterloo Investment Holdings Limited at 101 Governors Road, Leeward, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands, B.W.I. or send an email via the Company’s web site http://www.wihl.com.

 

Waterloo Investment Holdings Limited

Financial Information

Summarized Consolidated Statements of Income (unaudited)

US dollars in millions except per share data

 

 

 

 

 6 months  ended

September 30,

2016

 

 6 months  ended

September 30,

2015

 

 

 

 

Financial Services

Interest income

 

2.0

 

 

1.9

Interest expense        

  (0.2)

 

  (0.6)

 

 

 

 

Net interest income

1.8

 

1.3

Provision for loan losses

(1.5)

 

(3.5)

Net non-interest expense

(0.8)

 

(1.1)

 

 

 

 

Operating loss - Financial Services

(0.5)

 

(3.3)

Operating loss - Hospitality

(2.0)

 

(0.6)

Operating loss - Investments

(1.5)

 

(15.4)

 

 

 

 

Total operating loss

(4.0)

 

(19.3)

Associates

5.1

 

8.4

Corporate expenses

(1.7)

 

(1.3)

Corporate interest

(1.5)

 

(2.9)

Net loss before non-recurring item

(2.1)

 

(15.1)

Non-recurring gain on settlement of legal action

0.0

 

13.6

Net loss

(2.1)

 

(1.5)

 

 

 

 

Loss per ordinary share: basic and diluted

 

 

 

 

Net loss

($0.01)

 

($0.02)

Number of shares - (basic and diluted)

180.0m

 

99.9m

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

           

 

Waterloo Investment Holdings Limited

Financial Information

Summarized Consolidated Balance Sheets (unaudited)

US dollars in millions

 

 

September 30

2016

$m

March 31

2016

$m

 

 

 

Assets

 

 

Financial Services

 

 

Cash, cash equivalents and due from banks

-

0.6

Interest-bearing deposits with correspondent banks

47.1

43.3

Loans – net

64.0

67.9

Property, plant and equipment – net

0.3

0.2

Other assets

0.1

0.4

Total Financial Services assets

111.5

112.4

Investment

 

 

Cash, cash equivalents and due from banks

-

0.1

Loans – net

133.4

140.4

Other assets

19.5

18.5

Total Investment assets

152.9

159.0

Hospitality

 

 

Cash, cash equivalents and due from banks

1.9

2.4

Property, plant and equipment – net

18.1

12.7

Other assets

6.1

6.8

Total Hospitality assets

26.1

21.9

Corporate

 

 

Cash, cash equivalents and due from banks

2.2

3.0

Other current assets

0.3

0.1

Property, plant and equipment – net

2.6

2.6

Associates

185.2

187.0

Total Corporate assets

190.3

192.7

Total assets

480.8

486.0

 

 

 

Liabilities and shareholders’ equity

 

 

Financial Services

 

 

Deposits

53.8

53.9

Interest payable

0.1

0.2

Other liabilities

0.3

0.3

Total Financial Services liabilities

54.2

54.4

Investment

 

 

Current liabilities

-

2.5

Hospitality

 

 

Current liabilities

8.9

10.9

Corporate

 

 

Current liabilities

0.4

0.3

Long-term liabilities

4.3

200.9

Total Corporate liabilities

4.7

201.2

Total liabilities

67.8

269.0

Shareholders' equity

 

 

Share capital

248.1

50.0

Additional paid-in capital

50.0

50.0

Treasury shares

(0.1)

(0.1)

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

(5.5)

(5.5)

Retained earnings

120.5

122.6

Total shareholders’ equity

413.0

217.0

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

480.8

486.0

 

Waterloo Investment Holdings Limited

Financial Information

Summarized Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited)

US dollars in millions

 6 months ended September 30

 

2016

$m

2015

$m

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flow from operating activities

 

 

 

Net loss

(2.1)

(1.5)

 

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

 

 

 

  Depreciation

0.8

0.4

 

  Provision for loan losses

5.5

20.7

 

  Distributed (undistributed) earnings of associates

1.8

(1.5)

 

  Decrease in interest payable

(0.1)

(0.1)

 

  Changes in assets and liabilities – net

(4.6)

(0.3)

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

1.3

17.7

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from investing activities

 

 

 

Purchase of property plant and equipment (net)

(6.3)

(2.1)

 

Increase in interest-bearing deposits

(3.8)

(53.5)

 

Decrease in receivable from Government of Belize

-

34.1

 

Decrease in loans to customers

5.4

6.2

 

Net cash utilized by investing activities

(4.7)

(15.3)

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from financing activities

 

 

 

Increase in share capital

198.1

-

 

(Decrease) increase in long-term debt

(196.6)

2.9

 

Decrease in deposits

(0.1)

(3.8)

 

Net cash provided (utilized) by financing activities

1.4

(0.9)

 

 

 

 

 

Net change in cash, cash equivalents and due from banks

(2.0)

1.5

 

 

 

 

 

Cash, cash equivalents and due from banks at beginning of year

6.1

5.1

 

 

 

Cash, cash equivalents and due from banks at end of period

4.1

6.6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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