Athlone International United Kingdom Distressed Fund

Mission:

A fund of €100 million to deliver capital appreciation through investing primarily in the equity of undervalued privately held securities of distressed TMT and other companies based in the UK. To manage the investment most effectively, Athlone will harness its network of local and global advisors, strategic partners and investors to leverage and accelerate the growth of those investments through significant operating enhancements.

The key to the proposition is that Athlone is not simply investing money in these companies but is also providing support in areas that are beneficial to the development of the client's business strategy. In fact, an investment is often conditional on providing additional portfolio services to the client.
 

Who For:

The fund will primarily make investments in companies based in the UK delivering intelligent communications, enterprise software, outsourced business services and system and network performance.
 

Benefits to Clients:

Athlone seeks to implement its value-addition philosophy with each portfolio company through providing support in financial restructuring, operational efficiency, IT infrastructure and other areas that are key to the development of the portfolio's business strategy and growth; subsequently exiting the investment at an attractive return.

Funding is directed towards the market gap of transactions averaging approximately €10m, and the portfolio companies are provided with a package of services to ensure that the invested money is spent most effectively to maximize impact on profitable growth and hence mitigate risk.