ICG: Notice of Results - Half Year Results Statement

Intermediate Capital Group plc (ICG) announces its first half results for the six months ended 30 September 2016.

• Total AUM up 2% to €22.0bn, with €1.4bn of new money raised; third party fee earning AUM up 5% to €16.5bn
• Fundraising performance in line with expectations, driven by our real estate fund, ICG Longbow Fund IV, reaching its maximum £1bn size and strong momentum for our Strategic Secondaries fund
• Strong pipeline of opportunities to continue the growth of our fund management franchise
• Capital deployment on track in a competitive investment market
• Investment Company portfolio performance robust, net impairments at £23.8m (H1 2016: £18.1m), and unrealised capital gains remaining strong

• Group profit before tax of £126.2m (H1 2016: £93.9m), driven by a strong period of capital gains.
• Adjusted Group profit before tax¹ was £133.0m (H1 2016: £88.1m)
• Fund Management Company profits up 17% to £34.0m (H1 2016: £29.0m), with third party fee income up 26%
• Investment Company profit is higher at £92.2m (H1 2016: £64.9m)
• Interim ordinary dividend up 4.2% to 7.5 pence per share in addition to the £200m special dividend paid in August 2016

'We have delivered a strong set of results for the first half of FY17. AUM is now at a record €22.0bn and both fundraising and capital deployment are on track.  There has been strong investment performance across our strategies and we are delighted that our newer, smaller strategies are showing steady momentum.

'ICG now has a more diversified business than at any point in our history. This is built on our expertise in understanding and valuing risks. We are highly experienced in both investing and managing investments in more volatile market conditions and we are well positioned to benefit from opportunities that arise. Current market conditions, not limited to the UK's decision to leave the EU, are creating a positive trend favouring alternative asset classes, and sustained low interest rates are creating greater demand from investors for our funds'.

'Following the series of special dividends and the re-gearing of the balance sheet, we are now delivering good returns for our shareholders.  The Board has commenced a review to determine a progressive dividend policy that will better link our ordinary dividends to our robust business model.'

¹As internally reported and excluding the impact of fair value movements on derivatives (H1 2017: £7.6m; FY16: £17.3m; H1 2016: £3.5m). Internally reported numbers exclude the impact of the consolidation of eleven credit funds following the adoption of IFRS 10.

²Net asset value per share has reduced as a result of the £200m (63.4 pence per share) special dividend paid in August 2016.

The following foreign exchange rates have been used.

A presentation for investors and analysts will be held at 09:30 GMT today at ICG's offices, Juxon House, 100 St Paul's Churchyard, London, EC4M 8BU. The presentation will also be streamed live at 09:30 GMT and be available on demand from 14:00 GMT at http://www.icgam.com/shareholders/Pages/shareholders.aspx.

Analyst / Investor enquiries:

Christophe Evain, CEO, ICG                                                                                          +44 (0) 20 3201 7700
Philip Keller, CFO, ICG                                                                                                  +44 (0) 20 3201 7700
Ian Stanlake, Investor Relations, ICG                                                                              +44 (0) 20 3201 7880

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This Half Year Results statement has been prepared solely to provide additional information to shareholders and meets the relevant requirements of the UK Listing Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules. The Half Year Results statement should not be relied on by any other party or for any other purpose.

This Half Year Results statement may contain forward looking statements. These statements have been made by the Directors in good faith based on the information available to them up to the time of their approval of this report and should be treated with caution due to the inherent uncertainties, including both economic and business risk factors, underlying such forward looking information.

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This Half Year Results statement contains information which prior to this announcement was insider information.

ICG is a specialist asset manager with over 27 years' history in private debt, credit and equity.  Our objective is to generate income and consistently high returns whilst protecting against investment downside.  We seek to achieve this through our expertise in investing across the capital structure. We combine flexible capital solutions, local access and insight with an entrepreneurial approach to give us a competitive edge in our markets.   We are committed to innovation and pioneering new strategies where we can deliver value to our investors. ICG has €22.0bn of assets under management globally (as at 30 September, 2016); we are listed on the London Stock Exchange (ticker symbol: ICP), and regulated in the UK by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Intermediate Capital Group, Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of ICG and is registered as an investment adviser under the U.S. Investment Advisers Act of 1940. Further information is available at: www.icgam.com.

This has been another period of delivery against our strategic objectives as we continue to grow our specialist asset manager franchise. The highlights of the first half of the financial year have included:

• Fundraising (inflows) in line with expectations including momentum developed for newer strategies
• Weighted average fee rate unchanged
• Capital deployment on track in a competitive investment market
• Investment Company portfolio performing robustly. Currently little impact from wider macroeconomic uncertainty, with a healthy level of realisations and strong capital gains
• Interim dividend increased to 7.5 pence per share and ongoing capital management sees gearing within target range following £200m capital return to shareholders

Alternative asset market growing strongly

Alternative asset classes are attractive to institutional investors for their enhanced returns and diversification opportunities. The characteristics that have driven the growth in alternative asset classes in recent years remain unchanged in the first half of the financial year. The increasing wealth of developing nations, combined with ageing populations supports the trend of increasing the absolute size of institutional assets under management. At the same time, bond yields remain low thereby impacting the returns of traditional asset classes. Arguably, the current macroeconomic uncertainty, including but not limited to the UK's decision to leave the European Union in June (Brexit), may prolong and enhance the positive trend in favour of alternative asset classes.

The current fundraising environment is inevitably attracting new entrants into the alternative asset market. With increased competition, our established approach of focussing on capital preservation and yield across mid-market transactions in four strategic asset classes and identifying market opportunities to develop differentiated strategies is a competitive advantage. Furthermore, unlike new market entrants, we are increasingly of a size and scale that enables resource constrained investors to access our range of strategies through multi strategy mandates tailored to their individual requirements.

Fundraising momentum for newer strategies

At €1.4bn the pace of fundraising in the first half of the financial year was, as expected and previously indicated, lower than in prior periods. The pace of fundraising for our closed end funds, which represent 97% of our assets under management, is dependent on when our larger funds come to market. We are currently fundraising for our smaller and newer strategies whereas in the prior year fundraising was driven by our larger European funds. The period saw the successful closing of our real estate fund, ICG Longbow Fund IV, at its maximum size of £1.0bn, of which £146m was raised following the UK's EU referendum. This makes it 33% larger than its predecessor fund and of a similar size to the combined total previously raised for this strategy. The strategy continues to appeal to investors because of its focus on selectively investing into mid market assets across the UK, avoiding City of London office assets and those with cyclical cash flows.

Elsewhere, we have made good progress in raising our first Strategic Secondaries fund which is dedicated to the highly complex and structured part of the secondaries market. To date we have raised $347m, of which $180m was raised in the first half of the financial year. As one of our newer strategies, the success of this fund, with fees charged on committed capital, is contributing to our growing fund management profits. We have also seen increased interest in our liquid strategies following the arrival of Zak Summerscale to lead this business in June 2016. We are cautiously optimistic that we will be able to convert investor interest into investor commitments over the coming months, thereby increasing the profitability of this scalable strategy.

Capital deployment on track in a competitive investment market

Our increasing number of strategies means that we operate in a diversified investment market. However, across all of our strategies we have seen the investment market remain competitive as institutions seek to deploy the increasing amounts of capital raised, combined with the attractiveness of the returns offered by private capital.

In this environment, the competitive advantage gained from our local teams, sector specialisms and ability to deploy capital flexibly comes to the fore and has helped us to source attractive deals whilst maintaining our investment discipline. In Asia, the slowdown in China has made us particularly cautious when selecting deals resulting in a slower than planned investment pace. Elsewhere, we are pleased to have maintained the pace of investment across our direct investment funds in the first half of the financial year and have a strong pipeline of investment opportunities for the second half. As a result we are confident that each of our funds will deploy their available capital during their investment period.

Investment Company portfolio performing robustly

Liquidity in the market has also contributed to a period of healthy realisations from the Investment Company's mezzanine portfolio. Furthermore, as previously indicated, the period saw strong capital gains, in part from the disposal of the Group's remaining investment in AAS Link, and in part due to healthy unrealised gains arising from the period end mark to market review. Whilst we expect the current pace of realisations to continue into the second half of the financial year, the overall level of capital gains recognised in the income statement is likely to be lower.

It remains too early to determine the impact, if any, of Brexit on our portfolio. At present the performance of the Investment Company's mezzanine portfolio remains robust, with only a small number of assets underperforming. By number, 75% of our portfolio companies (80% on a weighted average value basis) are recording EBITDA above or at the same level as the previous year, a post 2009 record. Net impairments of £23.8m in the first half of the financial year are marginally higher than the comparative period, but remain in line with the long term average of 2.5% of the opening Investment Company portfolio.

Interim dividend increased and ongoing capital management

The Board recommends an interim dividend of 7.5p, an increase of 4.2% on the prior year interim dividend. The dividend will be paid on 9 January 2017 to shareholders on the register on 2 December 2016. Following approval at the AGM, a special dividend of £200m, with an associated share consolidation, was paid in August 2016 resulting in the Board meeting the gearing and return on equity targets set out in May 2014.

We continue to actively manage our sources of balance sheet financing to ensure we have access to sufficient cash and debt facilities.  During the first half of the financial year, $292m and €74m of US private placements were raised with five, eight and 10 year maturities. Following this debt raising, the weighted average life of drawn debt at 30 September was 3.6 years with a weighted average cost of 3.7%.

Outlook

There remains significant potential to expand our portfolio of strategies and thereby further grow our fund management franchise. Our balance sheet is a facilitator of this organic growth as we use our capital to demonstrate proof of concept and seed new funds. At present we see plenty of opportunities to expand existing strategies into new geographies and add complementary strategies to the portfolio. We will further update the market on these initiatives at the appropriate time.

The current pace of fundraising is expected to continue for the remainder of the financial year as we continue raising money for our newer strategies. Our continued ability to access attractive investment opportunities means that some of our more established strategies are investing well and could be back fundraising during the next financial year.

ICG now has a more diversified business than at any point in our history. As such, we are well placed to manage, and indeed take advantage of opportunities arising from the attractiveness of the alternative asset market, as well as the uncertainties arising from the UK's vote to leave the European Union. We have a long established, substantial presence in Europe operating through existing subsidiaries and will maintain multiple options for new fund licences to ensure access to EU and non EU clients. However, we do not anticipate the need for any significant organisational change and have no intention of moving our UK operations.

Overall, we remain committed to generating strong returns for our shareholders by continuing to focus on return on equity through growth whilst maintaining gearing within our target range of 0.8-1.2x. In light of the ongoing progress to grow and diversify the business, the Board has begun a review of the dividend policy and will provide a further update with the full year results.

The financial statements include the impact of those credit funds and CLOs required to be consolidated under IFRS 10. Internally reported information excludes these items.

A reconciliation between the internally reported management information and the financial statements is shown below with more detail in note 3 on page 37.

The information in this review is presented on an internally reported basis and excludes the impact of these
adjustments.

Overview

The Group's profit before tax for the period was up 48% at £125.4m (H1 2016: £84.6m), with FMC profit of £34.0m and IC profit of £91.4m. We continue to make operational progress in developing our fund management franchise, with new strategies contributing to the growth in FMC profit. IC profits are up compared to the first half of the prior year due to a strong period of capital gains.

The adjusted profit of the IC and Group in the above table excludes the impact of the fair value charge on hedging derivatives of £7.6m (H1 2016: £3.5m). Throughout this review all numbers are presented excluding this adjusting item, unless otherwise stated. The effective tax rate for the period is 12% (H1 2016: 13%). The tax rate is lower than the standard corporation tax rate of 20%. This is principally due to the impact of differences in overseas tax rates where we invest directly into funds which are based offshore.

Based on the adjusted profit above, the Group generated an ROE of 20.8% (H1 2016: 12.1%), an increase on prior period reflecting lower shareholder funds following the £200m special dividend paid in August and strong capital gains. As expected, capital gains have benefitted from the one off recycling of £48.4m of realised gains from reserves, primarily on the disposal of the remainder of AAS Link, and a healthy level of unrealised capital gains arising from the period end mark to market review. The recycling of realised gains from reserves is an accounting treatment for unrealised gains on pre 2011 equity assets recognised in prior years through reserves. As such the ROE for the first half of the financial year should not be seen as indicative of the full year performance and longer term trend. Adjusted earnings per share for the period were 39.8p (H1 2016: 22.2p).

Net current assets of £403.4m are up from £229.8m at 31 March 2016 due to a higher cash balance.  In early October, £206m of cash was used to settle non current debt liabilities reducing net current assets to 31 March 2016 levels.

Fund Management Company

In this review we have, for the first time, aligned the presentation of financial information with the four strategic asset classes in which we operate - corporate investments, capital markets, real assets and secondaries - to simplify and enhance the understanding of our financial performance. The principal difference between this classification and that previously adopted is that the Senior Debt Partners strategy falls within the corporate investment asset class whereas all other funds previously reported as credit funds fall within the capital markets asset class. A reconciliation between the two presentations can be found on page 49 of this statement.

Assets under management

A key measure of the success of our strategy to generate value from our fund management business is our ability to grow assets under management. New AUM (inflows) is our best lead indicator to sustainable future fee streams and therefore increasing sustainable profits.

After two years that have benefitted from fundraising our larger European funds, the pace of fundraising has been, as expected and previously indicated, slower with new AUM of €1,405m raised in the first half of the financial year. This is due to the funds currently in fundraising being smaller and strategies newer than those of the last two years.

In the six month period to 30 September 2016, the net impact of fundraising and realisations saw third party AUM increased 3% to €19.8bn. AUM by strategic asset class is detailed below, where all figures are quoted in €m.

Corporate Investments
Corporate Investments third party funds under management have decreased 3% to €10.1bn in the period as new AUM of €137m was outstripped by the run off of our older funds. As previously noted, fundraising for our third Asia Pacific fund has been slower than anticipated as alternative asset allocations to the Asian market remain small and the slowdown in growth in China has had a real impact on the region. Since 30 September we have closed the fund below its target size, at €615m ($691m), including a $200m commitment from the balance sheet and €12m ($13m) of third party money raised during the first half of the financial year. Elsewhere, we raised €125m from segregated mandates into our Senior Debt Partners strategy.

Capital Markets
Capital Markets third party funds under management have increased 15% to €5.3bn, with new third party AUM of €761m raised in the period, primarily from our CLO programme. During the first half of the financial year we closed two CLOs, one in Europe and one in the US, raising a total €772m, including €42m committed from the balance sheet. We expect to price further CLOs, market conditions permitting, during the current financial year thereby further increasing the operating leverage of this strategy.

Real Assets
Real Assets third party funds under management have increased 1% to €3.3bn, with new AUM of €345m (£275m) raised in the period for our UK real estate fund, ICG Longbow Fund IV. The additional money raised in the current year has contributed to the fund reaching its maximum size of £1.0bn, including a £50m commitment from the balance sheet, making it the second successive UK real estate fund to reach that milestone.

Secondaries
Secondaries third party funds under management have increased 15% to €1.1bn, with new AUM of €162m ($183m) raised in the period for our Strategic Secondaries strategy. A further close is expected shortly and there is a good pipeline of investors which would take the Fund to its target size of $1bn, including a $200m commitment from the balance sheet.

Fee earning AUM

The investment rate for our Senior Debt Partners strategy, our Real Estate funds and our North American Private Debt Fund has a direct impact on FMC income as fees are charged on an invested capital basis. The total amount of third party capital deployed on behalf of the direct investment funds was £1.3bn in the period compared to £1.4bn in the first half of the last financial year. In addition, our Investment Company invested a total of £178m in the period, compared to £154m in the comparative period. The direct investment funds are investing as follows:

% invested is based on third party funds raised at 30 September 2016.

The investment pace of our direct investment funds has resulted in fee earning AUM increasing 5% to €16.5bn since 1 April 2016 as detailed below.

Fee income
Third party fee income of £62.9m was 26% higher than the prior year driven by the investment of those funds that charge fees on invested capital, fees from our recently established secondaries business and the CLO issuance programme. Details of movements are shown below:

Corporate investments third party fees include £4.1m of performance fees (H1 2016: £6.4m) as the realisation of assets from older vintages helped trigger the performance hurdles. Performance fees are an integral recurring part of the fee income profile and profitability stream of the Group.

Third party fees are 73% denominated in Euros or US Dollars. However, the impact of the devaluation of Sterling in recent months will only be fully felt in the next financial year when the current hedges roll off. The Group's policy is to hedge non Sterling fee income, to the extent that it is not matched by costs and is predictable. Total fee income included a £2.5m FX benefit in the period.

The weighted average fee rate, excluding performance fees, across our fee earning AUM at 0.88% is the same as the prior year.

Dividend income
Dividend income of £11.6m (H1 2016: £9.3m) reflects the increased number and improved performance of our US CLOs.

Operating expenses
Operating expenses of the FMC were £49.5m (H1 2016: £39.1m), including salaries and incentive scheme costs. The devaluation of Sterling has had a more immediate impact on the cost base where 12% of costs are Euro denominated and 16% US dollar denominated. Costs are £1.3m higher in the period due to FX.

Salaries were £19.1m (H1 2016: £14.2m) as average headcount increased 15% from 205 to 236. This increase is directly related to investing in our capital markets strategy, the ICG Enterprise Trust team and our operations infrastructure. Other administrative costs have increased to £15.9m (H1 2016: £13.1m) as a result of increased occupancy and IT costs in the current year and a one off reduction in placement fees recognised in the prior period.

The FMC operating margin was 40.7% down from 41.9% in the prior year, reflecting the increased operating costs detailed above.

Investment Company

Balance sheet investments

The balance sheet investment portfolio increased 4% in the period to £1,873m at 30 September 2016, as illustrated in the investment portfolio bridge below:

Realisations comprise the return of £169.2m of principal, the crystallisation of £4.5m of rolled up interest and £161.5m of realised capital gains.

In the period £125.8m was invested alongside our corporate investment strategies for new and follow on investments. Of the remaining £52.4m, £31.4m was invested in CLOs in accordance with regulatory requirements and £20.1m in our new strategic secondaries strategy.

The Sterling value of the portfolio increased by £141.9m due to foreign exchange movements. The portfolio is 48% Euro denominated and 28% US dollar denominated. Sterling denominated assets account only for 14% of the portfolio. The Group minimises foreign exchange impact of non sterling assets through non sterling liabilities and derivative transactions. An analysis of the portfolio by instrument is outlined below:

Current assets held on the balance sheet at 30 September 2016 will be transferred to third party funds once their fundraising is complete. The use of the balance sheet in this way enables our investment teams to continue to source attractive deals whilst a fund is being raised, and in turn facilitates the fundraising as potential investors can see the types of assets they will be investing in. At 30 September 2016, 48% of these assets were held for syndication into our Asia Pacific Fund once fundraising is completed.

Investment income
Investment income of £190.1m represents the total income earned from the balance sheet portfolio in the period, analysed as follows:

Interest income was below the prior period due to a 6% reduction in the average interest bearing loan book and a £5.5m reduction in interest from current assets. Cash interest income has increased to 35% (H1 2016: 32%) of the total as the growing US mezzanine portfolio is weighted towards cash pay interest.

Dividend income is received from our real estate and senior debt funds. The prior year included a dividend from our secondaries investment in Diamond Castle.

Capital gains were, as expected, strong in the first half of the financial year as the income statement benefited from the recycling of £48.4m of capital gains from reserves on realisation of the underlying assets. Of this, £26.4m related to the sale of the remaining holding in AAS Link following its IPO in 2015. In addition, the valuation of the portfolio as at 30 September 2016 benefitted from the strength in global stock markets and the improved performance across a large number of portfolio assets over the last six months.

Net realised capital gains in the period were £161.2m (H1 2016: £21.5m), of which £106.5m (H1 2016: £11.7m) had previously been recognised as unrealised gains in the P&L with the remaining £54.7m (H1 2016: £9.8m) recognised in the current period. Fair valuing the equity and warrants gave rise to a further £65.5m (H1 2016: £60.4m) of unrealised gains in the current period. Of this, £70.8m (H1 2016: £52.7m) is recognised in the income statement and a £5.3m unrealised loss in reserves (H1 2016: £7.7m unrealised gain).

Interest expense
Interest expense of £24.4m was £1.7m higher than the prior period (H1 2016: £22.7m), principally due to the FX impact of interest paid on non Sterling borrowings.

Operating expenses
Operating expenses of the IC amounted to £33.7m (H1 2016: £28.0m), of which incentive scheme costs of £22.9m (H1 2016: £19.1m) were the largest component. The £3.8m increase is due to the cost of balance sheet carry increasing following the healthy level of realisations in the period. Other staff and administrative costs were £10.8m compared to £8.9m in the first half of last year, a £1.9m increase. This increase is due to an increase in business development costs, of which the largest component is the amortisation on the ICG Enterprise Trust management contract.

Impairments
During the period we took asset specific impairments against our weaker assets of £23.8m compared to £18.1m in the first half of the last financial year, with no write backs in either period. Subject to the impact of macroeconomic uncertainty on the portfolio, current performance would indicate that net impairments for the full year will be broadly in line with our long term average of 2.5% of the opening Investment Company portfolio.

Group cash flow, debt and capital position

The Group has continued to actively manage its sources of financing, extending debt facilities and lowering pricing where possible. During the first half of the financial year, $292m and €74m of US private placements were raised with five, eight and 10 year maturities. Following this debt raising, the weighted average life of total debt at 30 September was 3.6 years with a weighted average cost of 3.7%, in line with 31 March 2016.

The balance sheet remains strong, with £802.1m of available cash and debt facilities at 30 September 2016. The movement in the Group's unutilised cash and debt facilities during the period is detailed as follows:

Total drawn debt at 30 September 2016 was £1,290m compared to £866m at 31 March 2016, with unencumbered cash of £325m compared to £112m at 31 March 2016. The Group's gearing calculation excludes £206m of drawn credit facilities which were repaid in early October, but were in the process of being settled on 30 September 2016.

Cashflow
Operating cash inflow for the period of £272.7m (H1 2016: £21.1m outflow) was higher than the prior period due to a strong period of realisations, including the Group's largest asset Parkeon.

Capital position
Shareholders' funds decreased by £172.7m to £1,068.5m (31 March 2016: £1,241.2m) in the period as £200m was returned to shareholders by means of a special dividend, in addition to the final ordinary dividend of £50m. Total debt to shareholders' funds (gearing) as at 30 September 2016 increased to 1.01x from 0.70x at 31 March 2016.

We confirm to the best of our knowledge:

• The condensed set of financial statements have been prepared in accordance with IAS 34 'Interim Financial Reporting';
• The interim management report includes a fair review of the information required by DTR 4.2.7R (indication of important events during the first six months and description of principal risks and uncertainties for the remaining six months of the year); and
• The interim management report includes a fair review of the information required by DTR 4.2.8R (disclosure of related parties' transactions and changes therein).

This responsibility statement was approved by the Board of Directors on 14 November 2016 and is signed on its behalf by:

Christophe Evain                       Philip Keller

CEO                                         CFO

For the six months ended 30 September 2016

All activities represent continuing operations.

For the six months ended 30 September 2016

For the six months ended 30 September 2016

For the six months ended 30 September 2015

For the year ended 31 March 2016

The adjustment of £13.4m to retained earnings on loss of control of the subsidiary ICG European Loan Fund in the first half of the prior year relates to the reclassification of liabilities of a consolidated structured entity which had been incorrectly recorded in reserves. The correction of this item has no impact on the income statement in the prior year, or the internally reported numbers in that year.

For the six months ended 30 September 2016

1. Basis of preparation

(i) Basis of preparation

The condensed set of financial statements included in this half year financial report have been prepared in accordance with International Accounting Standard (IAS) 34 'Interim Financial Reporting' as adopted by the European Union, and on the basis of the accounting policies and methods of computation set out in the consolidated financial statements of the Group for the year ended 31 March 2016.

While the financial information included in this announcement has been prepared in accordance with the recognition and measurement criteria of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) as adopted by the European Union, this announcement does not itself contain sufficient information to comply with IFRSs.

The comparative figures for the financial year ended 31 March 2016 are not the Group's statutory accounts for the financial year. As defined in section 434 of the Companies Act 2006 those accounts have been reported on by the Group's auditors and delivered to the registrar of companies. The report of the auditors was (i) unqualified, (ii) did not include a reference to any matters which the auditors drew attention by way of emphasis without qualifying their report, and (iii) did not contain a statement under section 498 (2) or (3) of the Companies Act 2006.

The consolidated financial statements of the Group as at and for the year ended 31 March 2016 which were prepared under International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by the EU are available on the Group's website, www.icgam.com.

ii) Going concern

The Directors have prepared the condensed financial statements on a going concern basis which requires the Directors to have a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The Directors made this assessment in light of £802.1m of cash and unutilised debt facilities, no significant bank facilities maturing within the next 18 months, and after reviewing the Group's latest forecasts for a period of 18 months from the period end.

(iii) Related party transactions

There have been no material changes to the nature or size of related party transactions since 31 March 2016.

For the six months ended 30 September 2016

2. Financial risk management

Included within associates designated as FVTPL is £618.5m (30 September 2015: £447.6m / 31 March 2016: £508.3m) relating to the Group's 20% investment in ICG Europe Fund V Limited, ICG North America Private Debt Fund and ICG Asia Pacific Fund III, and 16.67% investment in ICG Europe Fund VI Limited.

Included within financial assets designated as FVTPL is £nil (30 September 2015: £77.9m / 31 March 2016: £94.6m) related to the Group's joint venture investments in Via Location and Parkeon, and £2,906.7m (30 September 2015: £1,753.4m / 31 March 2016: £2,092.7m) relating to the structured entities controlled by the Group.

Fair value measurements recognised in the statement of financial position

The information set out below provides information about how the Group determines fair values of various financial assets and financial liabilities.

The following table provides an analysis of financial instruments that are measured subsequent to initial recognition at fair value, grouped into Levels 1 to 3 based on the degree to which the fair value is observable.

• Level 1 fair value measurements are those derived from quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities
• Level 2 fair value measurements are those derived from inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly (i.e. as prices) or indirectly (i.e. derived from prices)
• Level 3 fair value measurements are those derived from valuation techniques that include inputs for the asset or liability that are not based on observable market data (i.e. unobservable inputs)

This is followed by a more detailed analysis of the financial instruments which are based on unobservable inputs (Level 3 assets). The subsequent tables provide reconciliations of movement in their fair value during the period split by asset category and by geography. The Group is required to provide disclosures at a more detailed level than by asset category, segregating each asset category by sector or geography. The Group has chosen to present financial instruments by geography as the diverse nature of the Group's assets makes any disclosure of assets by industry less meaningful to the Group's risk profile than geographical factors.

For the six months ended 30 September 2016

2.    Financial risk management continued

Fair value measurements recognised in the statement of financial position continued

For the six months ended 30 September 2016

2.    Financial risk management continued

Fair value measurements recognised in the statement of financial position continued

For the six months ended 30 September 2016

2.     Financial risk management continued

Fair value measurements recognised in the statement of financial position continued

As at 30 September 2016

For the six months ended 30 September 2016

2.     Financial risk management continued

Fair value measurements recognised in the statement of financial position continued

As at 30 September 2015

For the six months ended 30 September 2016

2.     Financial risk management continued

Fair value measurements recognised in the statement of financial position continued

As at 31 March 2016

For the six months ended 30 September 2016

2.     Financial risk management continued

Reconciliation of Level 3 fair value measurements of financial assets

The tables detail the movements in financial assets valued using the Level 3 basis of measurement in aggregate and geographically by asset category.

Within the income statement, realised gains and fair value movements are included within gains on investments and foreign exchange is included within finance costs.

For the six months ended 30 September 2016

For the six months ended 30 September 2015

For the six months ended 30 September 2016

2.     Financial risk management continued

Reconciliation of Level 3 fair value measurements of financial assets continued

For the year ended 31 March 2016

For the six months ended 30 September 2016

2. Financial risk management continued

Reconciliation of Level 3 fair value movements by geography

For the six months ended 30 September 2016

For the six months ended 30 September 2016

2.     Financial risk management continued

Reconciliation of Level 3 fair value movements by geography continued

For the six months ended 30 September 2015

For the six months ended 30 September 2016

2.     Financial risk management continued

Reconciliation of Level 3 fair value movements by geography continued

For the year ended 31 March 2016

For the six months ended 30 September 2016

2.     Financial risk management continued

Fair value sensitivity analysis

The following table shows the sensitivity of fair values grouped in Level 3 to adjusted earnings multiples in the valuation models, for a selection of the largest financial assets. It is assumed that the multiple was changed by 10% while all the other variables were held constant.

For the six months ended 30 September 2016

2.     Financial risk management continued

Derivatives
The Group utilises the following derivative instruments for economic hedging purposes:

Included in derivative financial instruments is accrued interest on swaps of £2.1m.

Included in derivative financial instruments is accrued interest on swaps of £1.8m.

Included in derivative financial instruments is accrued interest on swaps of £1.9m.

For the six months ended 30 September 2016

2.     Financial risk management continued

Capital management

The primary objectives of the Group's capital management are to ensure that the Group complies with externally imposed capital requirements by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and that the Group maximises the return to Shareholders through the optimisation of the debt and equity balance. The Group's strategy has remained unchanged from the year ended 31 March 2016.

The capital structure comprises debts, which includes borrowings disclosed in note 24 of the audited Group Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2016, cash and cash equivalents, and capital and reserves of the Parent Company, comprising called up share capital, reserves and retained earnings as disclosed in the Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity.

The Group has complied with the imposed minimum capital throughout the year. The full Pillar 3 disclosures are
available on the Company's website www.icgam.com.

Credit Risk - Impairments

The carrying amount of financial assets represents the Directors' assessment of the maximum credit risk exposure of the Group at the balance sheet date. Impairment losses taken during the period reflect the decline in recoverability on individual assets, either as a result of company specific or of general macroeconomic conditions.

The Directors believe that credit risk as a result of the concentration of significant counterparties is low as there is no individual counterparty comprising more than 10% of the Group's total exposure. The Group's largest individual exposure as at 30 September 2016 was £95.3m to Gerflor (30 September 2015: £91.3m to Parkeon / 31 March 2016: £110.1m to Parkeon).

For the six months ended 30 September 2016

3. Business segments

For management purposes, the Group is currently organised into the Fund Management Company (FMC) and the Investment Company (IC). Segment information about these businesses is presented below as reviewed by the Executive Committee.
The Group reports the profit of the FMC separately from the profits generated by the IC. The FMC is defined as the operating unit and as such incurs the majority of the Group's costs, including the cost of the investment network, i.e. the Investment Executives and the local offices, as well as the cost of most support functions, primarily information technology, human resources and marketing. In the current period external fee income has been shown by strategic asset class and interest income and interest expense have been shown separately whereas previously these were disclosed as net interest income. The prior periods have been restated to reflect these changes.
The IC is charged a management fee of 1% of the carrying value of the average investment portfolio by the FMC and this is shown below as fee income. The costs of finance, treasury, and portfolio administration teams and the costs related to being a listed entity are allocated to the IC. The remuneration of the Managing Directors is allocated equally to the FMC and the IC.

For the six months ended 30 September 2016

3.     Business segments continued

For the six months ended 30 September 2016

3.     Business segments continued

Reconciliation of financial statements reported to the executive committee to the IFRS financial statements

Included in the table below are statutory adjustments made to the Investment Company for the following:

• For internal reporting purposes the interest earned and impairments charged on assets where we co-invest in funds (ICG Europe Fund V, ICG Europe Fund VI, ICG North America Private Debt Fund, ICG Asia Pacific Fund III) is presented within interest income/impairments whereas under IFRS it is included within the value of the investment
• The structured entities controlled by the Group are presented as fair value investments for internal reporting purposes, whereas the statutory financial statements present these entities on a fully consolidated basis
• Other adjustments principally relate to the joint venture investment in Nomura ICG KK which is presented internally on a proportional consolidation basis, whereas it is equity accounted under IFRS

Consolidated Income Statement

For the six months ended 30 September 2016

3.     Business segments continued

Consolidated Income Statement continued

For the six months ended 30 September 2016

3.     Business segments continued

Consolidated Income Statement continued

On 1 October 2014, the Group acquired the remaining 49% of Longbow Real Estate Capital LLP, giving it 100% of the equity of the UK real estate debt specialist. The final deferred consideration amount was calculated at 31 March 2016 as £41.7m following the outstanding success of this business, resulting in a £17.8m increase to the original estimate. This was recognised through the income statement.

For the six months ended 30 September 2016

3.     Business segments continued

Consolidated Statement of Financial Position

For the six months ended 30 September 2016

3. Business segments continued

Consolidated Statement of Financial Position continued

For the six months ended 30 September 2016

3.     Business segments continued

Consolidated Statement of Cash flows

For the six months ended 30 September 2016

3.     Business segments continued

Consolidated Statement of Cash flows continued

For the six months ended 30 September 2016

3.     Business segments continued

Consolidated Statement of Cash flows continued

4. Earnings per share

For the six months ended 30 September 2016

4. Earnings per share continued

Reconciliation of total number of shares allotted, called up and in issue

On 1 August 2016, the Company undertook a share consolidation issuing eight new ordinary shares at 26 and a quater  pence each for each holding of nine existing ordinary shares of 23 and a third pence each, reducing shares in issue to 293,716,373.

As at 30 September 2015 the total number of shares allotted, called up and in issue was 330,211,149, of which 15,010,728 were held in the own shares reserve.

5. Dividends

The Board has approved an interim dividend of 7.5p per share (H1 2016: 7.2p).

6. Gains and losses arising on investments
7. Gains and losses arising on AFS financial assets recognised in other comprehensive income

For the six months ended 30 September 2016

6. Gains and losses arising on investments continued
7. Gains and losses on investments recognised in the income statement

For the six months ended 30 September 2016

7. Tax expense

The Group's effective tax rate is lower than the standard rate of UK corporation tax of 20%. This reflects the mix of the Group's balance sheet investment returns in the year being weighted towards non UK sourced dividend income and capital gains rather than interest income. As dividend income is exempt from UK corporation tax it has the impact of reducing the Group's effective tax rate.

8. Financial liabilities

Financial liabilities have increased by £1,304.6m in the period since 31 March 2016 of which £887.6m relates to structured entities controlled by the Group. Of the remaining £417.0m, £216.5m is the result of the Group establishing new private placements with maturities of between five and ten years, with the balance principally due to the impact of FX on foreign currency denominated financial liabilities.

The fair value of financial liabilities is £4,085.4m (30 September 2015: £2,541.0m / 31 March 2016: £2,780.8m), determined where applicable with reference to their published market price.

9. Subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures

The following changes are of note to the Group's subsidiaries during the period:

1. The Group holds 55.6% of the equity in US CLO 2016-1, a structured entity which was raised in the period and consolidated from September 2016
2. The Group holds 53.2% of the equity in St Paul's CLO VI, a structured entity which was raised in the period and consolidated from June 2016
3. The Group retains control of ICG High Yield Bond Fund although it has increased its ownership interest to 96.2%

The following changes are of note to the Group's associates during the period:

1. The Group retains significant interest of ICG Total Credit Fund although it has reduced its ownership interest to 36.3%

There were no other changes in the Group's ownership interests in associates.

We have been engaged by the company to review the condensed set of financial statements in the half-yearly financial report for the six months ended 30 September 2016 which comprises the consolidated income statement, the consolidated statement of comprehensive income, the consolidated statement of financial position, the consolidated statement of changes in equity, the consolidated statement of cash flows and related notes 1 to 9. We have read the other information contained in the half-yearly financial report and considered whether it contains any apparent misstatements or material inconsistencies with the information in the condensed set of financial statements.

This report is made solely to the company in accordance with International Standard on Review Engagements (UK and Ireland) 2410 "Review of Interim Financial Information Performed by the Independent Auditor of the Entity" issued by the Auditing Practices Board.  Our work has been undertaken so that we might state to the company those matters we are required to state to it in an independent review report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the company, for our review work, for this report, or for the conclusions we have formed.

Directors' responsibilities

The half-yearly financial report is the responsibility of, and has been approved by, the directors.  The directors are responsible for preparing the half-yearly financial report in accordance with the Disclosure and Transparency Rules of the United Kingdom's Financial Conduct Authority.

As disclosed in note 1, the annual financial statements of the group are prepared in accordance with IFRSs as adopted by the European Union.  The condensed set of financial statements included in this half-yearly financial report has been prepared in accordance with International Accounting Standard 34, "Interim Financial Reporting," as adopted by the European Union.

Our responsibility

Our responsibility is to express to the Company a conclusion on the condensed set of financial statements in the half-yearly financial report based on our review.

Scope of review

We conducted our review in accordance with International Standard on Review Engagements (UK and Ireland) 2410 "Review of Interim Financial Information Performed by the Independent Auditor of the Entity" issued by the Auditing Practices Board for use in the United Kingdom. A review of interim financial information consists of making inquiries, primarily of persons responsible for financial and accounting matters, and applying analytical and other review procedures. A review is substantially less in scope than an audit conducted in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK and Ireland) and consequently does not enable us to obtain assurance that we would become aware of all significant matters that might be identified in an audit. Accordingly, we do not express an audit opinion.

Conclusion

Based on our review, nothing has come to our attention that causes us to believe that the condensed set of financial statements in the half-yearly financial report for the six months ended 30 September 2016 is not prepared, in all material respects, in accordance with International Accounting Standard 34 as adopted by the European Union and the Disclosure and Transparency Rules of the United Kingdom's Financial Conduct Authority.

Deloitte LLP
Chartered Accountants and Statutory Auditor
London, United Kingdom
15 November 2016

External fee income and AUM are presented by strategic asset class. This differs from the previous presentation principally in the treatment of the Senior Debt Partners strategy which falls within the corporate investments asset class but along with the capital markets funds were previously reported within credit funds.