Mercia Asset Management (MERC) Virtual Shareholder Event April 2021

This video can be seen at: https://www.piworld.co.uk/2021/04/23/mercia-asset-management-merc-virtual-shareholder-event-april-2021/   This showcases Mercia’s team, portfolio companies and an overview of the Group’s recent performance. Led by Mercia’s CEO Dr Mark Payton, this provides insight on the progress that Mercia is making on its three-year strategy. Mark was joined by Martin Glanfield, CFO, Julian Viggars, CIO and Jill Williams, Investment Director. The event includes short presentations from the CEOs of several Mercia investee companies within both its direct investment portfolio and third-party manage funds’ portfolios. At the end there is a short Q&A. 00:16 – Introduction Dr Mark Payton, CEO 00:29 – CEO Update Martin Glanfield, CFO 10:47 – Financial highlights Julian Viggars, CIO 14:04 – Portfolio review 17:58 – James Quinn, CEO, Faradion & Dave Carruthers, Co-Founder & CEO, Voxpopme Interview Jill Williams, Investment Director 31:07 – ESG Emilie Vanpoperinghe, Co-Founder & CEO, Oddbox 35:58 – Overview of Oddbox Sarah Ellerby, CEO, Nova Pangaea Technologies 39:38 – Overview of Nova Pangaea Dr Mark Payton, CEO, Martin Glanfield, CFO, Julian Viggars, CIO & Jill Williams, Investment Director Q&A – 42:38 Dr Mark Payton, CEO 1:00:24 – Closing Remarks Mercia Asset Management PLC, formerly Mercia Technologies PLC, is a specialist asset manager focused on small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the United Kingdom’s regions. The Company provides venture, private equity and debt for the enterprises. The Company invests in various sectors including in digital and entertainment; electronics, materials, manufacturing/engineering; software and the Internet sectors. The Company’s funds include North East Venture Fund, MEIF- Mercia Proof-of-Concept, NPIF- Mercia Equity Finance, Mercia EIS Funds, EV Growth II, EV SME Loan, Mercia fund 1 and Finance Yorkshire Seedcorn Fund. The Company’s portfolio consists of over 400 companies.