Silchester International Investors

Silchester International InvestorsCompany type| Limited liability partnership

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Industry| Financial services
Predecessor| Silchester Partners Limited
Headquarters|

London

United Kingdom

Services| equity investment
Revenue|  £169.296 million (2015–16)

Operating income

|  £144.097 million (2015–16)
Total equity|  £063.583 million (2015–16)
Footnotes / references
in consolidated financial statement

Silchester International Investors LLP is a London-based investment management company. One of the "designated members" of the limited liability partnership was Silchester Partners Limited until 30 June 2016, which was also the predecessor of the LLP. The other "designated members" were Stephen Charles Butt, Michael John Julian Cowan and Timothy John Linehan.[1] The company had a subsidiary in the US as Silchester International Investors, Inc..

Silchester International Investors made £92.5 million profit (after drawing) in 2015–16 financial year.[2][3]

The firm is notable for its investments. It prevented TVB's share buy back program, which the program was criticized as a mean to increase the ownership ratio of the majority shareholder, by using TVB's own financial resource.[4]

## Portfolio companies[edit]

* Asatsu-DK[5]
* Hysan Development (9.10%)[6]
* Tesco Plc (5.1 %)[7]

Banks

* UBI Banca
* Bank of Iwate[8]
* Concordia Financial Group (Bank of Yokohama)[8]
* Sydbank[9]

media

* Arnoldo Mondadori Editore
* TVB
* RTL Group

Airlines

* WestJet[10]

## References[edit]

1. ^ filings in Companies House
2. ^ Filing in the Companies House, 2015–16 Financial Statements and Accounts
3. ^ Dakers, Marion (4 June 2016). "Silchester's partners share £92m profit windfall". The Telegraph. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
4. ^ "TVB abandons stock buy-back, dealing a blow to mainland mogul's plan to extend control". South China Morning Post. Hong Kong. 23 January 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
5. ^ "Silchester Joins WPP in Calling Bain's Bid for Asatsu-DK Too Low". Bloomberg. 4 October 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
6. ^ 2017 Annual Report (PDF). Hong Kong: Hysan Development. 28 March 2018. p. 106. Retrieved 20 October 2018 - via Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing website.
7. ^ "Tesco PLC : Shareholders Board Members Managers and Company Profile | GB00BLGZ9862 | MarketScreener". www.marketscreener.comhttps. Retrieved 2023-08-17.
8. ^ a b "Vise tightens on Japan's regional banks as activists invest more". Nikkei Asian Review. 3 September 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
9. ^ "SYDBANK A/S". Danish Business Authority.
10. ^ "Onex slashed proposed offer for WestJet because of grounding of Boeing 737 Max planes". The Globe and Mail Inc. 24 June 2019.

## External links[edit]

* Official website