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JRP Group PLC

03 November 2016

NEWS RELEASE www.jrpgroup.com

3 November 2016

JRP GROUP PLC

NEW BUSINESS UPDATE FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2016

DELIVERING SUSTAINABLE PROFITABLE GROWTH

JRP Group plc ("JRP", "the Group") announces its new business update for the period ended 30 September 2016.

Highlights

 
 
        *    Total sales up 21% in the nine months ended 30 
             September 2016 on a pro forma basis 
 
        *    Guaranteed Income for Life (GIfL) sales up 12% to 
             GBP603.8m on a pro forma basis 
 
        *    Defined Benefit De-risking (DB) sales of GBP578.4m, 
             an increase of 29% on a pro forma basis 
 
        *    Lifetime Mortgage (LTM) advances of GBP464.7m, an 
             increase of 27% on a pro forma basis 
 
           *    Solvency II SCR coverage ratio at 30 June 2016 would 
                have risen to an estimated 151%, had the recently 
                issued GBP250m in Tier 2 debt proceeds been in place 
 
        *    IFRS new business margin guidance of 6% reaffirmed 
             for the full calendar year 
 

Rodney Cook, Group Chief Executive, said:

"The benefits of the merger to the JRP Group continue to be demonstrated through both strong sales growth announced today and favourable margin development announced in September. Total sales were up 21% on a pro forma basis in the nine months, and 54% in the quarter ended September. We remain comfortable with our guidance of a 6% IFRS new business margin for the full calendar year and this represents levels last achieved before the pension freedoms were announced in 2014. As we disclosed at interims, we are ahead of schedule in delivering the synergy benefits of at least GBP45m per annum with the full run-rate being achieved by 2018.

The strong recovery of our business is demonstrated by our Retirement Income sales of GBP640.8m in the three months ended September. This compares to sales of GBP619.2m in the preceding six months which were impacted by a slow start to the year for Defined Benefit De-risking sales. Mortgage advances have continued to be strong, and are still ahead of our 25% of Retirement Income target for the year to date.

We are successfully adapting our business model to the new capital environment and remain confident of achieving attractive internal rates of return on new business once the synergy benefits are fully realised, well in excess of the recent cost of debt and our weighted average cost of capital. The combination of increased margins, strong synergy delivery and sound capital position confirm the sustainable growth which our business model can deliver.

We are pleased with the support we have received from institutional investors to our recent GBP250m Tier 2 capital transaction and this demonstrates their confidence in the Group's business model and its prospects."

 
 JRP pro forma                 9 months   9 months   Change   3 months   3 months   Change 
                                     to         to                  to         to 
                                30/9/16    30/9/15             30/9/16    30/9/15 
                                   GBPm       GBPm        %       GBPm       GBPm        % 
 Defined Benefit De-risking       578.4      449.7       29      414.0      127.6      224 
 Guaranteed Income for 
  Life                            603.8      540.2       12      206.7      200.6        3 
 Care Plans                        77.8       62.3       25       20.1       21.7       -7 
                              =========  =========  =======  =========  =========  ======= 
 Retirement Income sales        1,260.0    1,052.2       20      640.8      349.9       83 
 Drawdown                          14.8       17.0      -13        9.4        3.6      161 
                              =========  =========  =======  =========  =========  ======= 
 Total Retirement sales         1,274.8    1,069.2       19      650.2      353.5       84 
 Protection                         3.8        3.1       23        1.5        1.0       50 
 Lifetime mortgage loans 
  advanced                        464.7      366.7       27      142.9      161.9      -12 
                              =========  =========  =======  =========  =========  ======= 
 Total new business sales       1,743.3    1,439.0       21      794.6      516.4       54 
                              =========  =========  =======  =========  =========  ======= 
 
 
 JRP Statutory                 15 months   15 months   Change 
                                      to          to 
                                 30/9/16     30/9/15 
                                    GBPm        GBPm        % 
 Defined Benefit De-risking      1,279.6       712.5       80 
 Guaranteed Income for 
  Life                             798.6       610.6       31 
 Care Plans                         78.1        17.8      339 
                              ==========  ==========  ======= 
 Retirement Income sales         2,156.3     1,340.9       61 
 Drawdown                           22.0        52.3      -58 
                              ==========  ==========  ======= 
 Total Retirement sales          2,178.3     1,393.2       56 
 Protection                          2.5         0.0        - 
 Lifetime mortgage loans 
  advanced                         635.2       422.5       50 
                              ==========  ==========  ======= 
 Total new business sales        2,816.0     1,815.7       55 
                              ==========  ==========  ======= 
 

Notes

The merger of Just Retirement and Partnership is required for accounting purposes to be treated as an acquisition by Just Retirement of Partnership with an effective date of the beginning of April 2016. Accordingly the statutory information includes 15 months of Just Retirement and six months results of Partnership. Just Retirement Group plc (renamed JRP Group plc) changed its year end to 31 December and consequently its next statutory reporting period will be for the 18 months to December 2016. As a consequence pro-forma sales data as though the merger took place at the beginning of January 2015 have been presented to give the market an understanding of the business of the merged Group.

Enquiries

 
 Investors / Analysts               Media 
 
  James Pearce, Group Director of    Stephen Lowe, Group Communications 
  Corporate Finance and Investor     Director 
  Relations 
 
  Telephone: +44 (0) 7715 085 099    Telephone: +44 (0) 1737 827 301 
  james.pearce@justretirement.com    press.office@justretirement.com 
 
                                     Temple Bar Advisory 
                                     Alex Child-Villiers 
                                     William Barker 
                                     Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7002 1080 
 

A copy of this announcement will be available on the Group's website www.jrpgroup.com

JRP GROUP PLC

GROUP COMMUNICATIONS

Vale House, Roebuck Close

Bancroft Road, Reigate

Surrey RH2 7RU

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