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MBO Lymington Precision Engineers


Completion Date: 02/2011 Target: LPE (Lymington) t/a Lymington Precision Engineers Acquirer: Lymington Precision Engineering (Newco) Deal Value: Undisclosed


Details: Paris Smith, led by Douglas Cooper and Richard Swain advised management on their management buyout of the entire issued share capital of LPE. LPE, established in 1980, is a leading manufacturer of precision machined components, fabrications, assemblies and kit sets for the telecommunications, defence, oil, space, medical and marine industries


Funding: Backed by Vine Street Capital


Legal Advisers: Paris Smith LLP (Douglas Cooper and Richard Swain) acted for management


Northbrook College Completion Date: 03/2011


Details: Led by relationship director Alan Bark and supported by Ashley Branch of the Barclays Corporate team based in Oxford, Barclays Capital has provided a £5.2 million finance package to Northbrook College Sussex to support the college in its plans to redevelop the Broadwater campus in Worthing and restructure existing borrow- ing. As part of the deal, the college has committed its day-to-day banking to Barclays


Legal Advisers: Solicitors – Eversheds Wassen


Completion Date: 28/02/2011 Target: Refinance Acquirer: Vital Health Foods Deal Value: Not disclosed Funding: HSBC – sole bank (Andrew Waller & Richard Povey)


Project Field


Completion Date: 28/03/2011 Target: Refinance Acquirer: Management Deal Value: £36 million


Details: Refinance of existing loan notes and bank debt, backing the existing highly-succesful and experienced management team Funding: HSBC – sole bank (Richard Povey & Paul Sharp) Corporate Finance Advisers: Deloitte & Touche Financial Due Diligence: KPMG Commercial Due Diligence: Deloitte


The British Geographical Survey (BGS)


Completion Date: 03/2011 Target: The British Geographical Survey (BGS) Acquirer: PANalytical Deal Value: Not disclosed


Details: Rob Jonckheer, Richard Stevens and Leanne Warren acted for The British Geographical Survey (BGS) on the sale of its XRF laboratory facilities to PANalytical. BGS is a component body of the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), the nation’s principal supplier of objective, impartial and up-to-date geological expertise and information for decision making for governmental, commercial and individual users


Legal Advisers: Manches www.businessmag.co.uk Completion Date: 03/2011


Details: The Barclays Corporate team based in Apex Plaza, led by relationship director Phil Edwards has provided funding to Halestyle (London) to finance a residential development scheme in Covent Garden


Funding: Undisclosed Legal Advisers: Osborne Clarke for Barclays, Pitmans for Halestyle Commercial Due Diligence: Cluttons


Sale and purchase of Millstone Communications


Completion Date: 08/04/2011 Target: Millstone Communications Acquirer: Mosto SA Deal Value: Undisclosed


Details: Sale and purchase of the entire issued share capital of Millstone Communications


Funding: None Corporate Finance Advisers: None


Legal Advisers: Thomas Eggar LLP for the vendors. Mishcon de Reya for the purchaser


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The next Deals Update will appear in our June 2011 issue


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THE BUSINESS MAGAZINE – SOLENT & SOUTH CENTRAL – MAY 2011 Project Exeter


Completion Date: 02/2011 Target: Churcher Homecare Deal Value: Undisclosed


Details: Coffin Mew recently acted for a private investor in his investment into construction specialist, Churcher Homecare Corporate Finance Advisers: Menzies LLP


Legal Advisers: Amanda Brockwell and Lynne Beasant of Coffin Mew LLP


Wallacesacks.com


Completion Date: 31/03/2011 Target: Online business and assets of Wallacesacks.com Acquirer: The Diverse Investment (London) Group Deal Value: Undisclosed


Details: Sale and purchase of the online business and assets of Wallacesacks.com from Wallace Sacks Funding: None Corporate Finance Advisers: None Legal Advisers: Thomas Eggar LLP for purchaser


Halestyle (London) Sale of Leyton Fern & Co


Completion Date: 03/2011 Target: Leyton Fern & Co Acquirer: Newlands Coffee Deal Value: Undisclosed Details: Sale of the entire issued share capital of Leyton Fern & Co Funding: None Corporate Finance Advisers: None


Legal Advisers: Thomas Eggar LLP for vendors. Steele Raymond for the purchaser


Hawk-Eye Innovations


Completion Date: 01/04/2011 Target: Hawk-Eye Innovations Acquirer: Sony Professional Solutions Europe Deal Value: Not disclosed


Details: Cavendish was appointed by Mark Getty to sell Hawk-Eye. The sale process was run on a global basis through seamless co- operation with our alliance partners in M&A International. Offers were received from a number of multi-billion dollar corporations with Sony emerging as the preferred bidder


Funding: N/A


Corporate Finance Advisers: Cavendish adviser to vendor, Ernst & Young adviser to purchaser


Legal Advisers: Charles Russell to vendor, Baker Mackenzie to purchaser Financial Due Diligence: Ernst & Young Commercial Due Diligence: N/A


Glenside


Completion Date: 03/2011 Target: Glenside Acquirer: Bowmark Capital Deal Value: Undisclosed


Details: Spectrum successfully supported Bowmark Capital in the management buyout of Glenside Funding: Bowmark Capital and RBS Corporate Finance Advisers: Spectrum Corporate Finance LLP Legal Advisers: Shoosmiths Financial Due Diligence: Hazlewoods Commercial Due Diligence: Candesic


Project Renoir


Completion Date: 28/03/2011 Target: Longbeach Arts Acquirer: Renoir Topco Deal Value: Confidential


Details: Osborne Clarke (Sara Valentine/Sarah Wyatt) acted for the sellers/management team of Longbeach Arts/Daler-Rowney in connection with the management buyout of Longbeach Arts by Renoir Topco, which was funded by Electra and Lloyds TSB Bank plc


Corporate Finance Advisers: Savigny Partners


Legal Advisers: Osborne Clarke (Sara Valentine/Sarah Wyatt). Ashurst (David Carter/Nicola McKenzie) Other advisers: Deloitte (Claire Webster/Oscar Wingham)


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