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Project Stewart
Completion Date: 10/04/2012 Target: Cope Allman Jaycare Acquirer: Nolato Group (Sweden)
Deal Value: £16.6m plus working capital adjustment and earn-out
Details: The southern Corporate Finance lead advisory team has completed the sale of Cope Allman Jaycare, a manufacturer of plastic pharmaceutical packaging and medical devices to Nolato Group, a Swedish injection moulder
Corporate Financial Advisers: Darren Miller and David Cutts, RSM Tenon
Legal Advisers: Andrew Heathcock and Jonathon Roy, Paris Smith
Financial Due Dilligence: KPMG Leisure Pass Group
Completion Date: 05/2012 Target: Leisure Pass Group Acquirer: Primary Capital Deal Value: £35 million
Details: Spectrum Corporate Finance LLP advised the management team as well as providing buy-side and debt advisory services to Primary Capital in the successful completion of the MBO of Leisure Pass Group
Funding: Primary Capital Corporate Financial Advisers: Spectrum Corporate Finance Legal Advisers: Olswang, Hogan Lovells Financial Due Dilligence: BDO Stoy Hayward Commercial Due Dilligence: Armstrong Transaction Services
Project Quest
Completion Date: 05/2012 Target: QHi Rail Acquirer: The Whitmore Group – USA Deal Value: Undisclosed
Details: Financial due diligence in respect of the Capital Southwest portfolio company, The Whitmore Group acquiring QHi Rail. QHi sells lubricant grease, typically used on railways and also assembles and distributes the systems required to administer the grease onto railway tracks. The deal represents a strategic acquisition for The Whitmore Group with QHi Rail complementing its lubrication grease distribution business
Funding: Capital Southwest Partners Inc Legal Advisers: Eversheds
Financial Due Dilligence: Nick Williams, Peter Vandervelde and James Davis of RSM Tenon Corporate Finance, Southampton
Bookbank acquires Shapero Rare Books
Completion Date: 03/2012 Target: Shapero Rare Books Acquirer: Bookbank Deal Value: Undisclosed
Details: Oxford solicitors Henmans LLP has advised on the multimillion-pound investment in Bookbank, founded by former CEO of Blackwell’s booksellers, Philip Blackwell. Bookbank was established to invest in niche book trading businesses, the largest to date is Shapero Rare Books, Mayfair, selling rare books, maps and vintage photographs
Legal Advisers: Henmans
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Completion Date: 25/4/2012 Deal Value: Undisclosed
Details: HMT Corporate Finance, led by partner Andrew Thomson, advised the management of Braeforge on its recent development capital fundraising. Equity was secured from a consortium of investors from the dairy industry, and provided essential working capital to support the company’s growth
Financial Due Dilligence: HMT Corporate Finance Transcend Corporate Finance advises Adaero
Completion Date: 04/2012 Target: Adaero Precision Components Acquirer: Cosworth Group Deal Value: Undisclosed
Details: Transcend Corporate Finance, the M&A boutique led by Ian Curtis and Ian Aldridge, has originated and advised the share- holders on the sale of highly profitable, £4m turnover Adaero Precision Components, a leading specialist manufacturer of high precision components, to Cosworth Group. Cosworth Group is a globally recognised brand which provides high performance technologies to a diverse range of industries including aerospace, defence, automotive and sport
Funding: Trade Corporate Financial Advisers: Transcend Corporate Finance Legal Advisers: Foot Anstey LLP Financial Due Dilligence: Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLP Commercial Due Dilligence: Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
Completion Date: 24/04/2012 Target: Prologic plc Acquirer: ESWC Acquisitions
Deal Value: The Offer valued Prologic at £3.65 million, representing a price of 36.5p per Prologic share
Details: AIM-listed retail ERP (enterprise retail planning) and EFT (electronic funds transfer) software solutions specialist to the fashion sector, Prologic, has been sold to an affiliate of US-based Versata Inc. The transaction delivered shareholders a 46% premium over the share price prior to the announcement of the offer
Corporate Financial Advisers: Cobalt Corporate Finance for Prologic, West Hill Corporate Finance for ESWC Acquisitions
Legal Advisers: Pitmans LLP for Prologic, Wilmer Cutler Picker- ing Hale and Dorr LLP for ESWC Acquisitions
Other Advisers: Grant Thornton (Rule 3 adviser to Prologic); Westhouse Securities (NOMAD to Prologic)
Project Gas
Completion Date: 27/04/2012 Target: Specialty Gases Acquirer: Buse Rijntechniek B.V. via Buse UK Deal Value: Confidential Details: Acquisition of a scientific and calibration gas supplier Funding: N/A Legal Advisers: Kelvin Balmont of Clarke Willmott
Financial Due Dilligence: David Copley, corporate finance director, RSM Tenon
Refinancing of Braeforge Project Persia
Tristar acquires US company M7
Luxury ground transportation company Tristar Worldwide Chauffeur Services, based in West Drayton, has acquired M7 Worldwide Transportation, its equivalent in Massachusetts, USA, with the support of leading law firm Pitmans LLP.
The acquisition further enhances Tristar’s leading position in the meetings and roadshow segments while providing a platform for the growth and diversification of Tristar’s business globally.
Tristar, formed in 1978, pioneered the airline door-to-door chauffeur service and forged strong alliances with leading airlines including Virgin. Due to high demand, the business extended its reach across the Atlantic, opening its first US branch, based in Boston, in 2005. This was followed in 2009 with an extension to its international affiliate network with the opening of a new office in Hong Kong, catering for the surge in demand from the Asian market. The firm now boasts an impressive network with a presence in over 40 countries.
Stephanie Perry and her Pitmans' colleagues were again involved in this, another successful deal, having supported Tristar’s management team through a buyout in 2008. The MBO earned Pitmans the award of Deal of the Year by The Business Magazine in recognition of the size and scale of the project.
Tristar was also supported by Santander to re-finance the business which enabled the acquisition, via its US subsidiary, of the business and assets of M7.
Project Belfry
Completion Date: 04/2012 Target: Bluefin Corporate Consulting Acquirer: Capita Hartshead Deal Value: £50 million
Details: Financial due diligence in respect of Capita Hartshead’s acquisition of AXA subsidiary Bluefin Corporate Consulting Legal Advisers: Fenchurch Advisory Partners
Financial Due Dilligence: Peter Vandervelde, head of corporate finance, RSM Tenon
Next Deadline
The next Deals Update will appear in our July/August 2012 issue
Deadline for submissions is Monday June 18
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THE BUSINESS MAGAZINE – THAMES VALLEY – JUNE 2012
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