deals update
LATEST DEALS DATA FROM ACROSS
THE REGION Investment in Channel Mum by NVM
Completion Date: 08/16 Target: Channel Mum Deal Value: £2 million
Details: HMT LLP led by partner Andrew Thomson and supported by directors Peter Wear and Holly Bedford-Bell and senior manager Julia Carruthers, advised Channel Mum, the UK’s first parenting YouTube community, on its recent equity fundraising with NVM Private Equity. NVM has invested alongside Siobhan and previous investor iTV to support the business and accelerate growth
Funding: NVM Private Equity Corporate Finance Advisers: HMT Legal Advisers: Shoosmiths Financial Due Diligence: Wilson Partners Commercial Due Diligence: RPL Advisory
Project Defiant
Completion Date: 23/08/16 Target: Ultra Electronics ID Acquirer: Magicard Holdings Deal Value: £22 million
Details: RSM UK’s transaction services team provided financial due diligence on LDC backing of the MBO of Ultra
Electronics ID. Ultra Electronics ID designs and manufactures proprietary, instant issuance card printers and associated consumables Funding: LDC, RBS – debt Corporate Finance Advisers: Duff & Phelps, CIL Legal Advisers: CMS Cameron McKenna
Financial Due Diligence: RSM: Nick Williams, partner; Thorin Ward, associate director; Steve Jacob, corporate tax partner
Project Ostrich
Completion Date: 01/08/16 Target: Orb Financial Services
Acquirer: Risk & Reward Group (Holdings) (Risk & Reward Group (Holdings) is a member of Arthur J. Gallagher’s group of companies)
Deal Value: Undisclosed
Details: Surrey and London law firm Mundays LLP has advised Geraint and Julia Williams on the sale of the entire issued share capital of Orb Financial Services to Risk & Reward Group (Holdings). Geraint Williams will remain as a director and will continue to operate the business going forward.
Legal Advisers: Mundays – Sellers. DAC Beachcroft (London) - Buyer
Investment in Dovetail Games
Completion Date: 09/16 Target: Dovetail Games Deal Value: Undisclosed
Details: HMT LLP led by partner Paul Read undertook due diligence for Alcuin Capital Partners on their investment in leading developer of game simulators Dovetail Games
Funding: Alcuin Capital Partners Legal Advisers: Osborne Clarke Financial Due Diligence: HMT
Project Connect
Completion Date: 20/07/16 Target: Klict2Connect EU Acquirer: Eckoh plc Deal Value: £2 million
Details: RSM UK’s transaction services team provided financial and tax due diligence on Eckoh plc’s acquisition of
Klick2Contact EU, a cloud-based software provider enabling customers to interact with their online
customers through a suite of modules such as the Live Chat and Call-Back modules
Financial Due Diligence: RSM: Rebecca Guerin, partner; Andrew Choy, manager; Ali Sapsford, corporate tax partner; David Collis, corporate tax director
Nasstar buys Modrus in £13m deal
Nasstar plc has acquired Bournemouth- headquartered managed IT services and telecoms provider Modrus for £13 million. Legal advice on the sale was provided by Moore Blatch solicitors.
Modrus was founded in 2004 and generates £6.1m of revenues by offering cloud services including hosted desktop, managed exchange and managed telephony services, overlaid with full connectivity services. The acquisition of Modrus follows
e-know.net‘s reverse takeover of Nasstar in January 2014 and the subsequent acquisitions of Kamanchi and VESK.
Moore Blatch acted for Edward Armitage and the other shareholders on the sale of Modrus. The deal was led by Moore Blatch partner Peter Jeffery and associate solicitor Thomas Clark, supported by solicitor Alexandra Clapp, with employment issues handled by partner Katherine Maxwell and property issues by associate solicitor Sabrina Umrani.
Edward Armitage, managing director of Modrus, commented: “Combining two leading professional services IT businesses in this way, will strengthen our ability to respond to customers’ needs. In addition, it will provide access to expanded technical resource within Nasstar as well as enhanced marketing and sales capability.
“I thank the team at Moore Blatch who managed the sale professionally, and in a manner which made a stressful time an enjoyable experience. Moore Blatch gave excellent legal advice and support, while keeping my commercial goals at the forefront.”
Jeffery said: “The acquisition of Modrus by the Nasstar group creates huge opportunities as the combined company seeks to expand in a market that is rapidly adopting cloud-based services. I would personally like to wish Edward and the newly-enlarged Nasstar group all the best for the future.”
Project Whisper Investment in ContactEngine
Completion Date: 09/16 Target: ContactEngine Deal Value: £2 million
Details: HMT LLP led by partner Andrew Thomson undertook due diligence for Beringea LLP and Amadeus Capital on their £2 million investment in SaaS solutions provider ContactEngine
Funding: Beringea and Amadeus Capital Partners Financial Due Diligence: HMT
Completion Date: 17/08/16 Target: Four Eyes Insight Acquirer: Livingbridge Deal Value: Undisclosed
Details: RSM UK’s transaction services team provided financial due diligence in respect of Livingbridge’s investment in Four Eyes Insight Legal Advisers: DWF LLP
Financial Due Diligence: RSM: Peter Vandervelde, partner; Philip Rossiter, director; Sarah Hodges, associate; Poppy Taylor-Porter, associate; Michelle Harris, tax partner
Next Deadline
The next Deals Update will be in our November issue. Deadline for submissions is Monday October 17
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businessmag.co.uk THE BUSINESS MAGAZINE – SOLENT & SOUTH COAST – OCTOBER 2016
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