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Capital Markets 2005

 

 


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Advised Oakes, Lyman & Co. SA, as placing agent, on the private placing of shares in Sphere Medical Holding Limited, a spin out company based in Cambridge which is developing medical devices for use in intensive care medicine.

 
Advised Corporate Synergy Plc on a placing to raise 4.2 million AIM listing of Elevation Events Group Plc,an event management and corporate hospitality company.


 
Acted for Medoro Resources Ltd. on a placing to raise up to £2m for continuing exploration work  
Acted for Canaccord Capital (Europe) Limited in relation to the AIM listing of Taghmen Energy plc, a company involved in oil and gas exploration. Market capitalisation at the time of admission was £35million


 
Advised Canaccord Capital (Europe) Limited on the admission to AIM of Bankers Petroleum Limited, a Canadian oil and gas producer and explorer.


 
Acted for cash flow solutions business provider, Bibby Financial Services Limited, in the purchase by its subsidiary Bibby Asset Finance Limited of the share capital of Leeds Leasing plc, the wholly owned equipment leasing subsidiary of Leeds Group PLC. The consideration for the acquisition was £3.7 million together with the assignment of an inter-company loan for £1.35 million.


 

Advised BNB Recruitment Solutions Plc, an AIM listed company specialising in recruitment solutions, consultancy and HR outsourcing, on a placing to raise approx. £5.1m.

 

 

Advised Chaco Resources Plc, an oil exploration company in South America, on it's placing to raise £5 million.

 

 

Advised Canaccord Capital (Europe) Limited on a placing of shares on AIM to raise approx £3.7m for TEG Environmental Plc, an AIM listed company specialising in the design and production of specialised equipment for composting of organic waste.

 

 

Advised Canaccord Capital (Europe) Limited on a placing to raise approx £1m for 121Media, Inc., an AIM listed US media and telecoms corporation.

 

 
Advised Canaccord Capital (Europe) Limited on the placing and admission to AIM of Gemfields Resources Plc, a gemstone mine operator and gemstone prospecting company focused on Zambia. The placing raised £12.5 million and Gemfields was valued at £42.6 million on Admission.

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Advised AIM listed African Gold Plc (now renamed Mwana Africa Plc) on its reverse takeover by pan-African mining exploration, development and production company Mwana Africa Holdings (Pty) Limited for a consideration of 110681366 new ordinary shares and readmission to AIM together, together with a placing to raise £4.35 million.

 

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Advised JM Finn & Co on a placing of shares in AIM listed Business Direct Group plc to provide working capital of £1.36m. Business Direct is a developer and operator of an intelligent locker distribution system.

 

 

Advised WH Ireland Limited on its institutional placing to raise approximately £1.25m for the AIM-listed gold and copper exploration company, Metals Exploration plc.

 

 

Advised Sirius Exploration on its AIM flotation and placing. Sirius is involved in a joint venture for copper projects in Macedonia.

 

 

Advised Deloitte Corporate Finance (a division of Deloitte & Touche LLP) as the nominated adviser on the AIM flotation of and offer for subscription to raise approximately £4 million for KP Renewables Plc, whose business strategy is to establish a leading position in the UK renewable energy sector by developing, building or acquiring a portfolio of renewable energy projects.

 

 

Advised Insinger de Beaufort on the AIM flotation of and placing to raise £2.4 million for Sanatana Diamonds Inc., a Canadian diamond exploration and development company with an exploration portfolio covering approximately 20 million acres in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, Canada.

 

 

Advised Nabarro Wells & Co. Limited, Zimmerman Adams International Limited and Hitchens Harrison & Co. plc on the flotation on AIM of Jarlway Holdings Plc, the UK holding company for a Chinese manufacturer of construction engineering machinery. The flotation raised £1.25 million and is one of the first flotations of a company which has its primary business in the PRC.

 

 

Advised Canaccord Capital (Europe) Limited on the admission to AIM of Bankers Petroleum Limited, a Canadian oil and gas producer and explorer.

 

 

Advising Latitude Resources Plc on its AIM flotation and placing to raise £5 million. Latitude has five copper-gold projects and one copper-molybdenum project at the exploration stage in Chile, as well as a shareholding in North American gold development company, Western Goldfields and a mining finance business with a strategic alliance with Investec Bank (UK) Limited.

 

 

Advising Afriore Limited on its AIM flotation. Afriore focuses on precious metals and has acquired rights to an area of highly prospective platinum ground in the Bushveld Complex, South Africa. It also has rights to a portfolio of gold projects in across Africa

 

 

Acted for WH Ireland Limited on a placing to raise £2.7 million for the AIM listed oil and gas investment company Ascent Resources Plc

 

 

Acted for Charles Stanley & Co Limited on the admission to AIM and a placing to raise £3 million for Debtmatters Group plc, a debt solutions company

 

 

Acted for BX and AIM Listed European Minerals Corporation, a mining and minerals company, on the UK aspects of its offer of units to raise C$ 97.5 million

 

 

Acted for JM Finn & Co on the cancellation of Kiotech International Plc's Ofex listing and its admission to AIM, with a related placing to raise £2.2 million. Market capitalisation of Kiotech (a biotechnology company) was £4.6 million

 

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Acted for Corporate Synergy Plc on the admission of Media Group Plc to AIM and a placing to raise £1.5 million. Media Steps Group is an advertising agency

 

 

Advising Nutrinnovator Holdings Plc, a nutraceutical company on its reverse takeover of Provexis Limited and readmission to AIM together with a placing to raise £3.8 million.

 

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Acted for Canaccord Capital (Europe) Limited on a placing to raise approximately £10.7 million for Aricom Plc, which has titanium interests in Russia


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Acted for Canaccord Capital (Europe ) Limited in March 2005 in relation to a private placing to raise £2.5 million for the AIM and TSX listed company, SouthernEra Diamonds, one of Canada's largest fully integrated diamond companies


 
Acted for Zest Group plc (the music publishing and recording company) in March 2005 on its AIM admission and a related placing to raise £580,000, with placees obliged to subscribe for a further £580,000 by February 2006 at Zest's request


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Acted for Canaccord Capital (Europe) Limited on a placing to raise £8 million and the AIM listing of Afren Plc ("Afren"). Afren has been created to build, initially through acquisition, a leading exploration and production company within the African oil and gas sector. Market capitalisation of Afren on admission was approximately £26 million


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Acted for Canaccord Capital (Europe) Limited on the acquisition by Oriel Resources plc of the Voskhod chrome deposit in the Kazakhstan and an associated £13.5 million placing of shares and warrants


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Acted for Black Raven Properties plc (which purchases and develops commercial, residential and leisure sites) on a placing to raise £1million and the company's AIM admission


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Acted for AIM listed Conival plc on its £11.1million reverse takeover by Portfolio Products Limited. PPL has assembled a portfolio of rights to celebrity brands in relation to food, beverages and nutritional products


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Acted for Canaccord Capital (Europe) Limited in relation to the AIM listing of Taghmen Energy plc, a company involved in oil and gas exploration. Market capitalisation at the time of admission was £35million


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Acted for Canaccord Capital (Europe) Limited in relation to a £20million placing and the AIM listing of Sierra Leone Diamond Company Limited more