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Acted for Star Broadband Limited on
the acquisition of International Telcell Limited. |
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Acted for Select Appointments (Holdings)
Limited on the purchase of 70% of a group of 3 recruitment
companies, trading under the name "Armadillo UK",
by Albemarle Interim Management plc, a subsidiary of Select,
for cash and with the rest of the shares subject to put
and call options.
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Acted for Arqiva Limited on the acquisition
from BT of the full-time service components of its Satellite
Broadcast Services business for £25 million cash.
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Advised Greener Solutions Group on
the Investment by the Trapezia Fund (managed by Stargate
Capital Management Limited) into Greener Solutions Group
Limited, valuing Greener Solutions at £10,000,000
pre fundraising.
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Advised Plumbworld on their £10
million sale to Grafton Group plc. |
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Advised Trafalgar Asset Managers
and other hedge funds on the $80 million takeover of AIM
listed Global Oceanic Carriers Limited and related
financial arrangements.
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Acted for Trifast Plc on their acquisition
of a controlling stake in Techfast. |
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Acted for The Club Company on the
£95 million sale of this golf course owning company.
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Acted for Howle Holdings on the takeover
by Elektron Plc. |
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Advised New East Village Properties Limited
on their joint property venture with City Lofts Group.
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Advised Abacus Group plc on the Acquisition
of French company Axess Technology SAS. |
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Acted on the sale of Domo Limited for
a mixture of initial and deferred consideration up to
a maximum of £18million to Cobham PLC.
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Advised Allinity Limited on the sale
of the company to sale to Compel Group plc. |
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Acted for FTH Corvette-Telecom Limited
on their investment in the company. |
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A team from Charles Russell has advised
the sellers on the disposal of the entire issued share
capital of Equazen Nutraceuticals Limited to Galenica
UK Limited.
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Advised PKL Holdings Plc on the tender
offer by the principal shareholders for the shares not
held by them.
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Advised The Club Company on the £95m
sale of this golf course owning company. |
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Advised Trafalgar Asset Managers
and other Hedge funds on the takeover of AIM listed Global
Oceanic Carriers Limited and related financial arrangements.
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Advised Howle Holdings on the takeover
by Elektron Plc. |
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Acted for Canaccord Adams Limited on the placing
for US software company 121 Media Inc which raised
£1.5m.
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Advised Canaccord Adams Limited by way of an
accelerated Bookbuild for diamond exploration company,
Sierra Leone Diamonds Limited to raise £13.8m.
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Advised Canaccord Adams Limited on a placing
for AIM listed environmental services company TEG
Environmental Plc to raise £7.5m before expenses.
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Advised Origo Sino-India Plc on its admission
to AIM and the placing of shares, raising approximately
$25m for the company.
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Acted for ProKyma Technologies Limited,
a diagnostics company, on its seed round investment
from Rainbow Seed Fund.
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Acted for the owners of planning consultancy Boyer
Planning Limited on the sale of the Company to Imperial
Estate Agents Limited with completion 31 December
2006.
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Acted for PLUS market traded
Ivy Medical Chemicals plc in relation to its placing
of 2,800,000 ordinary shares to raise £700,000.
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Advised Insinger de Beaufort, a TSX/Frankfurt
listed Canadian gas company, in respect of a placing
for West Hawk Development Corporation which raised
£7.2m.
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Advised Canaccord Adams on a placing by way
of an accelerated Bookbuild for AIM listed Subsea
Recources Plc to raise £7.8m before expenses.
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Advised Canaccord Adams on a placing for AIM
listed Gemfields Recoures Plc to raise £3.2m
before expenses.
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Acted for Kalimantan Gold Corporation Limited
on the admission to AIM of this TSX Venture Exchange
listed exploration company, which has interests in two
exploration projects in Kalimantan, Indonesia.
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Advised Canaccord Adams and CIBC World Markets
Inc in connection with the admission to AIM of Redline
Communications Inc. Redline is a leading provider
of broadband wireless systems and proprietary wireless
infrastructure equipment. Redline has raised £13m
through the Placing.
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Advised WH Ireland Ltd on a secondary placing
on AIM of shares in Xtract Energy plc raising
£6m, enabling the company to further develop its
existing oil shale technology and for working capital
purposes.
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Advised WH Ireland Ltd on a further secondary
placing on AIM for Cambrian Oil & Gas plc
to raise £4.55 m.
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Advised Vediors subsidiary, Albemarle Interim
Management plc, on its acquisition of Spring
of Excellence Limited. Vedior, a Dutch-listed company,
is one of the world's largest recruitment companies
and is a full-service recruitment provider with a diversified
portfolio of brands targeting a broad range of industry
sectors. Albemarle acquired a 70% shareholding in Spring
of Excellence Limited and has options to increase its
holding.
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Advised Vediors subsidiary, Select
Appointments (Holdings) Limited, on its acquisition
of Digby Morgan Consulting Limited. Vedior is
a Dutch-listed company, one of the world's largest recruitment
companies and is a full-service recruitment provider
with a diversified portfolio of brands targeting a broad
range of industry sectors. Select acquired an 80% shareholding
in Digby Morgan Consulting Limited and has options to
increase its holding.
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Acted for Howard and Ellen Bowsher on the disposal
(effective 4 December 2006) of Bowshers Pharmacies
to E Moss Limited.
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Acted for Canaccord Adams on the £125million
acquisition by AIM listed Oriel Resources Plc
of IPH Polychrom BV which is building a chrome
smelter and an investment in Oriel of $100million and
which together constituted a reverse take-over. This
transaction is subject to shareholder approval.
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Acted for the vendors of the entire issued share capital
of Time Pharmacy Limited in connection with the
sale of the company to E Moss Limited.
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Acted for the Hudson Group on the disposal of
its UK Executive Search Business, and its executive
search businesses in the US, Australia and Canada, to
Heidrick & Struggles International for a
total consideration of $51.6 million.
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Acted for the Flodrive Group and its joint venture
partners on its acquisition of the hotel and pub businesses
operated from 250 properties from hotel and pub operator
London & Edinburgh Swallow Group.
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Acted for the shareholders of Genchem Holdings Limited,
a privately owned shipping service provider, on the
sale of the entire issued share capital of Genchem to
Clarkson Plc. Clarkson Plc is one of the worlds
leading shipping service groups.
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Acted for the owners of Rapidol Limited and
Rapidol International Limited in relation to
the sale of their South African hair colourant and hair
care product business and the related trade mark and
IP sale.
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Advised Jefferies International Limited on the
flotation of Gasol Plc and placing to raise £3million.
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Advised CDC Group Plc, as a significant shareholder
in the flotation of Platmin Limited on AIM and
its associated £21.6m fundraising.
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Acted for Mwana Africa Plc on a subscription
for shares in ASX and AIM listed Australian company,
Gravity Diamonds Limited.
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Advised WH Ireland Limited on a Fast Track admission
of Investika Limited, an Australian listed company
in the mining finance industry, to AIM.
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Acted for WH Ireland Limited on a secondary
placing on AIM for Cambrian Oil & Gas plc
to raise £1.5million.
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Acted for the seller of the wine merchant business,
Milton Sandford
Wines, to Cave of Wines Limited.
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Advised African Consolidated
Resources plc which has gold and platinum assets in
East Africa in its Aim listing and fundraising to raise
£4m. Williams de Broe are the Nomad and broker.
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Advised Intermap Technologies
Corporation, a Toronto listed company which creates
and licences precision digital elevation maps and remote
sensing-based map products, on a Fast Track Admission
to AIM.
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Advised Canaccord Adams Limited on a reverse
takeover by Equator Group Plc of Hand Made
Holdings Limited (owner of an extensive film library)
for a consideration of £14.75million and a placing
which raised £10million (gross).
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Acted for Canis Media Channels Limited on its
sale of 100% of the issued share capital of UK Direct
Shopping TV Limited to Vector Direct Limited.
Canis Media Channels Limited operates the television
channel MyPhone.TV which is broadcast on digital satellite
television to over 8 million UK homes.
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Advised Dutch listed recruitment group Vedior NV's
subsidiary Select Appointments (Holdings) Limited
on its acquisition of the business of model agency MOT
Models.
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Advised Bibby Financial Services Limited, a
company that provide cash flow solutions for businesses,
on its purchase of Factoring UK Group Limited.
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Acted for Arian Silver Corporation Limited on
its reverse take over of Hard Assets Inc by way
of merger on re-admission Arian Silver Corporation had
a market capitalisation of £24m.
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Acted for Cape Lambert Iron Ore Limited on a
Fast Track AIM Admission for an Australian company listed
on the ASX.
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Acted for Canaccord Adams on a placing by AIM
and TSX listed Southern Era Diamonds to raise
£6.6m.
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Advised Dutch listed recruitment group Vedior NV's
subsidiary Albemarle Interim Management plc on its
acquisitions of recruitment companies Walker-Cox
Limited and Food Manufacturing Consultancy Limited.
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Advised AIM listed mining, exploration and development
company Mwana Africa Plc on its underwritten
placing which raised approximately £43.5m.
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Advised Dutch listed recruitment group Vedior NV's
subsidiary, Select Education Plc, on its acquisition
of 85% of the shares of Special Agent Limited
(a UK based provider of temporary and permanent recruitment
services in the educational administration and public
sectors), with put and call arrangements over the remaining
share capital.
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Acted for Immedia Broadcasting plc on its acquisition
of The Cube Group of Companies Limited, a provider
of instore audio and audio visual programming for a
consideration of approximately £2.43million (subject
in part to certain targets being met).
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Advised Chaco Resources Plc the oil and gas
explorer and developer focused in South America, on
its admission to AIM and Placing of 26,666,667 new ordinary
shares.
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Advised Canaccord Adams on a £84m (US
$155m) share placing for AIM-listed European Nickel
PLC. The funds raised will provide funding for the
development of the Companys Çaldað
nickel project in western Turkey (the Çaldað
Project) and to provide working capital for the
European Nickel group.
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Acted for fully listed Morgan Sindall plc on
its acquisition of the entire issued share capital of
Gleeson MCL Limited, the construction & buildings
part of the MJ Gleeson Group, for £23.3 million,
subject to adjustment based on final net assets at completion.
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Advised the owners of the 2nd Byte Group of companies,
providers of used car advertising and related marketing
services to car manufacturers and their franchised dealer
networks, in respect of the sale of the Group to the
Trader Media Publishing Group.
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Advised Canaccord Adams and JPMorgan Cazenove
on the conditional placing of 200,000,000 shares in
Aricom PLC, raising £90 million before expenses,
which was conducted through a bookbuilding process on
21 March 2006.
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Advised India Outsourcing Services plc on its
£3 million share placing and readmission to AIM.
India Outsourcing plc seeks acquisitions and investment
opportunities the business process outsourcing industry,
primarily in India.
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Advised Charles Stanley Securities in connection
with the admission to AIM of Invocas Group plc,
a Scottish company that provides debt solutions to consumers,
and the placing of 8,566,585 shares at 111 pence per
share, raising £9.5 million before expenses.
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Acted for Zest Group plc on its acquisition
of Greensleeves Records Limited, one of the worlds
largest independent reggae record labels, for a consideration
of £3million plus £250,000 of ordinary shares
in Zest Group; also advised Zest Group on its related
placing of ordinary shares and debt financing.
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Advised Abacus Group plc, the world's leading
distributors of electronic components in Europe on its
recommended offer for Deltron Electronics plc,
which specialises in providing the worlds best
electromechanical component solutions, this was implemented
by a scheme of arrangement.
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Advised CAFCO (Coventry) Limited on its acquisition
of 100% of Coventry Airports operating company,
West Midlands International Airport Limited (WMIAL)
from the TUI Group.
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Advised The Forensic Science Service® (FSS®)
on its change in status from a Home Office trading fund
to a 100% Government-owned company (GovCo), with effect
from 5 December 2005.
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Advised Comino Group plc on Civica plc's
recommended cash offer for the company. Comino is
a leading software supplier to the local government.
Civica's offer values the current share capital of Comino
at approximately £49.8 million.
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Advised WH Ireland Ltd in a placing by Advent
Air Limited which runs the Skywest airline business
in Western Australia raising £7 million.
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Acted for WH Ireland Ltd on an AIM Placing by
Toledo Mining Corporation plc to raise £8.5
million.
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Advised the AIM listed US based software company 121
Media Inc in a placing to raise £2.4m.
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Advised WH Ireland on a placing by the AIM listed
surf lifestyle brand Hot Tuna to raise £2.5m.
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Advised Afriore Limited on its fundraising on
AIM and the TSX to raise C$22m.
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Advised Canaccord Adams on the £56m flotation
of egaming software company, Excapsa. On admission
Excapsa had a market capital of £214.2m. Excapsa's
poker software is licensed to companies including eWorld
Holdings, which operates UltimateBet.com and UltimatePoker.com.
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Advised AIM listed Glen Group plc the on its
acquisition of Eclectic Holdings Limited, a value
added reseller of IT services, subject to shareholder
approval. The maximum consideration for the acquisition
of Eclectic is £3,000,000 in cash and shares which
is in part dependent on the results of Eclectic for
the year ended 31 July 2006. Glen will also carry out
a placing to raise approximately £2,500,000 (before
expenses) which Seymour Pierce have conditionally agreed
to underwrite.
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Acted for the owners of Orient
Health Ltd on the sale of the Company to Independent
Pharmacy Care Centres plc.
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Advised Lipoxen Technologies
Limited on its reverse takeover by Greenchip Investments
Plc and subsequent admission to AIM. On admission
the company will be known at Lipoxen plc. Lipoxen is engaged
in the development of drug delivery systems and proprietary
products in the fields of protein drugs, vaccines and
oncology. The company has also placed 28,000,000 Ordinary
shares to raise gross proceeds of £3.78 million
and upon admission it had a market cap of approximately
£13 million.
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Advised
Puma Minerals Corp, a 40% owned subsidiary of Bema
Gold Corporation on its non-brokered private placement
of approximately 12.3 million shares priced at CDN$1.00
per share for gross proceeds of approximately CDN$12.3
million.
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Acted for the operators of Merrist Wood Golf Club
Limited on the sale of MWGC Leisure Limited to
Bennelong Golf Partners Limited (part of the
Crown Golf Group).
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