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Acted for Bibby Financial
Services Limited on their acquisition from Arbuthnot
Banking Group plc of the entire share capital of Arbuthnot
Commercial Finance Limited, a company providing factoring
and invoice discounting services.
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Acted for the sellers in relation
to the sale of Groupe Rubicon Limited to A.G.
Barr p.l.c. for a total initial price of £59.8
million. The Rubicon Group is a UK based manufacturer
and distributor of branded exotic juice drinks.
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Acted for Clarus Securities
Inc and Canaccord Adams Limited on a Canadian
prospectus offering and UK placing (raising C$9m) for
Questair Technologies Inc, a TSX and AIM listed company
which is an emerging developer, manufacturer and supplier
of advanced pressure swing adsorption (“PSA”)
gas purification systems
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Advised Jefferies International
Limited, as nominated adviser and broker, on the reverse
takeover by Gasol Plc of African LNG Holdings Limited
and its application for re-admission to AIM. |
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Advised Canaccord Adams
Limited (as nominated adviser and joint broker) and
GMP Securities Europe LLP (as financial adviser
and joint broker) on the admission to AIM of Sunkar Resources
Plc, together with a related $33.6 million placing to
fund a phosphate mining project in Kazakhstan. |
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Advised AIM listed Mwana
Africa plc on its £25m cash placing. 62.5m new
ordinary shares were placed by JPMorgan Cazenove and Canaccord
Adams ( co managers) at a price of 40p per share. |
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Advised Novator Properties
(Cyprus) Limited in relation to a fund raising for
investment in real estate in Europe together with advising
Novator Properties (Cyprus) Limited in relation to its
first acquisition of a group of companies with a pan-European
real estate portfolio.
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Advised KPMG Corporate Finance
(as nominated adviser) and BMO Capital Markets Limited
(as broker) on £45 million placing and Admission
to AIM of Chariot Oil and Gas Limited, an oil exploration
company with licences over onshore and offshore sites
in Namibia.
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Acted for Astec on a reverse takeover of Krinera
and Greentop for $120m and $60 fundraising by Gemfields
Resources Plc.
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Acted on a Secondary Fundraising
by BMO Nesbitt Burns and Canaccord Adams
to raise $160,000,000 additional capital for AIM listed
Polo Resources Limited.
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Acted for Bibby Financial Services on the acquisition
of the single invoice financing operation of Siemens
Financial Services.
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Advised Vedior NV's subsidiary,
Qualitair Engineering Services Limited, on the
purchase of the business and assets of Airline Maintenance
Resources Limited. |
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Acting for the Wilky Group Limited in connection
with its buy back from capital of ordinary shares.
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Acted for the sellers of the
Delta Underwriting Agency Limited in the sale to
The Capita Group plc.
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Acted for Cyril Howells and
Robert Wheeler on the sale of their Essex based pharmacy
to local contractor Borno Chemists limited.
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Acted for the sellers of Lancaster
Insurance Services Limited in the sale to The Capita
Group plc. |
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Acting for Angela and Jeffrey
Leigh on the sale of the entire issued share capital
of Barton Pharmacy (Torquay) Limited to Admenta Holdings
Limited (part of the Lloydspharmacy group).
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Acting for Mike Abbott on
the sale of Kent based Goudhurst Pharmacy to a local pharmacy
operator.
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Advised Vedior NV's subsidiary,
Select Appointments (Holdings) Limited, on its
acquision of the remaining shares not already owned in
The Blomfield Group Limited. Vedior, a Dutch listed company,
is one of the world's largest recruitment providers. Blomfield
provides executive search and recruitment, outsourcing
and placement of permanent, contract and temporary personel
in financial and professional services. |
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Advising W.H. Ireland Limited
and Hichens Harrison & Co. plc on the acquisition
by River Diamonds plc ("RD") of the 80%
of the share capital of Viso Gero International, Inc.
not already held by RD to acquire the whole of the Vatukoula
Gold Mine in Fiji and the related placing to raise gross
proceeds of £4,669,000. The acquisition constituted
a reverse takeover under the AIM Rules for Companies.
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Advised Vedior NV's subsidiary,
Select Appointments (Holdings) Limited, on its
acquisition of 70% of the share capital of Pareto Law
plc, with put and call options over the remaining
shares. |
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Acted for Brian Sullivan
on the sale of East Sussex based West St Leornards
Pharmacy to a local pharmacy contractor.
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Acted for the shareholders of
West Country based multiple branch Skeeles Pharmacy
Group on sale to GP Care Pharmacy Limited (a
new pharmacy company set up as a joint venture between
GP Care and Assura Pharmacy) Limited.
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Fundraising for AIM-listed
Polo Resources Limited of £43.4 million.
The placing was arranged by JPMorgan Cazenove as sole
bookrunner and along with Canaccord Adams and BMO Nesbitt
Burns as joint co-lead managers.
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Advised Origo-Sino India
Plc, the AIM listed investment and strategic consulting
company focussed on the private equity markets of China
and India, on its £17.1 million placing. The placing
is conditional on shareholder approval. Following completion
of the placing, funds managed by GLG Partners LLP will
have a 29.6% interest in Origo's issued ordinary shared
capital.
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Advised on the UK aspects of
a £4.25 million ($8.5million) investment lead by
Sutton Place Managers LLP into a leading digital
media company, 7digital Inc. |
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Acted for Ashtons limited
on the transfer of its MDS Business "Medicine on
Time" to Paydens Limited. |
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Acted for James Grant Media
Group on the sale of their entire issued share capital
to Formation Group plc. |
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Charles Russell acting for
DOZ UK Limited (a subsidiary of Polish listed PGF
SA) on its acquisition of Lane & Foot Chemist (Seven
Sisters Road, London) as part of its continuing programme
of UK retail expansion. |
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Charles Russell acting for
pharmacy wholesalers/retailers, the Genplus Group
in relation to its acquisition of Spiralstone Limited
(operator of Spiralstone Chemists, Southampton) as part
of its continuing programme of retail expansion in the
UK. |
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Advised Celoxica Holdings
Plc on the strategic sale of its electronic system
level business to Catalytic Inc. |
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Advised the shareholders of
Summertown Publishing Limited on the sale of the
entire share capital to Marshall Cavendish Limited. |
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Acted for Yamana Gold Inc on its admission to
the Official List and then on the UK aspects of Yamana’s
US$ 4.4 billion recommended offer for Meridian Gold
Inc and business combination with Northern Orion Inc.
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Advising Six to Start Limited
on a first round equity investment by NESTA. |
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