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Deal Room

Our track record includes the following selection of completed deals:

Smith & Williamson's Clients

Clients' business description

Transaction and Smith & Williamson's role

Press release available

2008      

Advanced Visual Technology Limited

3D Visual macro space planning software for retailers  

Lead adviser on sale  

 Yes

Illumina Digital Limited

 

Lead adviser on sale 

 

English Landscapes Limited  

Hard facilities management  

Lead adviser on acquisition of Banyards  

 

Babel Media Limited

Specialist provider of outsourced services for the games and interactive entertainment industry

Sale of majority interest (lead advisor with T M Capital)

Yes

Cape Verde Capital LLP

Renewable energy

Transaction support on the investment in Segen Limited

 

ReThink Group plc

Specialist recruitment consultancy and managed services group

AIM admission (Nomad and Broker)

Yes

Westland Nurseries (Offenham) Limited

Horticulture

Transaction support for expansion funding and working capital facilities

 

Bradford & Sons Limited

Builders merchant

Lead adviser on acquisition

 

Holloway White Allom Limited

Specialist refurbishment, restoration and construction of prestigious properties

Re-structuring and re-financing

Yes

Minerva Dental Limited

Supplier of dental surgery consumables and equipment

Lead adviser on sale

Yes

South West News Services

Independent press agency supplying news, features and pictures to regional, local and national media

Lead adviser on acquisition

 

Clipper Teas Limited

Organic and fairtrade teas and coffees

Lead adviser on sale

Yes

English Landscapes (The Landscape Group Limited)

Provider of landscape maintenance, street cleansing and horticultural construction services

Lead adviser on MBO

Yes

Valvecare Engineering Limited

Specialist valve management and valve refurbishment company to power, oil and gas sectors

Lead adviser on sale

Yes

Justin Craig Education 

Provider of specialist CGSE, AS and A2 revision courses for students

Introducer of Piper Private Equity to Justin Craig Education

Yes

Bradford & Sons Limited

Builders merchant

Lead adviser on acquisition

 

Clean Energy Brazil plc

Fund investing in Brazilian Sugar and Ethanol/clean energy

US$41 million placing (Nomad)

 

HML Holdings PLC

Property management

£2 million placing (Nomad)

 

Bakery Services plc

Provider of in-store bakeries

Lead adviser on sale of subsidiaries Inbake Limited and Don Millers Limited

 

2007      

R Delamore Limited

Propagator of young garden plants

Lead adviser on sale

Yes

Origo Resource Partners Limited

Company formed to invest in resource companies in China and India

AIM Admission (Nomad)

 

Snow + Rock Limited

Retailer of clothing and equipment for athletics, mountain sports, camping and skiing

Lead adviser on acquisition

 

G R Lane Health Products Limited

Producer of products to treat minor illnesses and ailments

Financial due diligence on acquisition

 

Kay Pneumatics Limited (KV Automation)

Specialist engineering

Lead adviser on sale

Yes

Eastern European Property Fund Limited

Investment in property in Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria & Ukraine

AIM (take over as Nomad)

 

S Black Limited

Provider of specialist ingredients to personal care, food, health and household product sectors

Lead adviser on sale

Yes

Hampden Underwriting plc

Insurance underwriters

AIM Admission (Nomad & Broker)

 

City Lands

Property investment company

Lead adviser on sale

 

Empresaria Group PLC

International temporary and permanent staff recruitment

AIM (take over as Nomad)

 

JJW Limited 

Luxury Hotel Group

Lead adviser on acquisition

 

New Europe Property Investments PLC

Company investing in office and retail property in Romania and Eastern Europe

AIM Admission (Nomad & Broker)

 

PME African Infrastructure Opportunities PLC 

Investor in infrastructure projects in sub-Saharan Africa

AIM Admission (Nomad)

 

Albemarle & Bond Holdings plc

Pawnbroker and Jewellery business

Lead adviser on acquisition

 

QC Holdings Limited (The Queen's Club)

Tennis Club

Lead adviser on acquisition and fundraising

 

Elderstreet VCT plc

Venture Capital Trusts

Lead adviser on merger

 

Japan Residential Investment Company Limited

Guernsey company formed to invest in Japanese residential property

AIM (taking over as Nomad)

 

Speymill Deutsche Immobilien Company Plc

German residential property

AIM - secondary fundraising through "C" share issue (Nomad)

 

Pinguin

Vegetable specialist

Lead adviser on acquisition

 

Speymill Macau Property Company Plc

Macau residential property

AIM - fundraising (Nomad)

 

Square One Group Limited

Publishing

Lead adviser on merger

 

Data Explorers Limited

Provider of information on performance to institutions involved in securities financing

Lead adviser on sale

 

Ora Capital Partners Plc

Provider of capital and expertise to grow and develop businesses

AIM Admission (Nomad)

 

Wyndham York  plc

Investment in the UK residential property market

Placing (Nomad)

 

ID Data

Provider of plastic card data systems to banks and other users

AIM (taking over as Nomad & Broker)

 

Vycon Inc

Designer & manufacturer of high speed flywheel based energy storage systems

AIM Admission (Nomad & Broker)

 

Berry Gardens BV

Fresh berry marketing, production and breeding activities

Lead adviser on merger

 

Envirotec Limited

Manufacturer of specialist air curtains

Lead adviser on acquisition

 

Hull Blyth

International shipping agencies

Lead adviser on MBO

 

Real Estate Investors PLC

Property investment company

£25 milion placing (Nomad)

 

2006      

Artigiano (La Scala Collections Limited)

Catalogue and internet seller of designer Italian ladies' fashion

Lead adviser on sale

 

Clean Energy Brazil plc

Fund investing in Brazilian Sugar and Ethanol/clean energy

AIM Admission (Nomad)

 

Money Debt & Credit plc

Provider of IVAs

AIM Admission (Nomad & Broker)

 

Childcare Corporation 4 PLC

Operator of chain of children's nurseries

Lead adviset on merger via a Scheme of Arrangement

 

Speymill Macau Property Company Plc

Macau residential property

AIM Admission (Nomad)

 

XG Technology, Inc 

Wireless communications technology

AIM Admission (Nomad)

 

Dairy Farmers of Britain

Distribution and marketing of milk

Lead adviser on acquisition

 

Strainstall (UK) Limited

Designer and productivity of specialist load and structural monitoring systems

Lead adviser on sale

 

Green Dragon Gas Limited

Appraisal and developer of coal bed methane in projects in China

AIM Admission (Nomad & Broker)

Yes

RDF Group PLC

IT support services

AIM (take over as Nomad & Broker)

 

Sound Oil plc

Oil exploration

Acquisition, placing and re-admission to AIM

 

Stagecoach Theatre Arts plc

Performing Arts Schools for Children

AIM (take over as Nomad & Broker)

 

HML Holdings PLC

Property management

AIM Admission (Nomad & Broker)

 

Mayborn Group (The)

Manufacturer of branded fast moving consumer goods

Lead adviser on sale

 

Baltic Exchange (The)

Independent membership organisation for the global shipping market

Advice on Tender Offer

 

Quadrise Fuels International plc

Investment in minerals and mining

AIM (Nomad & Joint Broker), placing, acquisition, re-admission to AIM

 

Absolute Capital Management Holdings plc

Hedge Fund Management

AIM Admission (Nomad & Broker)

 

Data Locator Group PLC

Provider of specialist consumer marketing information

Lead adviser on sale

 

Speymill Deutsche Immobilien Company Plc

German residential property

AIM Admission (Nomad)

 

Xtract Energy plc (fomerly Resmex PLC)

Mineral and energy resources

Lead adviser on reverse acquisition and re-admission to AIM

 

Blue Diamond Limited

Cleaning and maintenance of many of Britain's high profile heavy traffic areas

Lead adviser on acquisition

 

Galleon Holdings PLC

Intellectual property owner and developer

AIM (taking over as Nomad & Broker)

 

Matrix Private Equity Partners & Beringea Limited

Publishing

Commercial due diligence

 

2005      

Value Catalyst Fund (The)

Irish investment fund

AIM Admission (Nomad & Broker)

 

Advanced Power Components plc

Distributors of power components

AIM (taking over as Nomad & Broker)

 

Wyndham York plc

Investment in the UK residential property market

AIM (take over as Nomad & Broker)

 

Basepoint plc

Provider of managed business centres

Lead adviser on sale, Rule 3 advice

 

Genesis Petroleum Corporation plc

Oil and gas exploration 

AIM Admission (Nomad & Joint Broker) reverse takeover 

 

Music Choice Europe plc

Music TV channel

Public to private acquisition

 

Albemarle & Bond Holdings plc

Pawnbroker and Jewellery business

AIM Admission (Nomad)

 

Dart Group plc

Logistics/transportation specialists

AIM (Nomad) - move down from full list

 

Gleeson Building Limited

Builder/property

Lead adviser on MBO

 

Templecare Limited (Dove Care)

Nursing/care home operator

Lead adviser on sale

 

Netb2b2 PLC

Provider of internet based business to business services

AIM (take over as Nomad & Broker)

 

Sanctuary Connections Limited

Producer of a range of spa beauty products

Lead adviser on sale

 

Weybridge Club Limited (The)

Health Club

Lead adviser on fundraising

 

Sound Oil plc

Oil exploration

AIM Admission (Nomad)

 

Southern Vectis plc

Isle of Wight bus company

Lead adviser on acquisition

 

Fishworks plc

Restaurant chain

AIM admission (Nomad)

 

India Pharma Fund Limited (The)

Fund for investing in the Indian pharmaceutical sector

Placing and admission to Channel Islands Stock Exchange

 

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