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Deal overview

• Fantastic offer of £18m received for a building products supplier making £2.25m – but would it be chipped?

• Our role was to maintain the price during exclusivity and due dilligence

• We added value by managing working capital, leaving the Corporation Tax liability for the purchaser and doing a deal on the cash in the business – eventually vendors extracted £20m of value as capital

Deal overview

• Advised the Management team of the non-core pet division on a £17m buy-out
• Negotiated the deal with the PLC board
• Prepared the Business Plan and the 4 year monthly forecasts
• Raised £9m of private equity and £9m of bank debt
• Managed the process including supervision of the due diligence and legal process

Deal overview – Consumer Markets 

• We advised Richard Rose on the Buy-In Management Buy-Out of Crawshaw Butchers Ltd.
• Crawshaw is an excellent chain of value meat retailers based in the market towns of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. 
• We negotiated a complex deal which involved carefully balancing the structure to ensure the deal was attractive to the Vendors and incumbent management but ensured their continuing interest and commitment to the business.
• The business has since been listed on AIM and has grown the number of outlets from 14 to 20