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VENDOR

TARGET

 2006

AQUIRER

Sale of quantity surveying and project management business to AYH plc, a subsidiary of Arcadis NV. Private Shareholders

VENDOR

Acadis

Berkeley Consulting

TARGET

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 2006

AQUIRER

Acquisition of the UK’s only continuity greetings card business from its private shareholders Click here to read more »

Private Shareholders

VENDOR

Greetings Direct

TARGET

Flying Brands

 2006

AQUIRER

Sale of precision engineered components manufacturer Click here to read more »

Private Shareholders

VENDOR

MG Sanders Co Ltd.

TARGET

Rubicon Partners Ind...

 2006

AQUIRER

Sale of leading parking enforcement solutions provider to Mouchel Parkman Plc. Click here to read more »

Private Shareholders

VENDOR

Traffic Support Ltd

TARGET

Mouchel Parkman PLC

 2006

AQUIRER

Sale of a leading global provider of mobile telecoms managed services to GTL Ltd of India. Click here to read more »

Private Shareholders

VENDOR

GTL Ltd

Genesis Consultancy ...

TARGET

 2005

AQUIRER

Sale of leading supplier of secure power systems to blue chip customers in all sectors of commerce and industry. Private Shareholders

VENDOR

Uninterruptible Powe...

TARGET

MBO Team/Barclays Ve...

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 2005

AQUIRER

Sale of high end retail estate management software company. Click here to read more »

LDC

VENDOR

Fraser Williams Comm...

TARGET

Estate Computer Syst...

AQUIRER

 2005

Sale of leading laser eye surgery business to Corporacion Dermoestetica SA.

Private Shareholders

Ultralase Ltd

Corporacion Dermoest...

Private Shareholders

VENDOR

Ultralase Ltd

TARGET

Corporacion Dermoest...

 2005

AQUIRER

Management buy-out of a leading B2B media and exhibition business specialising in the leisure and IT sectors. Private Shareholders

VENDOR

Icatha Media

TARGET

MBO Team/NVM

 2004

AQUIRER

Sale of automotive accessory manufacturer to Rubicon Partners.

Private Shareholders

VENDOR

Stylex Auto Products...

TARGET

Rubicon Partners

 2004

AQUIRER

Sale of a leading independent manufacturer and distributor of petrochemicals.

Fortis Bank

VENDOR

3i Group

Petrochem Carless

TARGET

 2004

AQUIRER

Management buy-out of the UK’s largest contract publisher. Click here to read more »

Private Shareholders

VENDOR

John Brown Publishin...

TARGET

Management/Bridgepoi...

 2004

AQUIRER

Sale of valve manufacturer to Crane Co.

Tomkins plc

VENDOR

Crane Co

Hattersley Newman He...

TARGET

 2004

AQUIRER

Sale of plumbing and valve business.

Private Shareholders

VENDOR

Pegler

TARGET

Management Team

AQUIRER

 2004

Sale of leading independent provider of payphone services in the UK and Germany to Young Associates. Private Shareholders

VENDOR

NWP Spectrum Ltd

TARGET

Young Associates/ Ma...

AQUIRER

 2003

Sale of a group of companies to Rubicon Partners.

Private Shareholders

VENDOR

Antiference, ByPy, W...

TARGET

Rubicon Partners Ind...

AQUIRER

 2003

Sale of US manufacturer of valves for water industry to Mueller Company.

Private Shareholders

VENDOR

Milliken Valve Co., ...

TARGET

Mueller Co./DLJ

AQUIRER

 2003

Sale of UK’s leading independent systems integrator to Siemens.

Brunel Holdings plc

VENDOR

Siemens AG

Dickinson Controls L...

TARGET

 2003

AQUIRER

Sale of leading manufacturer and supplier of presentation and display equipment for the education sector to a MBI team. Private Shareholders

VENDOR

Ultralon/TMI

TARGET

MBI Team/Investec Ba...

 2003

AQUIRER

Sale of disaster recovery business to the management team.

Private Shareholders

VENDOR

Neverfail Disaster R...

TARGET

Management Team

 2003

AQUIRER

Sale of one of the UK’s leading providers of intelligent location based decision support solutions to Northgate Information Solutions plc. Isis/Management

VENDOR

Blue8 Technologies L...

TARGET

Northgate Informatio...

 2002

AQUIRER

Sale of a leading manufacturer of controls for the domestic heating and refrigeration sectors.

Private Shareholders

VENDOR

Teddington Controls

TARGET

Private Investor

 2002

AQUIRER

Disposal of underlay manufacturer to Duralay Ltd.

Private Shareholders

VENDOR

Duralay Ltd

Gates Consumer & Ind...

TARGET

 2002

AQUIRER

Sale of a manufacturer of high quality pressed and extruded aluminium components to Sapa AB Helix Industries

VENDOR

SAPA AB

Pressweld

TARGET

 2001

AQUIRER

Sale of one of the UK’s leading developers and suppliers of dedicated payroll software.

Private Shareholders

VENDOR

Freeway Software Ltd

TARGET

Transaction Technolo...

 2001

AQUIRER

Sale of one of the UK’s leading trailer-parts manufacturing businesses to its management team. Syltone plc

VENDOR

MBO Team

Bradley Doublelock L...

TARGET

AQUIRER

 2001

Sale of one of the UK’s leading manufacturers and suppliers of electronic components for Meggitt plc. Private Shareholders

VENDOR

Meggitt Electronic C...

TARGET

Tyco Electronics Cor...

AQUIRER

 2001

Sale of automotive engineering consultancy to Prodrive Holdings.

Private Shareholders

VENDOR

Tickford Ltd

TARGET

Prodrive Holdings Lt...

 2001

AQUIRER

Sale of a software provider to small to mediumsized businesses to Sage Group plc

Private Shareholders

VENDOR

TAS Software

TARGET

Sage Group Plc

 2001

AQUIRER

Sale of a cheese processing equipment manufacturer to US-based Carlisle.

Brunel Holdings plc

VENDOR

Wincanton Engineerin...

TARGET

Carlisle Companies, ...

 2001

AQUIRER

Sale of the UK’s leading supplier of safety footwear to UK Safety.

Tomkins plc

VENDOR

Totectors Ltd

TARGET

UK Safety Ltd/Alchem...

 2001

AQUIRER

Sale of manufacturer of handsaws, hacksaws and special saw blades to Precision Manufacturing Services Ltd. United Industries pl...

VENDOR

Speedsaws

TARGET

Precision Manufactur...

 2000

AQUIRER

Sale of precision spring manufacturing businesses in the UK and Holland to Italian group, Sogefi SpA United Industries pl...

VENDOR

SOGEFI

The United Springs D...

TARGET

AQUIRER

 2000

Sale of a European Market leader in level and flow instrumentation and measurement equipment. Meggitt plc

VENDOR

Meggitt Mobrey Ltd

TARGET

The Roxboro Group Pl...

AQUIRER

 2000

Sale of major manufacturer of perimeter security products to a management buy-in team.

Private Shareholders

VENDOR

Geoquip Ltd

TARGET

Bimbo/Natwest Develo...

AQUIRER

 2000

Sale of IT networking business on behalf of Gresham Trust, Lloyds TSB Development Capital and others. Gresham/LDC

VENDOR

GADC Networks

TARGET

ECS Ltd/GFI Informat...

AQUIRER

 2000

Sale of one of the UK’s largest waste paper management organisations to A&J Bull, a part of the Belgian utility, Tractebel Group. Mayer Melnhof Karton...

VENDOR

MM Recycling Holding...

TARGET

A&J Bull Group Ltd, ...

AQUIRER

 2000

Sale of leading accounts preparation software business to Sage.

business to Sage.

Private Shareholders

VENDOR

Hartley Internationa...

TARGET

Sage Group Plc

 2000

AQUIRER

Institutional buy-out of the automotive engineering group of Mayflower.

Private Shareholders

VENDOR

Specialist Vehicles ...

TARGET

Bridgepoint Capital/...

 2000

AQUIRER

Sale of leading accounts preparation software business on behalf of management and 3i plc.

Private Shareholders

VENDOR

MICL Holdings/Viztop...

TARGET

Solution 6 (Australi...

 1999

AQUIRER

Sale of leading French security systems installation, maintenance and monitoring business to Cerberus. Honeywell

VENDOR

Honeywell Securite S...

TARGET

Cerberus SA, A Subsi...

 1999

AQUIRER

Sale of market leading taxation software developer to Sage Group.

Private Shareholders

VENDOR

Taxsoft Ltd

TARGET

Sage Group Plc

 1999

AQUIRER

Management buy-out of presentation and post production services business.

Private Shareholders

VENDOR

MBO Team/3i

Storyboards Harpers ...

TARGET

AQUIRER

 1999

Management buy-out of a laundry equipment and garment identification business based in France and the UK from its management. Private Shareholders

VENDOR

Polyfinance SA (Fran...

TARGET

MBO Team/Axcel (Denm...

AQUIRER

 1999

Sale of all inclusive accommodation, food and entertainment short-break packages group to the Grand Hotel Group. The Rank Group plc

VENDOR

Entertainment Hotels...

TARGET

Grand Hotel Group Lt...

AQUIRER

 1998

Sale on behalf of family shareholders of a furniture business to an MBI team.

Private Shareholders

VENDOR

Beaver & Tapley Ltd

TARGET

MBO Team/3i Plc

AQUIRER

 1998

Sale of audio and data communications group.

ECI Partners

VENDOR

Signature Industries...

TARGET

Applied Cellular Tec...

AQUIRER

 1998

£16 million placing of ordinary shares on the Alternative Investment Market.

Private Shareholders

VENDOR

JR Knowles (Holdings...

TARGET

AIM Flotation

 1998

AQUIRER

Sale of The Polymark Technographics Group, the screen printed transfer manufacturer.

Private Shareholders

VENDOR

Polymark Technograph...

TARGET

Electrocal Design, I...

 1998

AQUIRER

Sale of seatbelt webbing manufacturer to an institutional buy-out.

The Mayflower Corpor...

VENDOR

Ribbons Plc

TARGET

Gresham Prtivate Equ...

 1998

AQUIRER

Sale of three theatre restaurants and one of London’s top fish and chip restaurants.

The Rank Group plc

VENDOR

London Entertains

TARGET

RJ Bown (Holdings) L...

 1998

AQUIRER

Sale of a City financial recruitment consultant.

Private Shareholders

VENDOR

Gordrn Brown Associa...

TARGET

Douglas Llambias Ass...

 1998

AQUIRER

Sale of specialist software and data services business to Phonelink plc.

Private Shareholders

VENDOR

GB Information Manag...

TARGET

Phonelink Plc

 1998

AQUIRER

Sale of UK’s largest chain of amusement centres to its management team.

Quicksilver Ltd

The Rank Group plc

VENDOR

TARGET

MBO Team/Aberdeen Mu...

 1997

AQUIRER

Sale of the UK\'s largest supplier of fashion wigs manufaturer

Daxbourne

Private Shareholders

VENDOR

TARGET

Speciality Catalog C...

 1996

AQUIRER

Sale of leading Scottish furniture retailing group.

Private Shareholders

Thomson\'s World of ...

MBI Team/3i

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