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VENDOR

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  • Private Shareholders

TARGET

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  • Powercore Internatio...

AQUIRER

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  • Tin Global Ltd

 

    • Sale of an independent specialist in the sale, rental and provision of services for mid-range IT hardware products

VENDOR

  • Barclays Ventures

TARGET

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  • Edwin Investments Lt...

AQUIRER

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  • Myhome plc

 

    • Sale of the most successful UK franchising business providing SMART repairs to vehicles

VENDOR

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  • Private Shareholders

TARGET

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  • Berkeley Consulting

AQUIRER

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  • Acadis

 

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

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  • Private Shareholders

TARGET

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  • Greetings Direct

AQUIRER

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  • Flying Brands

 

    • Acquisition of the UK’s only continuity greetings card business from its private shareholders

VENDOR

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  • Private Shareholders

TARGET

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  • MG Sanders Co Ltd.

AQUIRER

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  • Rubicon Partners Ind...

 

    • Sale of precision engineered components manufacturer

VENDOR

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  • Private Shareholders

TARGET

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  • Traffic Support Ltd

AQUIRER

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  • Mouchel Parkman PLC

 

VENDOR

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  • Private Shareholders

TARGET

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  • Genesis Consultancy ...

AQUIRER

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  • GTL Ltd

 

    • Sale of a leading global provider of mobile telecoms managed services to GTL Ltd of India.
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VENDOR

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  • Private Shareholders

TARGET

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  • Uninterruptible Powe...

AQUIRER

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  • MBO Team/Barclays Ve...

 

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

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  • LDC

TARGET

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  • Fraser Williams Comm...

AQUIRER

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  • Estate Computer Syst...

 

VENDOR

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  • Private Shareholders

TARGET

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  • Ultralase Ltd

AQUIRER

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  • Corporacion Dermoest...

 

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

VENDOR

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  • Private Shareholders

TARGET

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  • Icatha Media

AQUIRER

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  • MBO Team/NVM

 

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

VENDOR

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  • Private Shareholders

TARGET

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  • Stylex Auto Products...

AQUIRER

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  • Rubicon Partners

 

    • Sale of automotive accessory manufacturer to Rubicon Partners.

VENDOR

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  • Fortis Bank

TARGET

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  • Petrochem Carless

AQUIRER

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  • 3i Group

 

    • Sale of a leading independent manufacturer and distributor of petrochemicals.

VENDOR

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  • Private Shareholders

TARGET

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  • John Brown Publishin...

AQUIRER

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  • Management/Bridgepoi...

 

VENDOR

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  • Tomkins plc

TARGET

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  • Hattersley Newman He...

AQUIRER

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  • Crane Co

 

    • Sale of valve manufacturer to Crane Co.

VENDOR

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  • Private Shareholders

TARGET

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  • Pegler

AQUIRER

  • Management Team

 

    • Sale of plumbing and valve business.

VENDOR

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  • Private Shareholders

TARGET

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  • NWP Spectrum Ltd

AQUIRER

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  • Young Associates/ Ma...

 

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

VENDOR

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  • Private Shareholders

TARGET

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  • Antiference, ByPy, W...

AQUIRER

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  • Rubicon Partners Ind...

 

    • Sale of a group of companies to Rubicon Partners.

VENDOR

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  • Private Shareholders

TARGET

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  • Milliken Valve Co., ...

AQUIRER

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  • Mueller Co./DLJ

 

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

VENDOR

  • Brunel Holdings plc

TARGET

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  • Dickinson Controls L...

AQUIRER

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  • Siemens AG

 

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

VENDOR

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  • Private Shareholders

TARGET

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  • Ultralon/TMI

AQUIRER

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  • MBI Team/Investec Ba...

 

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

VENDOR

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  • Private Shareholders

TARGET

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  • Neverfail Disaster R...

AQUIRER

  • Management Team

 

    • Sale of disaster recovery business to the management team.

VENDOR

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  • Isis/Management

TARGET

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  • Blue8 Technologies L...

AQUIRER

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  • Northgate Informatio...

 

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

VENDOR

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  • Private Shareholders

TARGET

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  • Teddington Controls

AQUIRER

  • Private Investor

 

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

VENDOR

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  • Private Shareholders

TARGET

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  • Gates Consumer & Ind...

AQUIRER

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  • Duralay Ltd

 

    • Disposal of underlay manufacturer to Duralay Ltd.

VENDOR

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  • Helix Industries

TARGET

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  • Pressweld

AQUIRER

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  • SAPA AB

 

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

VENDOR

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  • Private Shareholders

TARGET

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  • Freeway Software Ltd

AQUIRER

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  • Transaction Technolo...

 

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

VENDOR

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  • Syltone plc

TARGET

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  • Bradley Doublelock L...

AQUIRER

  • MBO Team

 

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

VENDOR

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  • Private Shareholders

TARGET

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  • Meggitt Electronic C...

AQUIRER

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  • Tyco Electronics Cor...

 

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

VENDOR

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  • Private Shareholders

TARGET

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  • Tickford Ltd

AQUIRER

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  • Prodrive Holdings Lt...

 

    • Sale of automotive engineering consultancy to Prodrive Holdings.

VENDOR

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  • Private Shareholders

TARGET

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  • TAS Software

AQUIRER

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  • Sage Group Plc

 

    • Sale of a software provider to small to medium-sized businesses to Sage Group plc

VENDOR

  • Brunel Holdings plc

TARGET

  • Wincanton Engineerin...

AQUIRER

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  • Carlisle Companies, ...

 

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

VENDOR

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  • Tomkins plc

TARGET

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  • Totectors Ltd

AQUIRER

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  • UK Safety Ltd/Alchem...

 2001

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

VENDOR

  • United Industries pl...

TARGET

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  • Speedsaws

AQUIRER

  • Precision Manufactur...

 2001

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

VENDOR

  • United Industries pl...

TARGET

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  • The United Springs D...

AQUIRER

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  • SOGEFI

 2000

    • Sale of precision spring manufacturing businesses in the UK and Holland to Italian group, Sogefi SpA

VENDOR

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  • Meggitt plc

TARGET

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  • Meggitt Mobrey Ltd

AQUIRER

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  • The Roxboro Group Pl...

 2000

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

VENDOR

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  • Private Shareholders

TARGET

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  • Geoquip Ltd

AQUIRER

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  • Bimbo/Natwest Develo...

 2000

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

VENDOR

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  • Gresham/LDC

TARGET

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  • GADC Networks

AQUIRER

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  • ECS Ltd/GFI Informat...

 2000

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

VENDOR

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  • Mayer Melnhof Karton...

TARGET

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  • MM Recycling Holding...

AQUIRER

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  • A&J Bull Group Ltd, ...

 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.

VENDOR

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  • Private Shareholders

TARGET

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  • Hartley Internationa...

AQUIRER

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  • Sage Group Plc

 2000

    • Sale of leading accounts preparation software business to Sage.

VENDOR

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  • Private Shareholders

TARGET

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  • Specialist Vehicles ...

AQUIRER

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  • Bridgepoint Capital/...

 2000

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

VENDOR

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  • Private Shareholders

TARGET

  • MICL Holdings/Viztop...

AQUIRER

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  • Solution 6 (Australi...

 2000

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

VENDOR

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  • Honeywell

TARGET

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  • Honeywell Securite S...

AQUIRER

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  • Cerberus SA, A Subsi...

 1999

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

VENDOR

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  • Private Shareholders

TARGET

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  • Taxsoft Ltd

AQUIRER

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  • Sage Group Plc

 1999

    • Sale of market leading taxation software developer to Sage Group.

VENDOR

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  • Private Shareholders

TARGET

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  • Storyboards Harpers ...

AQUIRER

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  • MBO Team/3i

 1999

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

VENDOR

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  • Private Shareholders

TARGET

  • Polyfinance SA (Fran...

AQUIRER

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  • MBO Team/Axcel (Denm...

 1999

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

VENDOR

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  • The Rank Group plc

TARGET

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AQUIRER

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  • Grand Hotel Group Lt...

 1999

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

VENDOR

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  • Private Shareholders

TARGET

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  • Beaver & Tapley Ltd

AQUIRER

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  • MBO Team/3i Plc

 1998

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

VENDOR

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  • ECI Partners

TARGET

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  • Signature Industries...

AQUIRER

  • Applied Cellular Tec...

 1998

    • Sale of audio and data communications group.

VENDOR

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  • Private Shareholders

TARGET

  • JR Knowles (Holdings...

AQUIRER

  • AIM Flotation

 1998

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

VENDOR

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  • Private Shareholders

TARGET

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  • Polymark Technograph...

AQUIRER

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  • Electrocal Design, I...

 1998

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

VENDOR

  • The Mayflower Corpor...

TARGET

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  • Ribbons Plc

AQUIRER

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  • Gresham Prtivate Equ...

 1998

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

VENDOR

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  • The Rank Group plc

TARGET

  • London Entertains

AQUIRER

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  • RJ Bown (Holdings) L...

 1998

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

VENDOR

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  • Private Shareholders

TARGET

  • Gordrn Brown Associa...

AQUIRER

  • Douglas Llambias Ass...

 1998

    • Sale of a City financial recruitment consultant.

VENDOR

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  • Private Shareholders

TARGET

  • GB Information Manag...

AQUIRER

  • Phonelink Plc

 1998

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

VENDOR

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  • The Rank Group plc

TARGET

  • Quicksilver Ltd

AQUIRER

  • MBO Team/Aberdeen Mu...

 1998

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

VENDOR

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  • Private Shareholders

TARGET

  • Daxbourne

AQUIRER

  • Speciality Catalog C...

 1997

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

VENDOR

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  • Private Shareholders

TARGET

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  • Thomson\'s World of ...

AQUIRER

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  • MBI Team/3i

 1996

    • Sale of leading Scottish furniture retailing group.