A2E - aquisition to exit

57 Princess Street, Manchester, M2 4EQ
T: +44 (0)161 923 6000 | F: +44 (0)161 236 7266
a2e venture catalysts

Long term clients with "equity" interest

a2e's portfolio of investee companies with controlling interest.

NAME TURNOVER CURRENT PBT PBT WHEN ACQUIRED
Spiro Gills Ltd
Sector: Coolers & Tubes
£9.2m £0.2m (£3.8m)
Covrad Heat Transfer Ltd
Sector: Heat Transfer
£27.4m £1.1m (£0.5m)
Apax Plastic Moulders Ltd
Sector: Injection Moulding
£7.1m £0.3m (£0.4m)
WaterGard Ltd
Sector: Water Conservation
£1.0m £0.1m (£0.2m)
Quadrate
Sector: SAP Software
£1.0m £0.2m (£0.2m)
Rykel Ltd
Sector: Clean room technologies
£3.8m £0.5m (£0.3m)
EYS Limited/ Skill Gain
Sector: Youth Training
£8.4m £1.2m £0.2m
Walkers
Sector: Point of Sale
£7.5m £1.0m £0.4m
WPH Ltd
Sector: Water Infrastructure
£7.6m £1.5m £1.3m
IRL - Serk
Sector: Heat Transfer
£6.2m £0.4m (£0.8m)
PMP
Sector: Specialist Printer
£9.6m £0.8m £0.4m
PMP - Webb
Sector: Specialist Printer
£6.1m £0.4m £(0.1)m
B&P Group
Sector: Specialist Point of Sale
£9.2m £0.8m £0.1m
Showcard
Sector: Point of Sale
£6.0m £0.3m £0.1m
TOTAL £110.1m £8.8m £(3.8m)

 

Retained Advisory Clients

NAME TURNOVER CURRENT PBT PBT WHEN ACQUIRED
Burdens Group
Sector: Civil Engineering Products
£300m £5.0m £1.0m
Mesh Computers Plc
Sector: IT - Hardware
£38m £1.0m £3.0m
Pharmidex Ltd
Sector: Drug Discovery
£1m £0.2m £(0.1)m
TOTAL £339m £6.2m £3.9m


Note:

  1. Thomas French Limited, acquired in March '02, became profitable within 4 months and was sold in July '05 returning 6 times the original investment and creating an IRR of 177% on total equity invested.

News & Updates

A2E New Web Site Launch
news item 2

Thanks to Pixelsix we now have a bran … more

© a2e | site map | accessibility | xhtml | css

web design manchester by pixelsix limited