A2E - aquisition to exit
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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:
- 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.
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