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The majority of our clients have worked with us for a number of years, and are often referred to us by other existing clients. We believe that this reflects the level of personal service delivered by Olivine.
Debts.co.uk plc
Raised £2.73m via a new placing and acquire the insolvency business of Brightside Group plc. Olivine acted as lead advisers on the transaction.
Raised £1.63m via a new placing and acquire Adie Financial Solutions Limited. Olivine acted as lead advisers on the transaction.
Olivine acted as lead and tax advisers to Debts.co.uk plc in the acquisition of the business and certain assets of Neville Eckley & Co, chartered accountants and licensed insolvency practitioners.
AIM admission – raising £10m. Debts.co.uk plc raised £5m in new monies and £5m in a vendor placing to fund the expansion of its infrastructure and marketing expenditure. Stuart Cumberland has acted as Finance Director since February 2006 and was specifically brought in to handle the AIM admission and fundraising process. Olivine acted as tax advisers to the flotation by carrying out a merger, implementing a share option scheme and reviewing the VAT partial exemption position.
Ekay plc acquisition of Wallace Barnaby & Associates Ltd for £1.75m
Olivine acted as lead advisers to Ekay PLC, a Kent-based advertising agency in the acquisition of Wallace Barnaby & Associates Ltd, one of Britain’s largest offshore marketing and advertising agencies, for £1.75m.
Ekay plc £7.5m AIM admission. Stuart Cumberland was appointed as Finance Director of Ekay plc to assist with the strategic and financial development of the business, and complete the admission to AIM. Ekay’s admission will enable the company to further develop its business and make strategic acquisitions. Olivine also act as tax advisers to Ekay plc.
Delphic Europe Limited secures second round funding
Delphic Europe, the UK’s leading provider of specialist diagnostics products and services for HIV clinics raised, with financial advice from Olivine, a further £500,000 from MMC Ventures and management.
Secures development capital. Olivine provided financial advisory to MMC Ventures and The Capital Fund as they invested in Delphic Europe Ltd, the UK’s leading provider of specialist diagnostics products and services for HIV clinics. Delphic will use the new funds to expand its unique HIV diagnostics service into HIV centres and sexual health clinics across Europe.
ApplianSys secures funding
ApplianSys, which designs and builds server appliances, attracted funding of £620,000. Olivine acted as financial adviser to the London Technology Fund, London’s specialist investor in new technology companies, as it invested as part of a syndicate which included The Capital Fund and Business Angels.
Amano raises £1m with the help of the Capital Fund
Continental-style all-day café business Amano raised £1m of new funding across two investment rounds from a group of private investors and The Capital Fund, a £50m venture capital fund that invests in fast growth companies in Greater London. Olivine advised The Capital Fund in its investment which will be used to roll out new cafés in the capital and beyond.
Futuremedia plc acquisition of The Button Group plc
Futuremedia plc, a leading European e-learning and managed benefits services provider, completed an agreement to acquire leading UK brand communications company The Button Group plc. Olivine advised the vendors.
TXT4 secures a £1.25m investment
Olivine provided transaction support for TXT4, a company providing automated mobile response systems for advertising and recruitment campaigns when it secured a £1.25m investment from Oxford Capital Partners and Noble Fund Managers.
MBI of Brand Essentials from Quest
Olivine provided lead advisory and taxation services for an MBI team led by brand channel director Sven Deregowski as it acquired the business Brand Essentials from Quest.
London Technology Fund invests in Dynamic IT Management Services
Olivine provided transaction support for a group of investors including London Technology Fund as they invested £900,000 in specialist software supplier Dynamic IT Management Services. The funding round will enable Dynamic IT to accelerate the development of TradeSTP, their trade notification product, which makes it possible for banks and brokers to deliver foreign exchange trade notifications directly to their clients’ applications.
The Capital Fund backs Wireless Brand Channel Ltd
The Capital Fund were provided with transaction support by Olivine when they invested in Wireless Brand Channel Ltd, a digital marketing agency specialising in providing innovative new media channels for brands to communicate with their customers. The funding round will be used to extend its unique Redeemit® service and will expand its sales operations.
MBO of The Button Group plc
An MBO team lead by Tom Bingham has acquired the entire share capital of The Button Group plc, a leading UK brand communications company. Olivine provided lead advisory and taxation services for the MBO team.
Alba Communications Limited set to expand
Alba Communications Ltd, a production company specialising in historial, factual, musical and children’s programmes for global television and video markets has attracted funding from The Capital Fund. Alba will use part of the funding to expand into the fast-growing DVD market, and has created Alba Home Vision division that is set to release a range of unique DVD titles.
HD Clinical Ltd acquires Datacam Ltd and Hilex Ltd
HD Clinical Ltd acquired Hilex, makers of the Prism departmental system, and Datacam, makers of clinical data management solutions for cardiology and vascular surgery. Olivine provided tax and financial advisory services to HD Clinical including the implementation of a share option scheme.
MBO/MBI of Mackenzie Brothers Limited
Wholesale fish merchants Mackenzie Brothers Ltd were acquired by a management buy-in team, backed by The Capital Fund. Olivine provided financial and tax advisory work to support the equity investment into the buy-in structure.
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