05 June 2008
Strata advises The Capita Group Plc on the successful £77.7 million recommended cash offer for IBS OPENSystems Plc. Strata Partners advises Capita (LS...
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05 June 2008
Strata advises The Capita Group Plc on the successful £77.7 million recommended cash offer for IBS OPENSystems Plc. Strata Partners advises Capita (LSE: CPI), the leading provider of business process outsourcing and professional support services on the successful £77.7 million recommended cash offer for IBS OPENSystems Plc (AIM: OPN). Capita, a FTSE 100 company, is quoted on the London Stock Exchange with a market capitalisation of approximately £4.0 billion.
Commenting on the offer, Paul Pindar, Chief Executive of Capita, said: "IBS's customer base and range of products and services add to our existing offerings for local authorities and housing associations. This acquisition will give us greater breadth and depth of expertise with which to assist existing clients and attract new ones. In addition, we believe that our established strength in the UK outsourcing market will add further credibility and scale to IBS, allowing it to service a wider range of potential customers and projects."
Commenting on Strata's advisory services, Paul Pindar added: "Strata's highly professional and commercial approach delivered Capita a great result."
15 May 2008
Polymer materials. Strata Partners advises Novel Polymer Solutions Ltd (NPS) on a £5 million private placement by a syndicate led by Environmental Technologies Fund. Based in Malvern, UK, NPS licenses its patent-protected polymers, such as LoVOC® and AET
TM, for use in a variety of markets such as high performance protective apparel; encapsulated oil industry additives and household cleaning chemicals; and the replacement of existing adhesion technologies for the automotive and flooring markets.
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06 March 2008
Specialist ERP software. Strata Partners advises Solarsoft Acquisition Limited on the recommended $35 million cash offer for Chelford Group Plc (AIM: CHR). Solarsoft Acquisition Limited is a new company formed at the direction of Marlin Equity Partners, a US-based private equity firm. Following completion of the Offer, Solarsoft intends to combine Chelford's operations with the UK operations of Marlin's portfolio business, Solarsoft Business Systems.
02 July 2007
Strata Partners advises Logan-Orviss International on the sale of its telecoms consulting business to Patni Computer Systems Inc (NYSE: PTI), a global provider of IT services and business solutions.
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20 December 2006
Enterprise software. Strata Partners advised SoftM Software und Beratung AG (XETRA: FTM), the listed German provider of enterprise software and IT infrastructure for SMEs, on the acquisition of the assets of Semiramis Software Group, a leading developer of Java-based ERP software.
07 July 2006
The `Locust` Debate - Private Equity in Germany. Strata Partners, The Carlyle Group and Partech International give their expert opinion on private equity investment in German tech companies in the "Tech-Guide 2006" special edition of the German VentureCapital magazine.
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09 May 2006
ip.access Limited, who Strata Partners recently advised on an £8.5 million capital raise from a consortium led by Scottish Equity Partners and including Intel Capital and Rothschild Gestion, named in prestigious 2006 Red Herring 100 Europe List
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12 April 2006
German Mittelstand. Christian Stiefmüller from Strata Partners writes on the theme of "Internationalisation of the German Mittelstand through Financing Measures" in the special edition "Mittelstandsfinanzierung" of the German Venture Capital Magazine. On two pages, Mr Stiefmüller, partner at Strata, explores the challenges of globalisation faced by many German Mittelstand companies and how international private equity investors can help management and owners overcome these difficulties through injecting capital and assisting in taking the opportunities provided by the international markets.
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06 April 2006
Strata Technology Partners advised Sistema, the largest listed consumer services company in Russia, on the proposed acquisition of a controlling stake in WaveCrest Group Enterprises Limited ("WaveCrest"). Through its subsidiary, Sistema Telecom, Sistema is the largest privately-owned operator of fixed and wireline telecommunications services in Russia and the CIS. In the first nine months of 2005 the telecommunications businesses of Sistema recorded revenue of ca. US$ 4.3 billion. The acquisition of a controlling stake in WaveCrest is Sistema`s largest telecommunications investment so far in Western Europe. WaveCrest is a global provider of long-distance telecommunications services to many of the largest international carriers and to residential customers in the UK, the Republic of Ireland and Scandinavia. WaveCrest has been a pioneer in the use of Internet protocol (VoIP) technology in terminating international voice traffic. In 2005, WaveCrest generated ca. US$ 280 million of revenue.
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13 March 2006
Strata Partners advised TTP Communications plc on £8.5 million funding for its subsidiary ip.access Limited. A consortium led by Scottish Equity Partners and including Intel Capital and Rothschild Gestion, has invested £8.5 million in ip.access Limited, a subsidiary of TTP Communications plc. Based in Cambridge, UK, ip.access produces and sells globally the world`s smallest GSM base stations, designed to be deployed inside buildings to communicate with operator`s infrastructure using standard broadband IP links.
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25 November 2005
Cross border M&A. Christian Stiefmüller writes on the theme of "Cross Border M&A" in the December edition of German Venture Capital Magazine.
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11 October 2005
Strata Partners advised Eurofins Scientific on the acquisition of the GMSS public analyst business of Bureau Veritas / Casella. The value of the transaction is undisclosed.
15 September 2005
Display technologies. Christian Stiefmüller and Dr Douglas Smith write on the theme of "Display Technology" in the September edition of Corporate UK Magazine.
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20 April 2005
The UK laboratory services market. Mark Sargeant of Strata Partners writes on the UK laboratory services market in Corporate UK Magazine.
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07 April 2005
Strata Partners advised Eurofins Scientific, the international analytical services company on the acquisition of UK food testing company Direct Laboratory Services Limited. Eurofins is listed on Euronext in Paris and on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Eurofins employs over 2,000 staff in more than 40 laboratories across 15 countries.
17 March 2005
Strata Partners advised IBS AB on the sale of its UK subsidiary, IBS (Public Services) Limited, and admission to AIM through a "Bought IPO".Strata Partners advised IBS AB, a world leading supplier of supply chain management solutions on the $98 million sale of its UK subsidiary IBS (Public Services) Limited to Numis Securities plc leading to admission on the Alternative Investment Market AIM.
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