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How we helped a prominent public company worth nearly £500m with executing its M&A strategy
Objectives
Needed help to formulate CEO’s corporate vision of scale up via M&A into digestible format with relevant financial analysis for Board approval.
Presentation needed to include how the overall M&A strategy and proposed acquisitions fit with the existing equity story and the disclosed capital allocation policy, as well as how to communicate the acquisitions to the market to help drive the share price.
Details of acquisitions, legal process, financing and integration included in assessment.
Financial analysis involved looking at potential returns for the company and its shareholders based on internal ROI metrics and EPS accretion.
Process
Agreed the spec of deliverables and deadline.
Agreed what information was needed from the company and its internal teams and external advisers from the outset.
Ongoing communication. We reported where we were every day, given the tight deadline.
Regular catch up calls with additional value add re acquisition target valuation, and viability.
Seamless collaboration with c-suite, members of IR and Finance team, as well as external advisers.
Outcomes
Stepped in to help a London-listed company and its management team with work outside of scope of all its current advisers.
Ablaze Adviser senior input from start to finish, including drafting of actual Board presentation and financial modelling. This ensures extremely high quality work.
Board presentation and all financial analysis was delivered in editable format for client’s internal teams to use in the future. Detailed handover completed with relevant internal teams.
Due to our background in investment banking, corporate broking and equity capital markets, we were able to deliver a holistic service very efficiently on a pay-as-you-go day rate basis, without committing the client to huge fees down the line via open ended engagement letters.
Happy client with ongoing relationship. References available.