Yorkshire and North East Dealmakers Guide 2016 - 14

TOP ACQUISITION DEALS YORKSHIRE AND NORTH EAST 14 GROWING YOUR BUSINESS Date Deal 28 Jul 2016 (Pending) £691m acquisition of Premier Farnell (finance: bank debt, cash) Bidder: Avnet Inc D - Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Avnet Inc, B - Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Avnet Inc, Barclays Bank - Premier Farnell, Jefferies - Premier Farnell, FA - Bank of America Merrill Lynch Avnet Inc, Lazard - Premier Farnell, L - Gibson Dunn & Crutcher - Avnet Inc, Morrison & Foerster £425.75m acquisition of Stackpole International (finance: cash) C - CITIC Capital Partners - Stackpole International, Crestview Partners LP - Stackpole International, Bidder: Johnson Electric International (UK) FA - Morgan Stanley - Stackpole International, Perella Weinberg Partners - Johnson Electric, L Blake Cassels & Graydon - Johnson Electric, Kirkland & Ellis, Latham & Watkins - Johnson Electric, Stikeman Elliott - Stackpole International £325m acquisition of equity release division of Grainger (finance: cash) Bidder: Turbo Vendor: Grainger L - Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer - Grainger, Shearman & Sterling - Electra Private Equity £175m acquisition of Parkgate Shopping Park (finance: existing / not disclosed) Bidder: F&C REIT Asset Management L - Jones Day - Hercules Unit Trust Vendor: Hercules Unit Trust (Pending) £154.24m acquisition of Akron Brass Co (finance: cash) FA - Barclays Bank - Premier Farnell, Lazard - Premier Farnell, L - Kirkland & Ellis - Premier Farnell, Bidder: IDEX Corp Vendor: Premier Farnell Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom - IDEX Corp £145m acquisition of Nu-Oval Acquisitions 1 (finance: cash) C - Electra Partners - Nu-Oval Acquisitions 1, B - Deutsche Bank AG - Polypipe, Numis Securities Bidder: Polypipe - Polypipe, FA - Deloitte - Nuaire, KPMG - Nuaire, Moelis - Polypipe, L - Blake Morgan - Nuaire, Squire Patton Boggs - Polypipe, Taylor Wessing (Pending) £109.07m acquisition of INCOTEC BV (finance: existing / not disclosed) Bidder: Croda International D - ABN AMRO Bank NV - INCOTEC BV, FA - Greenhill - Croda International, Rabobank International £102.32m acquisition of Searchbolt (finance: cash, vendor placing) Bidder: e-Therapeutics B - Numis Securities - e-Therapeutics, FA - Numis Securities - e-Therapeutics £100m acquisition of portfolio of 25 care homes (finance: existing / not disclosed) Bidder: Anchor Trust Vendor: LNT FA - Mazars Corporate Finance - Anchor Trust, L - Eversheds - Anchor Trust, Freeths - LNT (Pending) £98.7m acquisition of Clippers Quay (finance: cash) Bidder: Grainger Vendor: Amstone Developments £94m acquisition of FRM Portfolio (finance: cash) FA - Lazard - Grainger Bidder: Heitman £87.5m acquisition of Addison Motors (finance: cash, bank debt) A - EY - Addison Motors, D - Bank of Ireland - Lookers, Barclays Bank - Lookers, HSBC - Lookers, Bidder: Lookers Lloyds Banking - Lookers, Royal Bank of Scotland - Lookers, Yorkshire Bank - Lookers, FA - Deloitte Lookers, L - Addleshaw Goddard, Eversheds - Lookers, Muckle - Addison Motors, Tughans (Pending) £78m acquisition of Manor Walks Shopping Centre (finance: existing / not disclosed) Bidder: Arch (Commercial Enterprise) Vendor: Hammerson £75m acquisition of Monument Mall (finance: existing / not disclosed) Bidder: Standard Life Investments UK Property Fund Vendor: Hammerson (Pending) £58.22m acquisition of Sakti3 Inc (finance: cash) Bidder: Dyson £58.09m acquisition of portfolio of about 1,100 residential units (finance: company share issue, vendor placing) Bidder: LEG Immobilien AG Vendor: Grainger L - Hengeler Mueller - LEG Immobilien AG £57.3m acquisition of Kew Bridge Court Guernsey (finance: existing / not disclosed) Bidder: GRIP Vendor: Residential Land L - Bond Dickinson - GRIP £46m acquisition of FMG (finance: cash, vendor placing) C - Endless - FMG, B - Cenkos Securities - Redde, N+1 Singer - Redde, FA - Cenkos Securities Bidder: Redde Redde, Deloitte - FMG, KPMG - FMG, L - Berwin Leighton Paisner - Redde, Squire Patton Boggs FMG £45m acquisition of Hylton Riverside Retail Park (finance: cash, bank debt) Bidder: European Property Investors Special Opportunities 3 LP D - Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG - European Property Investors Special Opportunities 3 LP, FA Vendor: Equitable Life Assurance Society Cushman & Wakefield - Hercules Unit Trust, Jones Lang Lasalle - European Property Investors Special Opportunities 3 LP, Pradera-AM, L - Berwin Leighton Paisner - European Property Investors Special Opportunities 3 LP £43.75m acquisition of 3 Sovereign Square (finance: existing / not disclosed) Bidder: Leeds City Council Vendor: Kier L - Irwin Mitchell - 3 Sovereign Square (Pending) £43m acquisition of portfolio of five crematoria (finance: cash) Bidder: Dignity Vendor: Co-Operative B - Investec Bank - Dignity, Panmure Gordon - Dignity, FA - Investec Bank - Dignity, Panmure Gordon Corporate Finance - Dignity, PwC - Dignity, L - Pinsent Masons - Co-Operative £42.11m acquisition of InterBulk (finance: cash) B - Westhouse Securities - InterBulk, FA - Deloitte - Den Hartogh Holding BV, EY - InterBulk, Bidder: Den Hartogh Holding BV PwC - InterBulk, Westhouse Securities - InterBulk £40m acquisition of CCL (finance: cash, bank debt) FA - Grant Thornton Corporate Finance - CCL Bidder: Cranswick (Pending) £32.85m acquisition of Office Building (finance: existing / not disclosed) Bidder: WP Carey Inc £30.9m acquisition of Sigma (finance: cash) B - Zeus Capital - Vertu Motors, FA - Liberum Capital - Vertu Motors, UHY Hacker Young - Vertu Motors Bidder: Vertu Motors 28 Oct 2015 18 May 2016 8 Sep 2015 5 Feb 2016 18 Aug 2015 1 Dec 2015 1 Jun 2016 4 Sep 2015 1 Feb 2016 29 Feb 2016 3 Sep 2015 19 Jul 2016 21 Dec 2015 16 Oct 2015 31 Jul 2016 9 Feb 2016 27 Oct 2015 29 Sep 2015 30 Jun 2016 31 May 2016 9 Mar 2016 11 Apr 2016 15 Sep 2015 1 Mar 2016 xxxx Advisers

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