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76 DEALS TABLES MINING & QUARRYING Date Deal Advisers 26 Feb 2016 Reconstruction/refinancing of Banks (finance: bank debt, cash) D - HSBC - Banks, L - Bond Dickinson, Muckle - Banks 25 May 2016 £0.5m of development capital for GSA (Environmental) (finance: cash, venture capital) C - Finance Yorkshire - GSA (Environmental), L - Gosschalks - GSA (Environmental), Walker Morris OTHER MANUFACTURING Date Deal 5 Jan 2016 £3.4m acquisition of Proteus Business of KME Yorkshire (finance: existing / not disclosed) Bidder: SIG Trading Advisers L - Hill Dickinson - KME Yorkshire, Pinsent Masons - SIG Trading Vendor: INTEK Spa 6 Jan 2016 6 Jan 2016 7 Jan 2016 8 Jan 2016 Acquisition of RYPC FA - Clearwater International - RYPC, L - Browne Jacobson - RYPC, Eversheds - Go2 Foods, Bidder: Go2 Foods Schofield Sweeney - RYPC Acquisition of CM Varley (finance: existing / not disclosed) FA - Clive Owen Corporate Finance - CM Varley, DRE - LAF, L - Ward Hadaway - CM Varley, Bidder: LAF Watson Watson Solicitors - LAF Acquisition of Tanaco Danmark A/S (finance: existing / not disclosed) Bidder: Pelsis Holding (UK) L - Gorrissen Federspiel - Pelsis Holding (UK) Acquisition of Forza AW (finance: existing / not disclosed) L - Walker Morris - Forza AW Bidder: International Procurement and Logistics 10 Jan 2016 Acquisition of Kober (finance: existing / not disclosed) L - Walker Morris - Kober Bidder: International Procurement and Logistics 14 Jan 2016 22 Jan 2016 Acquisition of Humberside Tail Lifts (finance: existing / not disclosed) Bidder: IH Mobility (UK) L - Ellisons - IH Mobility (UK) Management buy-in at R&R Tofu (finance: cash, venture capital) C - Cocoon Wealth - a Management Buy-in Team, FA - KBS Corporate - R&R Tofu Bidder: a Management Buy-in Team 25 Jan 2016 Acquisition of SR Print Management (finance: existing / not disclosed) Bidder: Hague Print Media Supplies 26 Jan 2016 FA - KBS Corporate - SR Print Management, L - Gateley - SR Print Management Merger of Platinum Print and Harrogate Printing (finance: existing / not disclosed) A - Holeys Chartered Accountants - Harrogate Printing, Lithgow Perkins - Platinum Print, L Lupton Fawcett Denison Till - Platinum Print, Newtons Solicitors - Harrogate Printing 1 Feb 2016 Acquisition of Hydrofluoric acid dilution plant in Sherburn-in-Elmet (finance: existing / not disclosed) Bidder: Thor Developers SA L - DLA Piper - Thor Developers SA DEALS TABLES Vendor: Overlack AG 4 Feb 2016 £30m of development capital for Camerons Brewery (finance: cash, bank debt) D - HSBC - Camerons Brewery, FA - Grant Thornton - Camerons Brewery, L - Eversheds - Camer ons Brewery, Watson Burton - Camerons Brewery 5 Feb 2016 (Pending) £154.24m acquisition of Akron Brass Co (finance: cash) FA - Barclays Bank - Premier Farnell, Lazard - Premier Farnell, L - Kirkland & Bidder: IDEX Corp Ellis - Premier Farnell, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom - IDEX Corp Vendor: Premier Farnell 5 Feb 2016 £4.6m of development capital for Quantum Imaging (finance: cash, venture capital) 15 Feb 2016 Acquisition of Select Bag Sealers (finance: existing / not disclosed) C - IP, Leeds University - Quantum Imaging Bidder: ProSpool FA - Brown Butler Corporate Finance - ProSpool, Mazars Corporate Finance - Select Bag Sealers, L - Blacks Solicitors - Select Bag Sealers, Schofield Sweeney - ProSpool 17 Feb 2016 Acquisition of Covance Alnwick (finance: existing / not disclosed) FA - LGF Partners - ARC Trinova, L - Bond Dickinson - ARC Trinova Bidder: ARC Trinova Vendor: Laboratory Corporation of America 23 Feb 2016 24 Feb 2016 Acquisition of Axminster Carpets (finance: existing / not disclosed) Bidder: H Dawson Sons And (Wool) L - Schofield Sweeney - H Dawson Sons And (Wool) Acquisition of Business Wear (finance: existing / not disclosed) FA - BHP Corporate Finance - Business Wear, L - Squire Patton Boggs - Business Wear Bidder: Direct Corporate Clothing 1 Mar 2016 Management buyout at Bakes and Lord (finance: cash, venture capital) Bidder: Neil Woodhead C - Reward Finance, Reward Finance - Neil Woodhead, L - Clarion Solicitors Source: Experian MIQ 2016

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