FINANCE IN CORNWALL
2019
INTRODUCTION
Richard Wadman, Corporate
Finance Director PKF Francis Clark
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“MAY YOU LIVE IN INTERESTING
TIMES”
UK BUSINESS FINANCE…
“£10BN FUNDING GAP FACING
SMALL BUSINESSES”
“<20% SMES ARE AWARE OF
HOW TO ACCESS PEER-TO-
PEER FINANCE”
“70% OF BUSINESSES DON’T
KNOW HOW TO APPROACH
VENTURE CAPITAL OR
PRIVATE EQUITY INVESTORS”
“16% BUSINESSES ARE
CONFIDENT IN APPLYING FOR
R&D TAX CREDITS”
“19% KNOW HOW TO APPLY
FOR GRANT FUNDING, AND
SAME % ARE CONFIDENT IN
USING THEIR ASSETS TO
RAISE LOAN CAPITAL”
“45% ARE CONFIDENT ABOUT
ACCESSING EQUITY FROM
ANGEL INVESTORS”
FUNDING OPTIONS: TYPES
Equity Debt Grants
Crowdfunding/ P2P
FUNDING OPTIONS: CHOICE
• Appropriate
• Tailored
• Competitive
PRESENTERS
And more…(22 presentations in total, covering ‘full range’ of funding and
business support options)
2 MINUTE WARNING
1 MINUTE WARNING
TIMES UP!
PROGRAMME
8.30 - 9.45 - Session 1 - Equity to the fore
9.45 - 10.05 - Break
10.05 - 11.20 - Session 2a - Debt
10.05 - 11.20 - Session 2b - Innovation: funding & business support
11.20 - 11.25 - Comfort break
11.25 - 12.45 - Session 3 - Panel discussion
12.45 – Lunch
www.british-business-bank.co.uk
@britishbbank
Financing Growth in Cornwall
Lloyd Brina
Senior Manager – Cornwall & Isles of Scilly
UK Network – British Business Bank
www.british-business-bank.co.uk
@britishbbank
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The UK’s economic development bank
An independent plc since Nov 2014,
UK government is sole shareholder
We work with 130 partners, delivering
over £12bn of finance to more than
70,000 businesses
This helps UK businesses –
including those across Cornwall –
to thrive and prosper, building
economic activity
We improve finance markets for
smaller businesses, so they work
more effectively and
dynamically
The British Business Bank
www.british-business-bank.co.uk
@britishbbank
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Some of our 100+ partners
www.british-business-bank.co.uk
@britishbbank
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Our objectives
INCREASE SUPPLY
OF FINANCE
to smaller businesses
where markets do not
work effectively
CREATE A MORE
DIVERSE MARKET
for smaller
businesses’ finance
with greater
choice of
options and
providers
ENCOURAGE AND
ENABLE
SMEs
to seek the finance
best suited to
their needs
MANAGE
taxpayers’ resources
efficiently within
a robust risk
management
framework
IDENTIFY AND HELP
REDUCE REGIONAL
IMBALANCES IN
ACCESS TO FINANCE
for smaller
businesses
across the UK
BE THE CENTRE OF
EXPERTISE
on smaller business
finance in the UK,
providing advice
and support to
government
2 new
objectives
from April
2018
www.british-business-bank.co.uk
@britishbbank
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How we operate
Expertise
Designing solutions to make finance
markets for small businesses work better
Money
£6.2bn of public funding commitments
Start-up
funding
providers
Business
angels
Asset
finance
providers
High street
banks
Venture
capital
providers
Debt
funds
Challenger
banks
Supply-chain
finance
providers
Peer-to-peer
lenders
Private
sector
money
Invoice
finance /
factoring
Private
sector
money
www.british-business-bank.co.uk
@britishbbank
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Research & Publications
Market insight and analysis
• SME surveys
• Finance market surveys
• Specific research into market
issues
• Programme evaluations
https://vimeo.com/121444157Watch our
video here:
www.british-business-bank.co.uk
@britishbbank
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A new Finance Hub
www.british-business-bank.co.uk/finance-hub/
Our Finance Hub has been built to help businesses understand and discover the finance options that could enable them to grow.
www.ciosif.co.uk
Our regional funds
£400m+ Northern
Powerhouse Investment Fund
£250m+ Midlands
Engine
Investment Fund
£40m+ Cornwall
& Isles of Scilly
Investment Fund
www.ciosif.co.uk
Addressing Regional Imbalances
www.ciosif.co.uk
• CIOSIF is a collaboration between the British
Business Bank and the Cornwall & Isles of Scilly
Local Enterprise Partnership.
• The Cornwall & Isles of Scilly Investment Fund of
approximately £40m is brought together by a
combination of ERDF, LEP and HMG grant funding,
creating a fund which will provide debt and equity
for small businesses across the region.
• Public procurement undertaken to appoint
commercial fund manager to run underlying funds
• Fund set up as 10-year limited partnerships with 5-
year investment period
Financing Cornwall & Isles of Scilly
www.ciosif.co.uk
How CIOSIF works: funding available
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CIOSIF is a single fund able to provide both debt and equity finance. We currently expect this
to be in a roughly 1:1 proportion but with flexibility if needed. The manager operates from
offices across Cornwall and provides smaller loans in collaboration with a local Responsible
Finance Provider.
www.ciosif.co.uk
Meet The Fund Manager
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www.ciosif.co.uk
Cornwall & Isles of Scilly impact
Source: British Business Bank MI: February 2018
£5m
Value of CIOS loans supported by
the Start Up Loans programme
since 2012
£11.7m
Finance to CIOS SMEs currently
supported through our national
programmes
(excludes Start Up Loans)
503
Number of CIOS SMEs currently supported
through our national programmes (excludes
Start Up Loans)
624
Number of CIOS loans
supported by the Start Up
Loans programme since
2012
www.ciosif.co.uk
Cornwall & Isles of Scilly Impact – Equity
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• First equity investment was
£750,000 - total
investments made already
over £1.5m
• Business Angels investing
alongside!
• Impressive levels of private
sector leverage
www.ciosif.co.uk
What next?
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• Learn More: Ralph Singleton, The FSE
Group and Mike Wall, SWIG will be
talking in more detail about the fund’s
debt and equity products this morning;
• Ask: this afternoon we will be running a
dedicated CIOSIF session to provide
more in depth help and dialogue;
• Apply: Start here:
www.ciosif.co.uk
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@CIOSIFBBB
www.ciosif.co.uk
Angel Network: MyVAN
Rob Misselbrook
rob@mylorventures.co.uk
07760 282106
Mark Tyler
Crowdcube today
£627,618,140
Invested in pitches
821
Successful raises
£742k
Average raise size
Steps 1 - 3: Four weeks Steps 4- 7: 30 days Steps 8 - 9: Four weeks
Crowdcube process
Points to consider
A campaign wins or loses in the preparation
1. Valuation
a. Draw reasonable comparisons
(crowdcube.com/companies)
b. Act on continuous feedback
2. Rewards
a. Can be effective in bumping ticket sizes up
b. Be creative and play to the strengths of your
company
3. Focus
a. Understand investor psychology
b. Entrepreneur dashboard helps you manage
document requests, investor follow-ups,
optimise the different channels your using
Raising Equity Finance:
What’s the reality?
Ralph Singleton
Senior Fund Manager
Introduction – The FSE Group
SME FUNDING EXPERTS
Lending to/Investment in
SMEs since 2002
Market-gap / SME funding
expertise
Origination, Execution &
Realisation In-house
EXPERIENCED TEAM
Strong company analysis
skills
FSE has >30
professionals: Average 22
years experience
Experienced SME lenders
and investors
STRONG TRACK
RECORD
c.£60m lent to/invested in
500+ SMEs
Average co-investment of
14.5x
STRONG GOVERNANCE
FCA authorised
Well established corporate
governance, fund
management & investment
processes
RESPONSIBLE /
TRUSTED
c.£150m of fund
management contracts
Stakeholders incl. British
Business Bank, LEPs (x8),
Corporates, ERDF, EIB,
High net worth individuals
SOCIALLY
RESPONSIBLE
CIC status company
Dedicated Fund Manager
assigned to each company
Strong network across the
South-East, South-West &
East of England
CIoS Investment Fund
 Mission: to invest £40million into high growth Cornish
businesses in order to enable sustainable economic
growth
 Supporting ambitious and growing SMEs
 Creating jobs across the CIoS region
 Promoting new product development and innovation
 Leveraging private investment (match funding)
 Working with the wider finance community and
partners
CIOSIF Equity Investments
 Amount: £50,000 – £2million (excluding
matched private investment)
 Co-finance required
 Security: generally none
 Arrangement fees, monitoring fees and
legal costs apply
 Board observer, right to appoint a NED
and various consent rights
 High growth potential SMEs
 Credible business strategy with view of
exit
 Viable product/service; compelling
market opportunity
 For activities that deliver substantial
growth impact including:
 Sales & marketing activity
 Hiring new staff
 New product development
 5 year exit strategy (longer for earlier
invs?)
KEY FEATURES ELIGIBILITY
What do our deals look like?
 Value – Likely to be £100k to £750k initially
 Lower stakes – do not seek controlling interests
 Like to introduce new expertise
 Some revenue (small to £10m) – Early signs of
traction as a minimum
 Exit – will want to sell our stake (5 - 10 years )
 Growth – purpose of funds is to drive revenue
growth of £3m+
Why Equity and what we look for…
 Early stage businesses where debt funding is
not suitable.
 Great team – ideally with prior experience
and clear strategy to realise vision.
 Scalable business model
 In a sizeable market and/or niche
“addressable” market with early revenue
promising but not yet established.
 Need for Growth Capital, typically used for
product development, key hires and
international expansion.
 Obvious early identifiable exit route.
… and what is less interesting
 A virtual business – that is unproven but looking for cash to get started.
 Technology which is difficult to understand (Buffet) - and claims to
have no competition
 Consultancy businesses that want to become product companies -
can often take longer than expected to deliver product and growth
 Hobbyist solutions - often have limited commercial growth opportunities
(narrow markets)
 Over optimistic forecasts (the J curve or hockey stick) - that lead to
underperformance during early phase of growth
 Excessive valuations - making it difficult to raise equity in subsequent
rounds
 Pre revenue and excluded ERDF sectors – Most pre revenue
investments fail
Exit strategy discussions
 Investors won’t come in until the way out is clear.
 Want to buy an asset that someone else wants to
buy
 Good companies with good cash flow will be
easier to exit either via buy back or trade sale
 The best reason for an exit strategy is to plan how
to optimise a good situation – peak of hope!
 Clarifying growth trajectory and exit point is key.
Summary - 5 key Criteria for investment
1. Market – growing, desirable, right time & high
barriers to entry(IPR, exclusivity, niche)
2. Offering – compelling market proposition &
differentiated
3. Business model – viable & scalable
4. Co-finance – is all co-finance in place?
5. Team – risk/reward, capability & composition
Its good to talk
 Contact:
Ralph Singleton:
Email: Ralph.Singleton@thefsegroup.com
Tel: 01872 306665
Providing Super Fast Internet Access in Hard to Reach Areas
January 2019
Wireless Internet Service Provider ( WISP)
Background
• Formed in Jan 2017 by 4 ex Telecoms people
• Invested/raised £400k Nov 2017 for POC and initial roll out
• Targeting Cornwall's Hard To Reach Areas (HRTA’s) using fixed wireless access.
• Market is approx. £100m in Cornwall
• Aiming for 12,000 customers - over 3 years
• HTRA’s are under-served by existing networks but using our proven technology we reach them
effectively and economically
Pre Second Stage Funding
• Key to success for funding is research, knowledge and capability
• We had 25 years knowledge of Cornwall's issues and knew the connectivity issues across the UK
• What made us want to do it for ourselves?
– Advancement in technology
– Media Convergence
– Perceived need
– Kids had left home!
• Our target was to prove to ourselves/others that it would work!
• And then grow the biggest WISP in the country
What funding routes did we consider
Rolling quite a large capital infrastructure - we knew it would need more funds than we had access to:
• Friends and Family and Immediate Network for initial phase
• High Net Worth's and Angel groups
• Smaller Fund Managers
• Larger Funds
• Crowd Equity Funding
Complementary
– Grants
– Bank loans
It is essential to run several horses!
The journey to funding
• Prepare - again and again
– Investor deck, business plan, financials
• Work your horses hard
• Eventually 1 or 2 become front runners – work them even harder – keep others going
• We had CIoSIF/Crowdcube
• CloSIF- very professional and straightforward
• Crowdcube- not so straightforward and need to “prime the pump” – at least 30% of money
target
The journey to funding
• Due Diligence to close the deal…
• Now it begins
• You need experience to get through this- if you don’t have it buy it!
• Fees!
Exit
• Trade sale year 3-5 to:
– Other telecoms providers
– Mobile operators
– Cloud service providers
OR
• Refinance and launch consolidation play for UK WISPs
INVESTOR READY -
CHOOSING YOUR HORSE
Nick Tippett, Associate Director
Corporate Finance
 The private equity market
 Why equity?
 Choosing the right funding partner
 Factors to consider
 Maximising your chances of investment
OVERVIEW
 £32bn invested in the past five years
 83% of investments in 2017 to SMEs
 325 private equity funds (< 50% of the overall market?)
 All with different investment criteria!
*BVCA research 2017
THE PRIVATE EQUITY MARKET*
 Its all about risk and reward
 In banking terminology – an equity proposition!
 Ambitious growth
 Lack of security
 Lack of track record
 More than just the initial money
 Drive growth (in the business of growing businesses!)
 Mentoring & discipline
 Introductions
 Further capital
WHY EQUITY
Understand
your
requirements
Understand
funding
options and
funders
requirements
FUNDING OPTIONS
Investor
selection
Size of
investment
Sector
focus
Non-
financial
attributes
Region
Investment
structure
Use of
funds
EIS and
SEIS
Size of
business
CHOOSING YOUR HORSE
 Be prepared for the investment process
 The process
 Business plan
 Financial projections
 Housekeeping
 Licences / contracts?
 IPR ownership in the company?
 Books and records in order?
 VAT, PAYE/NI
 Statutory Accounts/management accounts
MAXIMISING CHANCES OF SUCCESS
 Very active market with a high level of funding available
 If you are an ambitious business with strong growth potential, equity
could provide more than just the money to support you in this
 Important to match your and a funders needs
 Finding the right funder can be a complicated process – Seek advice!
 Be prepared
PRIVATE EQUITY - CONCLUSIONS
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How to list your business on the
London Stock Exchange
June 2019
Claire Dorrian
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Markets that Support Growth
Our Choice of Equity Markets
The Group supports businesses at every stage of growth, shining a spotlight on the companies of tomorrow.
Funding
requirement
Friends &
Family
Start - Up Early Stage Expansion Consolidation &
further capital
raising
Diversification of
investors, M&A and
International Expansion
Concept & seed stage
£500k
£1m
£100k
£50k
£150m
£1bn
Private Equity
Seed Capital
Business
Angels
Venture Capital
Strategic consideration
 Routes to growth
 Unearthing the most inspiring companies across the globe
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“We chose ELITE in the belief that it
represents an excellent approaching path
towards the access to capital markets. By
joining ELITE, we can also take advantage of
the opportunities this network offers for
raising the visibility with institutional
investors, including international ones, to
support new channels for business growth.”
François Bieber
Founder and CEO
KWANKO – France
Luigi Marciano
President and CEO
Objectway Financial
Software – Italy
Lars-Michaël Paqvalén
Co-founder and CEO
Kiosked – Finland
Anthony Fletcher
CEO
Graze – UK
Graeme Malcolm
CEO
M Squared Lasers – UK
Stefano Colli Lanzi
CEO
Gi Group– Italy
“It’s a fantastic programme. graze is a
business competing on a world stage and
the opportunity to utilise the experience and
learnings of our contemporaries is
invaluable. Through the programme we have
gained expertise and confidence allowing us
to continue to place technology at the heart
of our business and aspire to build a world
class operation.”
“ELITE gives us the access to an ecosystem
of high-quality growth pan-European
companies. The programme allows us to
better address the key steps of the change of
scale of a high-growth company and the
opportunity to utilise the experience of our
contemporaries. It is invaluable and it saves
us precious time.”
“The programme has increased our
awareness of different forms of
funding and what needs to be done to
prepare for each. It allows us to think
about how we can keep scaling up.”
“The challenges that an entrepreneur
and organisation will meet in the
course of its growth journey are
multiple but with ELITE's network of
advisors, tools and support they can be
tackled face on. I am looking forward to
Kiosked's ELITE journey and the
learnings it will provide us.”
“We’re interested in the ELITE Growth
learning path to increase our visibility
(amongst the financial community), and
explore other avenues leading to our
Group’s growth. We’re also excited to
share our experiences with peers and learn
best practices from them.”
ELITE
Helping fast-growing private companies prepare and structure for further growth
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Benefits of Joining AIM
Access the world’s most successful growth market
- Diverse & deep pool of
capital
- Strong support from
institutions
- Funding for acquisitions &
expansion to new markets
Access to growth capital
- Nominated advisers
- Accountants
- Lawyers
- Banks/Brokers
- Analysts
- Financial PR / IR
- Media
Unique support network
specialised in SME
- Visibility
- Bargaining power with
customers & supplier
- Access to incremental
research coverage
- Marketability of stock
- Global peer group
Established ecosystem
supporting liquidity
- Disclosure requirements
tailored to growing
companies
- Based on EU FSAP
Directives & UK Prescribed
Market Regime
- Local & International
investor confidence in
regulatory framework
Dedicated regulatory
approach
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A Snapshot of AIM
£113 billion raised since launch
903 companies,
aggregate value of
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Comparing AIM and Main Market
Source: LSE, Dealogic, February 2019
Number of issuers by market cap band Top 10 Institutional Investors
AIM
Rank Institutional investor (parent level) Market cap held ($bn)
1 Canaccord Genuity Group, Inc. 3.2
2 Invesco Ltd. 2.9
3 Standard Life Aberdeen Plc 2.1
4 Merian Global Investors (UK) Ltd. 2.0
5 Liontrust Asset Management Plc 1.9
6 Woodford Investment Management Ltd. 1.8
7 Hargreaves Lansdown Plc 1.7
8 BlackRock, Inc. 1.7
9 Octopus Capital Ltd. 1.6
10 Schroders Plc 1.5
Main Market
Rank Institutional investor (parent level) Market cap held ($bn)
1 BlackRock, Inc. 185
2 The Vanguard Group, Inc. 91
3 The Capital Group Cos., Inc. 88
4 Standard Life Aberdeen Plc 87
5 Legal & General Group Plc 64
6 Government of Norway 62
7 State Street Corp. 58
8 Invesco Ltd. 46
9 Schroders Plc 38
10 M&G Group Ltd. 32
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AIM Main Market
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Case Study
Company name Loungers Plc
LSE market AIM
FTSE ICB sector Travel & Leisure
Main country of operation UK
Admission date 29 April 2019
Money raised at admission £83.3 million
Market cap at admission £185 million
Current market cap £201.2 million
Nomad & Advisor/Brokers GCA Corp/Peel Hunt,Liberum
EV/EBITDA 25.1x
“I am delighted to announce our intention to list on AIM. It has long
been the ambition of the founders and myself that Loungers
becomes a listed entity. The listing will allow us to broaden the
employee shareholder base and provide us with an appropriate
capital structure to pursue our future growth ambitions.”
Nick Collins, CEO
Listing
Story
Established in 2002, Loungers is
an award-winning, all day
neighbourhood café-bar and
dining business. Led by CEO, Nick
Collins the diner is backed by Lion
Capital Private Equity.
Having plans to open 25 new sites
in 2019, while contracts for further
13 sites have been exchanged
and 35 sites in legal
documentation, Nick along with
Lion Capital decided to go ahead
with the long awaited listing to
finance its future growth plans.
Loungers
On 29th April, 2019 Loungers was
successfully admitted to London’s
AIM market. *The placing of
£83.3m was split £61.6m primary
and £21.7m for secondary sellers,
Lion Capital and the management
and founders.
Against a difficult stock market
backdrop, Loungers was the
largest AIM IPO in 2019 YTD and
the largest AIM IPO in the leisure
and dining space in the past 5
years.*
Source: LSE, company website, Dealogic, FactSet, May 2019
*Liberum
Largest AIM IPO in the leisure & dining space in the last 5 years*
63.8
38.6
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
% Stake pre-IPO
% Stake post-IPO
Selling Shareholder - Lion Capital
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Case Study
Company Name Fevertree Drinks Plc
LSE Market AIM
FTSE ICB Sector Beverages
Main Country of Operation UK
Admission Date 7 November 2014
Money Raised at Admission £93.3 million
Market Cap at admission £154.3 million
Current Market Cap £3.5 billion
Nomad & Broker Investec
EV/EBITDA 44.7x
“We are delighted to announce that our IPO has been successfully
received after experiencing strong demand despite the difficult market
conditions. We believe today’s listing will enhance the Company’s
exciting international growth opportunities. We very much look
forward to building on our market-leading position as a quoted
company.”
Tim Warrillow, CEO
Source: Company website, LSE, Dealogic, FactSet, May 2019
Price performance rebased to 100 as at date of IPO
Fevertree Drinks
53.1
10.4
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
% Stake pre-IPO
% Stake post-IPO
Selling Shareholder
Listing
Story
Fevertree a world leading supplier of
premium carbonated mixers for
spirits by retail sales value,
distributing to approx. 50 countries
The UK based brand, launched in
2005, generated EBITDA (before
exceptional items) of £4.3m on net
revenue of £14.9m in H1 2014
Fevertree raised £93m in November
2014 which valued the company then
at £154m. 69.95m shares were sold at
£1.34 each and the offering was led
solely by Investec. The entire offering
was covered by UK long-only funds
and completed successfully despite
high market volatility at the time
In May 2017, the company raised £73m in
a follow on offering to allow a co-founder to
exit his position. The Aim-listed company
has piggybacked on the growing popularity
of premium spirits, particularly gin, helping
it to become the top mixer brand in shops
last year. It also raised additional capital of
£82.5m and £103.5m in 2018 on 23rd
March and 07th August respectively.
Claire Dorrian
Head of London & Southern Region, UK Primary Markets
London Stock Exchange Plc
+44 20 7797 2074
CDorrian@lseg.com
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Finance in Cornwall 2019 - Session 1

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    HOUSEKEEPING TWITTER @pkfFrancisClark #FCFinanceinCornwall19 Network ID- Lighthouse Cinema Guest Wi-Fi SLIDES www.slideshare.net/FrancisClarkLLP
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    “MAY YOU LIVEIN INTERESTING TIMES” UK BUSINESS FINANCE… “£10BN FUNDING GAP FACING SMALL BUSINESSES” “<20% SMES ARE AWARE OF HOW TO ACCESS PEER-TO- PEER FINANCE” “70% OF BUSINESSES DON’T KNOW HOW TO APPROACH VENTURE CAPITAL OR PRIVATE EQUITY INVESTORS” “16% BUSINESSES ARE CONFIDENT IN APPLYING FOR R&D TAX CREDITS” “19% KNOW HOW TO APPLY FOR GRANT FUNDING, AND SAME % ARE CONFIDENT IN USING THEIR ASSETS TO RAISE LOAN CAPITAL” “45% ARE CONFIDENT ABOUT ACCESSING EQUITY FROM ANGEL INVESTORS”
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    FUNDING OPTIONS: TYPES EquityDebt Grants Crowdfunding/ P2P
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    FUNDING OPTIONS: CHOICE •Appropriate • Tailored • Competitive
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    PRESENTERS And more…(22 presentationsin total, covering ‘full range’ of funding and business support options)
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    2 MINUTE WARNING 1MINUTE WARNING TIMES UP!
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    PROGRAMME 8.30 - 9.45- Session 1 - Equity to the fore 9.45 - 10.05 - Break 10.05 - 11.20 - Session 2a - Debt 10.05 - 11.20 - Session 2b - Innovation: funding & business support 11.20 - 11.25 - Comfort break 11.25 - 12.45 - Session 3 - Panel discussion 12.45 – Lunch
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    www.british-business-bank.co.uk @britishbbank Financing Growth inCornwall Lloyd Brina Senior Manager – Cornwall & Isles of Scilly UK Network – British Business Bank
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    www.british-business-bank.co.uk @britishbbank 11 The UK’s economicdevelopment bank An independent plc since Nov 2014, UK government is sole shareholder We work with 130 partners, delivering over £12bn of finance to more than 70,000 businesses This helps UK businesses – including those across Cornwall – to thrive and prosper, building economic activity We improve finance markets for smaller businesses, so they work more effectively and dynamically The British Business Bank
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    www.british-business-bank.co.uk @britishbbank 13 Our objectives INCREASE SUPPLY OFFINANCE to smaller businesses where markets do not work effectively CREATE A MORE DIVERSE MARKET for smaller businesses’ finance with greater choice of options and providers ENCOURAGE AND ENABLE SMEs to seek the finance best suited to their needs MANAGE taxpayers’ resources efficiently within a robust risk management framework IDENTIFY AND HELP REDUCE REGIONAL IMBALANCES IN ACCESS TO FINANCE for smaller businesses across the UK BE THE CENTRE OF EXPERTISE on smaller business finance in the UK, providing advice and support to government 2 new objectives from April 2018
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    www.british-business-bank.co.uk @britishbbank 14 How we operate Expertise Designingsolutions to make finance markets for small businesses work better Money £6.2bn of public funding commitments Start-up funding providers Business angels Asset finance providers High street banks Venture capital providers Debt funds Challenger banks Supply-chain finance providers Peer-to-peer lenders Private sector money Invoice finance / factoring Private sector money
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    www.british-business-bank.co.uk @britishbbank 15 Research & Publications Marketinsight and analysis • SME surveys • Finance market surveys • Specific research into market issues • Programme evaluations https://vimeo.com/121444157Watch our video here:
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    www.british-business-bank.co.uk @britishbbank 16 A new FinanceHub www.british-business-bank.co.uk/finance-hub/ Our Finance Hub has been built to help businesses understand and discover the finance options that could enable them to grow.
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    www.ciosif.co.uk Our regional funds £400m+Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund £250m+ Midlands Engine Investment Fund £40m+ Cornwall & Isles of Scilly Investment Fund
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    www.ciosif.co.uk • CIOSIF isa collaboration between the British Business Bank and the Cornwall & Isles of Scilly Local Enterprise Partnership. • The Cornwall & Isles of Scilly Investment Fund of approximately £40m is brought together by a combination of ERDF, LEP and HMG grant funding, creating a fund which will provide debt and equity for small businesses across the region. • Public procurement undertaken to appoint commercial fund manager to run underlying funds • Fund set up as 10-year limited partnerships with 5- year investment period Financing Cornwall & Isles of Scilly
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    www.ciosif.co.uk How CIOSIF works:funding available 20 CIOSIF is a single fund able to provide both debt and equity finance. We currently expect this to be in a roughly 1:1 proportion but with flexibility if needed. The manager operates from offices across Cornwall and provides smaller loans in collaboration with a local Responsible Finance Provider.
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    www.ciosif.co.uk Cornwall & Islesof Scilly impact Source: British Business Bank MI: February 2018 £5m Value of CIOS loans supported by the Start Up Loans programme since 2012 £11.7m Finance to CIOS SMEs currently supported through our national programmes (excludes Start Up Loans) 503 Number of CIOS SMEs currently supported through our national programmes (excludes Start Up Loans) 624 Number of CIOS loans supported by the Start Up Loans programme since 2012
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    www.ciosif.co.uk Cornwall & Islesof Scilly Impact – Equity 23 • First equity investment was £750,000 - total investments made already over £1.5m • Business Angels investing alongside! • Impressive levels of private sector leverage
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    www.ciosif.co.uk What next? 24 • LearnMore: Ralph Singleton, The FSE Group and Mike Wall, SWIG will be talking in more detail about the fund’s debt and equity products this morning; • Ask: this afternoon we will be running a dedicated CIOSIF session to provide more in depth help and dialogue; • Apply: Start here: www.ciosif.co.uk
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    No representation, expressor implied, is made by British Business Bank plc and its subsidiaries as to the completeness or accuracy of any facts or opinions contained in this presentation and recipients should seek their own independent legal, financial, tax, accounting or regulatory advice before making any decision based on the information contained herein. No part of this presentation should be published, reproduced, distributed or otherwise made available in whole or in part in any jurisdiction where to do so would be unlawful. British Business Bank plc is the holding company of the group operating under the trading name of British Business Bank. It is a development bank wholly owned by HM Government which is not authorised or regulated by the Prudential Regulation Authority (“PRA”) or the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”). British Business Bank plc operates under its trading name through a number of subsidiaries, including British Business Financial Services Limited and British Business Finance Limited. None of British Business Bank plc, British Business Finance Limited or British Business Financial Services Limited is authorised or regulated by the PRA or FCA. British Business Bank plc and its subsidiary entities are not banking institutions and do not operate as such. A complete legal structure chart for British Business Bank plc and its subsidiaries can be found at www.british-business-bank.co.uk. © British Business Bank plc July 2016 @CIOSIFBBB www.ciosif.co.uk
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    Crowdcube today £627,618,140 Invested inpitches 821 Successful raises £742k Average raise size
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    Steps 1 -3: Four weeks Steps 4- 7: 30 days Steps 8 - 9: Four weeks Crowdcube process
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    Points to consider Acampaign wins or loses in the preparation 1. Valuation a. Draw reasonable comparisons (crowdcube.com/companies) b. Act on continuous feedback 2. Rewards a. Can be effective in bumping ticket sizes up b. Be creative and play to the strengths of your company 3. Focus a. Understand investor psychology b. Entrepreneur dashboard helps you manage document requests, investor follow-ups, optimise the different channels your using
  • 38.
    Raising Equity Finance: What’sthe reality? Ralph Singleton Senior Fund Manager
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    Introduction – TheFSE Group SME FUNDING EXPERTS Lending to/Investment in SMEs since 2002 Market-gap / SME funding expertise Origination, Execution & Realisation In-house EXPERIENCED TEAM Strong company analysis skills FSE has >30 professionals: Average 22 years experience Experienced SME lenders and investors STRONG TRACK RECORD c.£60m lent to/invested in 500+ SMEs Average co-investment of 14.5x STRONG GOVERNANCE FCA authorised Well established corporate governance, fund management & investment processes RESPONSIBLE / TRUSTED c.£150m of fund management contracts Stakeholders incl. British Business Bank, LEPs (x8), Corporates, ERDF, EIB, High net worth individuals SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE CIC status company Dedicated Fund Manager assigned to each company Strong network across the South-East, South-West & East of England
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    CIoS Investment Fund Mission: to invest £40million into high growth Cornish businesses in order to enable sustainable economic growth  Supporting ambitious and growing SMEs  Creating jobs across the CIoS region  Promoting new product development and innovation  Leveraging private investment (match funding)  Working with the wider finance community and partners
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    CIOSIF Equity Investments Amount: £50,000 – £2million (excluding matched private investment)  Co-finance required  Security: generally none  Arrangement fees, monitoring fees and legal costs apply  Board observer, right to appoint a NED and various consent rights  High growth potential SMEs  Credible business strategy with view of exit  Viable product/service; compelling market opportunity  For activities that deliver substantial growth impact including:  Sales & marketing activity  Hiring new staff  New product development  5 year exit strategy (longer for earlier invs?) KEY FEATURES ELIGIBILITY
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    What do ourdeals look like?  Value – Likely to be £100k to £750k initially  Lower stakes – do not seek controlling interests  Like to introduce new expertise  Some revenue (small to £10m) – Early signs of traction as a minimum  Exit – will want to sell our stake (5 - 10 years )  Growth – purpose of funds is to drive revenue growth of £3m+
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    Why Equity andwhat we look for…  Early stage businesses where debt funding is not suitable.  Great team – ideally with prior experience and clear strategy to realise vision.  Scalable business model  In a sizeable market and/or niche “addressable” market with early revenue promising but not yet established.  Need for Growth Capital, typically used for product development, key hires and international expansion.  Obvious early identifiable exit route.
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    … and whatis less interesting  A virtual business – that is unproven but looking for cash to get started.  Technology which is difficult to understand (Buffet) - and claims to have no competition  Consultancy businesses that want to become product companies - can often take longer than expected to deliver product and growth  Hobbyist solutions - often have limited commercial growth opportunities (narrow markets)  Over optimistic forecasts (the J curve or hockey stick) - that lead to underperformance during early phase of growth  Excessive valuations - making it difficult to raise equity in subsequent rounds  Pre revenue and excluded ERDF sectors – Most pre revenue investments fail
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    Exit strategy discussions Investors won’t come in until the way out is clear.  Want to buy an asset that someone else wants to buy  Good companies with good cash flow will be easier to exit either via buy back or trade sale  The best reason for an exit strategy is to plan how to optimise a good situation – peak of hope!  Clarifying growth trajectory and exit point is key.
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    Summary - 5key Criteria for investment 1. Market – growing, desirable, right time & high barriers to entry(IPR, exclusivity, niche) 2. Offering – compelling market proposition & differentiated 3. Business model – viable & scalable 4. Co-finance – is all co-finance in place? 5. Team – risk/reward, capability & composition
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    Its good totalk  Contact: Ralph Singleton: Email: Ralph.Singleton@thefsegroup.com Tel: 01872 306665
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    Providing Super FastInternet Access in Hard to Reach Areas January 2019 Wireless Internet Service Provider ( WISP)
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    Background • Formed inJan 2017 by 4 ex Telecoms people • Invested/raised £400k Nov 2017 for POC and initial roll out • Targeting Cornwall's Hard To Reach Areas (HRTA’s) using fixed wireless access. • Market is approx. £100m in Cornwall • Aiming for 12,000 customers - over 3 years • HTRA’s are under-served by existing networks but using our proven technology we reach them effectively and economically
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    Pre Second StageFunding • Key to success for funding is research, knowledge and capability • We had 25 years knowledge of Cornwall's issues and knew the connectivity issues across the UK • What made us want to do it for ourselves? – Advancement in technology – Media Convergence – Perceived need – Kids had left home! • Our target was to prove to ourselves/others that it would work! • And then grow the biggest WISP in the country
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    What funding routesdid we consider Rolling quite a large capital infrastructure - we knew it would need more funds than we had access to: • Friends and Family and Immediate Network for initial phase • High Net Worth's and Angel groups • Smaller Fund Managers • Larger Funds • Crowd Equity Funding Complementary – Grants – Bank loans It is essential to run several horses!
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    The journey tofunding • Prepare - again and again – Investor deck, business plan, financials • Work your horses hard • Eventually 1 or 2 become front runners – work them even harder – keep others going • We had CIoSIF/Crowdcube • CloSIF- very professional and straightforward • Crowdcube- not so straightforward and need to “prime the pump” – at least 30% of money target
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    The journey tofunding • Due Diligence to close the deal… • Now it begins • You need experience to get through this- if you don’t have it buy it! • Fees!
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    Exit • Trade saleyear 3-5 to: – Other telecoms providers – Mobile operators – Cloud service providers OR • Refinance and launch consolidation play for UK WISPs
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    INVESTOR READY - CHOOSINGYOUR HORSE Nick Tippett, Associate Director Corporate Finance
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     The privateequity market  Why equity?  Choosing the right funding partner  Factors to consider  Maximising your chances of investment OVERVIEW
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     £32bn investedin the past five years  83% of investments in 2017 to SMEs  325 private equity funds (< 50% of the overall market?)  All with different investment criteria! *BVCA research 2017 THE PRIVATE EQUITY MARKET*
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     Its allabout risk and reward  In banking terminology – an equity proposition!  Ambitious growth  Lack of security  Lack of track record  More than just the initial money  Drive growth (in the business of growing businesses!)  Mentoring & discipline  Introductions  Further capital WHY EQUITY
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     Be preparedfor the investment process  The process  Business plan  Financial projections  Housekeeping  Licences / contracts?  IPR ownership in the company?  Books and records in order?  VAT, PAYE/NI  Statutory Accounts/management accounts MAXIMISING CHANCES OF SUCCESS
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     Very activemarket with a high level of funding available  If you are an ambitious business with strong growth potential, equity could provide more than just the money to support you in this  Important to match your and a funders needs  Finding the right funder can be a complicated process – Seek advice!  Be prepared PRIVATE EQUITY - CONCLUSIONS
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    How to listyour business on the London Stock Exchange June 2019 Claire Dorrian
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    69 Markets that SupportGrowth Our Choice of Equity Markets The Group supports businesses at every stage of growth, shining a spotlight on the companies of tomorrow. Funding requirement Friends & Family Start - Up Early Stage Expansion Consolidation & further capital raising Diversification of investors, M&A and International Expansion Concept & seed stage £500k £1m £100k £50k £150m £1bn Private Equity Seed Capital Business Angels Venture Capital Strategic consideration  Routes to growth  Unearthing the most inspiring companies across the globe
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    70 “We chose ELITEin the belief that it represents an excellent approaching path towards the access to capital markets. By joining ELITE, we can also take advantage of the opportunities this network offers for raising the visibility with institutional investors, including international ones, to support new channels for business growth.” François Bieber Founder and CEO KWANKO – France Luigi Marciano President and CEO Objectway Financial Software – Italy Lars-Michaël Paqvalén Co-founder and CEO Kiosked – Finland Anthony Fletcher CEO Graze – UK Graeme Malcolm CEO M Squared Lasers – UK Stefano Colli Lanzi CEO Gi Group– Italy “It’s a fantastic programme. graze is a business competing on a world stage and the opportunity to utilise the experience and learnings of our contemporaries is invaluable. Through the programme we have gained expertise and confidence allowing us to continue to place technology at the heart of our business and aspire to build a world class operation.” “ELITE gives us the access to an ecosystem of high-quality growth pan-European companies. The programme allows us to better address the key steps of the change of scale of a high-growth company and the opportunity to utilise the experience of our contemporaries. It is invaluable and it saves us precious time.” “The programme has increased our awareness of different forms of funding and what needs to be done to prepare for each. It allows us to think about how we can keep scaling up.” “The challenges that an entrepreneur and organisation will meet in the course of its growth journey are multiple but with ELITE's network of advisors, tools and support they can be tackled face on. I am looking forward to Kiosked's ELITE journey and the learnings it will provide us.” “We’re interested in the ELITE Growth learning path to increase our visibility (amongst the financial community), and explore other avenues leading to our Group’s growth. We’re also excited to share our experiences with peers and learn best practices from them.” ELITE Helping fast-growing private companies prepare and structure for further growth
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    7171 Benefits of JoiningAIM Access the world’s most successful growth market - Diverse & deep pool of capital - Strong support from institutions - Funding for acquisitions & expansion to new markets Access to growth capital - Nominated advisers - Accountants - Lawyers - Banks/Brokers - Analysts - Financial PR / IR - Media Unique support network specialised in SME - Visibility - Bargaining power with customers & supplier - Access to incremental research coverage - Marketability of stock - Global peer group Established ecosystem supporting liquidity - Disclosure requirements tailored to growing companies - Based on EU FSAP Directives & UK Prescribed Market Regime - Local & International investor confidence in regulatory framework Dedicated regulatory approach
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    72 146 115 307 129 167 26 13 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 0 5 10 15 20 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 MoneyRaised(£bn) New Further Source:LSE statistics – April 2019 A Snapshot of AIM £113 billion raised since launch 903 companies, aggregate value of £98bn (135 Int’l companies) Profile of AIM Companies Admissions to AIM - 1995 to 2019 YTD Industries represented (by no. companies)Fundraisings on AIM – 1995 to 2018 YTD Since 1995 c. £113bn raised in total (£68bn through further issues) 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 UK International 118 53 100 153 88 156 100 117 7 11 Basic Materials Consumer Goods Consumer Services Financials Health Care Industrials Oil & Gas Technology Telecommunications Utilities
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    73 Comparing AIM andMain Market Source: LSE, Dealogic, February 2019 Number of issuers by market cap band Top 10 Institutional Investors AIM Rank Institutional investor (parent level) Market cap held ($bn) 1 Canaccord Genuity Group, Inc. 3.2 2 Invesco Ltd. 2.9 3 Standard Life Aberdeen Plc 2.1 4 Merian Global Investors (UK) Ltd. 2.0 5 Liontrust Asset Management Plc 1.9 6 Woodford Investment Management Ltd. 1.8 7 Hargreaves Lansdown Plc 1.7 8 BlackRock, Inc. 1.7 9 Octopus Capital Ltd. 1.6 10 Schroders Plc 1.5 Main Market Rank Institutional investor (parent level) Market cap held ($bn) 1 BlackRock, Inc. 185 2 The Vanguard Group, Inc. 91 3 The Capital Group Cos., Inc. 88 4 Standard Life Aberdeen Plc 87 5 Legal & General Group Plc 64 6 Government of Norway 62 7 State Street Corp. 58 8 Invesco Ltd. 46 9 Schroders Plc 38 10 M&G Group Ltd. 32 153 106 318 133 170 32 10 58 23 91 95 341 150 229 62 75 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 £0-5m £5-10m £10-50m £50-100m £100-500m £500m-£1bn £1-5bn £5-10bn £10bn+ AIM Main Market
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    74 Case Study Company nameLoungers Plc LSE market AIM FTSE ICB sector Travel & Leisure Main country of operation UK Admission date 29 April 2019 Money raised at admission £83.3 million Market cap at admission £185 million Current market cap £201.2 million Nomad & Advisor/Brokers GCA Corp/Peel Hunt,Liberum EV/EBITDA 25.1x “I am delighted to announce our intention to list on AIM. It has long been the ambition of the founders and myself that Loungers becomes a listed entity. The listing will allow us to broaden the employee shareholder base and provide us with an appropriate capital structure to pursue our future growth ambitions.” Nick Collins, CEO Listing Story Established in 2002, Loungers is an award-winning, all day neighbourhood café-bar and dining business. Led by CEO, Nick Collins the diner is backed by Lion Capital Private Equity. Having plans to open 25 new sites in 2019, while contracts for further 13 sites have been exchanged and 35 sites in legal documentation, Nick along with Lion Capital decided to go ahead with the long awaited listing to finance its future growth plans. Loungers On 29th April, 2019 Loungers was successfully admitted to London’s AIM market. *The placing of £83.3m was split £61.6m primary and £21.7m for secondary sellers, Lion Capital and the management and founders. Against a difficult stock market backdrop, Loungers was the largest AIM IPO in 2019 YTD and the largest AIM IPO in the leisure and dining space in the past 5 years.* Source: LSE, company website, Dealogic, FactSet, May 2019 *Liberum Largest AIM IPO in the leisure & dining space in the last 5 years* 63.8 38.6 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 % Stake pre-IPO % Stake post-IPO Selling Shareholder - Lion Capital
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    75 Case Study Company NameFevertree Drinks Plc LSE Market AIM FTSE ICB Sector Beverages Main Country of Operation UK Admission Date 7 November 2014 Money Raised at Admission £93.3 million Market Cap at admission £154.3 million Current Market Cap £3.5 billion Nomad & Broker Investec EV/EBITDA 44.7x “We are delighted to announce that our IPO has been successfully received after experiencing strong demand despite the difficult market conditions. We believe today’s listing will enhance the Company’s exciting international growth opportunities. We very much look forward to building on our market-leading position as a quoted company.” Tim Warrillow, CEO Source: Company website, LSE, Dealogic, FactSet, May 2019 Price performance rebased to 100 as at date of IPO Fevertree Drinks 53.1 10.4 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 % Stake pre-IPO % Stake post-IPO Selling Shareholder Listing Story Fevertree a world leading supplier of premium carbonated mixers for spirits by retail sales value, distributing to approx. 50 countries The UK based brand, launched in 2005, generated EBITDA (before exceptional items) of £4.3m on net revenue of £14.9m in H1 2014 Fevertree raised £93m in November 2014 which valued the company then at £154m. 69.95m shares were sold at £1.34 each and the offering was led solely by Investec. The entire offering was covered by UK long-only funds and completed successfully despite high market volatility at the time In May 2017, the company raised £73m in a follow on offering to allow a co-founder to exit his position. The Aim-listed company has piggybacked on the growing popularity of premium spirits, particularly gin, helping it to become the top mixer brand in shops last year. It also raised additional capital of £82.5m and £103.5m in 2018 on 23rd March and 07th August respectively.
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