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DEALS<br />

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1984 and employs 90 people. In 2011, the company recorded £16m<br />

in revenues.<br />

care. The all-equity deal value was estimated to be in excess<br />

of £25m.<br />

NBGI backs MBO of ATR Group<br />

NBGI HAS backed the<br />

management buyout of rental<br />

services business to the oil &<br />

gas industry ATR Group from<br />

Maven Capital Partners.<br />

The equity and debt package<br />

totalling more than £20m<br />

includes a significant capital<br />

allocation to fund the organic<br />

NAME<br />

ATR<br />

DEAL<br />

SBO<br />

LOCATION<br />

Aberdeen<br />

SECTOR Industrial machinery<br />

TURNOVER £17m<br />

STAFF 100<br />

VENDOR Maven Capital Partners<br />

RETURNS 1.7x<br />

www.unquote.com/2156422<br />

and acquisitive growth of the business. Clydesdale Bank provided senior<br />

debt and capital expenditure funding.<br />

ATR’s existing management team, led by Keith Moorhouse (who<br />

reinvested), will remain at the helm alongside newly appointed chief<br />

financial officer Euan Leask.<br />

In 2007, Maven backed the BIMBO of ATR, providing £3.9m of<br />

equity. It reaped a 1.7x multiple following the sale.<br />

ADVISERS<br />

Vendor – Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP (Legal); Hazelwood (Corporate finance).<br />

Acquirer – Wragges & Co (Legal); Ernst & Young (Financial due diligence).<br />

FF&P backs MBO of CreditCall<br />

FF&P AND Bestport Ventures<br />

have taken a majority stake in<br />

British payment technology<br />

business CreditCall.<br />

Following the transaction,<br />

management hopes to branch out<br />

NAME<br />

CreditCall<br />

DEAL<br />

MBO<br />

VALUE<br />

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