1. Private
Equity
Funds Mergers
&
Fairness
Acquisitions Opinions
&
Valuations
Investment Banking for Mid Cap
Athens – London – Madrid – Milan – Munich – Zurich – Paris – New York
2. A Leading European Corporate Finance House
1986 Formation as corporate finance advisory company in Zurich
1989 Merger with Apax Partners and offices in London, Paris and New York
1990 Opening of Apax Partners in Munich and investment banking arm in Athens
1997 Set-up of securities trading and research in London
2000 Demerger of Apax Private Equity and Apax Corporate Finance which becomes Altium
2004 Acquisition of Banque Arjil in Paris from Lagardere group
Nearly 50 transactions completed with a total value of EUR 3.3 billion Altium’s retail
2005 clients outperform the FTSE AIM All Share sector by 10.5%
2006 New partnership with Tamir Fishman in Israel and Polaris Capital in Asia
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3. A Truly Global Network
Bucharest, Sofia,
London, Manchester, Belgrade
Paris Edinburgh
Shanghai*
Polaris
Capital
Taipei*
Polaris
Madrid Capital
Hong
Kong*
Polaris
Tel Aviv* Capital
New York Tamir Fishman
Athens
Zurich, Munich,
Milan
* Associated offices
150 corporate finance professionals in 9 countries dedicated to our clients in Europe. In
addition, associated offices in Israel , China and the US reinforce the Altium group
international footprint
A significant number of our transactions are cross border in all major Western European
countries, Central & Eastern European countries, North African countries ,USA, China and India
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4. A Full Pledged Approach
Altium provide a full range of investment banking services that cover the entire life-cycle of a
company:
Quoted Companies Private Companies Securities (LES, AIM )
Research
Sales & Sales Trading
Market Making
Mergers & Acquisitions
Corporate Finance
1 Venture / Development Capital
2 Debt / Structured Financing
3 Leveraged Buyouts / Buy-ins
4 Private Placements Equity /Debt
5 Initial Public Offerings
6 Quoted Company Financing
7 Takeovers & Defences
8 Public to Private Transactions
Valuation
Strategic Advisory Services
Implementation of Partnerships
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5. Our Achievements
Europe
240 fundraising and M&A transactions (50 of which involved quoted companies)
completed over the last 5 years
More than $ 2 billion fund raised for our clients
In 2005, 2006 and 2007, 154 transactions completed for an aggregate value of over
€ 16 billion
In 2008, despite the turmoil, Altium completed 30 major transactions
Greece
Advises EFA Group (www.efa.fr) in offset-fund related global investments
Advises on several PPP transactions with successful bids of more than € 6 billion in
concessions (Athens int’l airport, Maliakos motorway etc)
Provides access to financing via local and international private equity and venture
capital funds
Has advised on cross border M&A transactions (ISI-ALTEC)
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6. Selected References by Sector
Defence &
Aeronautics
Banking,
Insurance &
Financial
Services
Energy,
Industry &
Infrastructure
Food &
Beverage
Telecom
Technology
Media &
dragon rouge
Communication
rouge
Biotech, Pharma
& Medical
Sciences
Internet
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7. Selected Transactions (1/3)
M&A
Frankfurt, Germany Lastminute.com Plc Ulm, Germany
has sold M+W Zander Holding AG Barilla Group acquired Kamps
£54.9 million
has acquired 51% of the share capital has acquired 100% of AG in a €1.8 billion public
Recommended Offer for
of takeover
to Chereau, France
Hamburg, Germany
Altium Capital acted as Financial Altium Capital acted as Altium acted as Financial
Altium Capital acted as Financial Adviser to
Altium acted as Financial Adviser
Adviser to the acquirer Financial Adviser to Kögel. Adviser to Barilla Group
the seller
Cavriago, Italy Switzerland
has acquired
has sold its 75% share in has acquired has sold 100% of its subsidiary has sold 79% of
50% of
Group
Schwarzach, Finland including its subsidiaries to management and funds advised
Germany by
through an IPO on SWX in a Management Buyout
transaction
Altium Capital acted Altium Capital acted as
Altium advised the shareholders in as financial adviser Altium Capital acted as financial adviser Altium Capital acted as financial
the M&A process leading to the IPO. to the Seller. Financial Adviser to Swisslog. to Finance.EU advisor to Nextrom Holding
Sale of entire Private Equity Portfolio of
has sold its 79.3%
InCentive Capital AG, Zug shareholding in
has acquired through
as part of the acquisition by Acquisition of controlling stake in
£92 million merger of itouch plc.
Unaxis Holding AG by Victory AG
Evolution Group plc
with to
of
€600 million
Beeson Gregory plc
Centerpulse
Altium acted as Financial Adviser Altium Capital is acting as Altium acted as Financial
Altium Capital acted as
to Evolution Group plc Altium Capital acted as Financial Financial Adviser to Victory AG Advisor the Shareholders of Financial Adviser to
Adviser to InCentive Capital.
sms.at Nextrom Holding S.A.
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8. Selected Transactions (2/3)
Admission to trading on
AIM and Placing
IPOs
Admission to AIM Admission to AIM
Market capitalisation of Market Capitalisation of Imprint Search and Selection plc Orca Interactive Ltd
£100.8 million £54m £5 million £14 million Placing and Market Capitalisation at
Placing of £49.6 million Placing of £37.5m Placing and Admission to AIM Admission float: £72.6m
to AIM Altium acted as Nominated
Altium Capital acted as Altium Capital acted as Nominated Altium Capital acted as Adviser and Broker to XL
Altium Capital acted as
Nominated Adviser and Broker Adviser and Broker Nominated Adviser and Broker TechGroup, Inc
Nominated Adviser and Broker
L EISUR E & G A M IN G plc
Quoted Imprint Search and Selection plc Imprint Search and Selection plc
Company Leisure & Gaming plc £10 million placing and acquisition of Online Travel Corporation £18 million placing and acquisition of
Financings Zetar plc
£10.25 million Placing and acquisition
£7.0 million Placing and ECHM Group Limited £8.3 million Placing Morgan McKinley Group Limited
of Kinnerton Group Limited acquisition of VIP
Altium Capital acted as Altium Capital acted as Altium Capital acted as Altium Capital acted as Altium Capital acted as
Nominated Adviser and Broker Nominated Adviser Nominated Adviser and Broker Financial Adviser Nominated Adviser and Broker
Osborne & Little plc
Public to Britannia Living Ltd (owned by
XCF Investments Limited (bidding
vehicle of Alchemy Partners)
Privates £50.75 million Sonarsend plc (owned by
management and Graphite O&L Acquisition plc
James Reed & Partners plc Recommended Cash and management and Alchemy Partners)
Capital) £12.96 million public takeover of
£62.63 million public takeover of Mandatory Offer on behalf of £115 million Public to Private
£22.3 million public takeover for Osborne & Little plc
Reed Executive PLC XCF Investments Limited Management Buyout of
The Range Cooker Company plc
for FCX International plc Sanderson
Altium Capital acted as Financial Altium Capital acted as Financial Altium Capital acted as Financial Altium Capital acted as Financial Altium Capital acted as
Adviser Adviser Adviser Adviser Financial Adviser to Sonarsend plc
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9. Selected Transactions (3/3)
Acquisition of the Mobitex division Sale of Advanced Communication
MBOs / MBIs of and Information Systems Limited
Iris Software Group Ltd Castlecare Holdings plc
£102 million Management Buyout £25 million acquisition by by a management buy-in team
Funded by £22.4 million Tragus Holdings Limited
Management Buyout for £25 million
of The Pelican Group Limited
Funded by and BrightReasons Limited to an MBO team backed by
from Whitbread plc Inflexion Private Equity
Altium acted as Financial Adviser Altium acted as Financial Adviser Altium acted as Financial
Altium acted as Financial Adviser Adviser to the shareholders of
Altium acted as Financial to Tragus Holdings Ltd to the management buy-in team
Adviser ACIS
Venture / has acquired 75.2% of
Development Nordax Finans AB Renewable Energy Corporation Moneybox Corporation
Capital Abellio GmbH
€67 million
Equity and debt capital raising
Voss of Norway ASA
$10 million
AS
€35 million
Limited
£14 million Private Placement
Private Placement Private Placement
Altium Capital acted as Financial Adviser
to the Abellio GmbH and Essener Versorgungs-
und Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH Altium acted as Financial Altium acted as Financial Altium acted as Financial Altium acted as Financial
(City of Essen) Adviser Adviser Adviser
Adviser
Café Med
Debt / Raised Debt Finance
for
Structured Merlin Entertainments Group Limited
£36 million senior debt facility
EAT Limited Texon International plc
the Acquisition of Café Flo
and
Paracelsus Kliniken-
£8.2 million
Finance
£30 million Deutschland GmbH
Debt Refinancing Debt Restructuring
Senior Debt Facility €150 million
Debt Refinancing
Altium acted as Financial Adviser Altium acted as Financial Adviser Altium acted as Financial Adviser Altium acted as Financial Altium acted as Financial
Adviser to Café Med Adviser
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10. A Focus on Emerging Europe and North Africa
Arjill – Groupe Altium, the French desk of the bank has developed an in-depth know-how of
transactions in emerging countries, in particular Central Europe and North Africa. A network of
representative offices (Bulgaria, Serbia) and of local partners allows us to identify local
opportunities and to execute transactions
Has acquired
Has sold its Moroccan insurance
subsidiaries
Arjil Groupe Altium acted as
ARJIL acted as financial adviser to Groupama Financial Adviser to Groupama/Gan
April 2008
Sale of a substantial minority stake in
Quadrant Amroq Bottling Company
Limited
to PepsiAmericas Inc
for $51million
Altium acted as financial adviser to the
shareholders of Quadrant Amroq Bottling
Company Limited
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11. Selected Transactions, Greece
The Government of the
Hellenic Republic
has awarded the construction of the
New Athens International Airport Altium Capital advised HOCHTIEF on its successful tender for the
at Spata
construction and operation of the new Athens International Airport
(AIA) worth over 2,3 billion euros. Altium Capital has also provided
to
A Consortium under the lead of
services for the successful implementation of the project.
vorm. Gebr. Helfmann
Essen/D
Altium acted as one of the advisers
to Hochtief Aktiengesellschaft.
Altium Capital acted as financial and strategy adviser of Fact Based
Fact Based Communication Communication (FBC) on its partnership with ERT, the Greek Public
Broadcasting Organization, for its distribution of TV content.
Altium acted as Financial Advisers
October 2000
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12. Selected Transactions, Greece
Private Placement
Altium Capital advised Apax Partners, on the acquisition of an equity
stake through a private placement, in EasyEverything.
£ 10.000.000
Altium acted as Financial Advisers
March 2000
Acquisition by
Altium Capital acted as adviser to the principal shareholder of ISI, a
specialized software company, for the sale of 45% of share capital to
of ALTEC, a leading Greek hardware and information technology
35% equity stake in
company
Altium acted as Financial Advisers
January 2000
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13. Selected Transactions, Greece
Acquisition
of 45% equity stake
by
Altium Capital acted as adviser to the principal shareholder of ISI, a
specialized software company, for the sale of 45% of share capital to
in ALTEC, a leading Greek hardware and information technology
company
GRD 1.800.000.000
Altium acted as Financial Advisers
March 2000
Sale of a 15.4% strategic participation in
Altium Capital has acted as adviser to SATO, a leading office furniture
Denka Holding A/S (Denmark) Group in Greece, for the sale of a strategic participation in DENKA
to Denka management team and
financial investors.
Holding A/S (Denmark) to Denka management team and financial
investors.
Total transaction size Dkr. 40 million
Altium acted as financial adviser to SATO
December 2005
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14. Why Altium
Market Understanding AdvisoryTeam
Transactions in more than 15 countries Altium has dedicated advisory cross-
lead to an in-depth understanding of the office teams per sector
European market
Altium operates on a knowledge sharing
We understand the market trends and business platform that enables each
focus our M&A activity accordingly professional to access sector expertise
Long-term Partnerships Knowledge of Investors
We seek long-term partnerships with our
Direct contacts enables to run quick
clients (e.g. XING)
processes and test interest in the market
M&A is only one part, we also advise on
positioning/strategy/vision of the Private Equity and VCs know Altium as
company a prime lead generator
Team has numerous best practice
Senior-level contacts
examples
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15. Altium Athens – Who is Who
Christian Hadjiminas, Managing Director
Christian is a graduate of Columbia University with a B.A. in Economics and MBA from the
Wharton Business School. He worked for four years as a senior trader at Phibro, a division
of Salomon Inc. and in 1987 he set up his own company in New York. Subsequently, he
founded European Finance Associates (EFA) in Athens, specializing in financial services,
and more specifically, in investment banking and offsets. Pursuant to a cooperation since
1990 with Altium (previously part of Apax Partners), the investment-banking department
has recently become a member of Altium network as its Greek office. Christian has led a
number of cross-border private transactions.
Evangelos Boutlas, Associate
Evangelos holds an LLM and LLB from the University of London. His academic
qualifications include a Law degree from Athens Law School, a postgraduate degree in
Tax Legislation from Athens School of Economics and numerous participation in Greek
and International Tax and Legal Congresses. His working experience includes 5 years with
KPMG in Athens where he worked first as an auditor and then as a Senior Tax Advisor,
operating primarily in the areas of Corporate Law, International Taxation, M&As and
Funds Administration. As member of the Altium team he is mainly involved in
infrastructure projects and joint ventures.
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16. Altium Athens – Who is Who
Dimitris Goranitis, Associate
Dimitris holds an MBA in Investment Management from Pace University New York – Lubin
School of Business and a BA in Financial and Banking Management from University of
Piraeus. Prior to Altium, Dimitris has worked with UBS Wealth Management in New York
as a senior sales development strategist. He has focused on asset retention projects that
reduced outflows by $1billion in the greater region of New England. His working
experience also includes Bear Stearns Asset Management in New York, as a VP of
Business Strategy, where he handled several projects including operations consulting,
restructuring and product strategy that enabled the business unit to reach an AUM CAGR
of 50%. With Altium he handles business opportunity scans in SE Europe.
Manos Patsios, Associate
Manos holds an MBA in Investment and Finance from Exeter University and a Bachelor
degree in Economic and Banking from Hartwick College New York. Prior to joining Altium,
Manos worked for a year at UBS Warburg in London (Greek team) working on many
corporate financial transactions. He has focused on media telecommunication and new
economy industries and gained great experience in issues concerning digital terrestrial
TV. As member of the Altium team he is involved in advisory transactions in high tech
projects and cross border strategic partnerships.
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17. Contact Us
Altium Capital S.A.
Athens
Altium Capital SA
7 Stratigi Street
15154
Neo Psychiko, Greece
Tel: +30 210 6728610
Fax: +30 210 6728624
Email: (Dimitris Goranitis) d-goranitis@altiumcapital.gr
Web: www.altiumcapital.com
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