The need for thorough due diligence

Article Abstract:

The UK's acquisition and merger market is characterized by rising prices and increased competition, making the need for thorough due diligence particularly important. Rarely do due diligence findings result in a failed deal but it is a useful tool for analysing risk. Natwest Markets has used due diligence to good effect in its relationship with architectural hardware supplier SIG Architectural Products of Brighouse, England, when it was co-provider of working capital and senior debt facilities of 39 million pounds sterling to support a management buyout of the company.

Hardware Manufacturing, Hardware, not elsewhere classified, Builders' Hardware, Building materials industry, Management buyouts, SIG Architectural Products

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Forging close links

Article Abstract:

Acquisition financier Bankers Trust has a successful relationship with Investcorp, sustained by a mutual strategic approach to acquisition and leveraged finance. Investcorp's planned acquisition of road-side eating-place chain Welcome Break in 1996 was motivated by the acquisition's established position in its niche market and a detailed business plan was drawn up, with Bankers Trust arranging acquisition financing. Details of the transaction are presented.

Eating places, Fast Food Restaurants, Limited-Service Restaurants, Investments, Chain restaurants, Restaurant chains, Welcome Break, Investcorp Bank B.S.C., Bankers Trust Co. (London, United Kingdom)

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NatWest Markets

Article Abstract:

NatWest Markets (NWM) Acquisition Finance is a leading player in the UK's acquisition finance market and is particularly successful in the niche market of securitization. In 1996, NWM arranged leveraged finance totalling more than 1.8 billion pounds sterling in the European acquisition market, with its largest buyout during the year being the joint underwriting of senior debt on the leveraged buyout of 15 businesses from conglomerate Williams Holdings.

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