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The Better Capital Fund Portfolio
Current investments
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Spicers // Acquired 29 December 2011
Spicers is an office products and stationery wholesaler. It stocks / supplies a vast product range - with over 16000 stock lines across 300 vendors.
The Fund acquired the UK and Irish business from DS Smith Plc on 29 December 2011.
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Fairline // Acquired 12 July 2011
Fairline is a leading global brand specialising in the design, engineering, manufacture and distribution of luxury boats in the range of 38 to 80 feet. It sells its boats through an extensive independent dealer network in 69 locations worldwide and is headquartered in Oundle, Northamptonshire.
On 12 July the Fund reached a formal agreement with the Royal Bank of Scotland Plc to acquire a majority stake in Masco 30 Limited, a new company set up solely for the purpose of acquiring 100% of the share capital of Fairline Boat Acquisitions Limited (“Fairline”) and its subsidiaries (together the “Fairline Group”).
Under the agreement, West Register (Investments) Limited, a company owned by RBS, will acquire a minority stake in Masco 30 Limited.
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DigiPoS Store Solutions // Acquired 4 July 2011
DigiPoS is a supplier of electronic point of sale hardware and software and provides related installation services.
It is headquartered in the UK but has subsidiaries serving local markets throughout the world.
The Fund acquired both debt and equity instruments of the group in July 2011.
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Santia // Acquired 1 February 2011
Santia is a leading provider of health and safety risk management services, including; health and safety consultancy, training services, occupational health, asbestos management, food safety, information services and supplier and vendor accreditation. The Group will continue to serve both private and public sector organisations.
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Calyx // Acquired 10 September 2010
Calyx is a leading provider of Managed ICT Services in the UK and Ireland. The Group’s principal divisions offer IT outsourcing, telecommunications carrier services and software solutions.
On 3 June 2011 Calyx Software Limited made two bolt-on acquisitions, creating the UK’s largest Microsoft Dynamics GP reseller with more than 500 customers.
The first acquisition comprised certain assets and obligations of a division of Touchstone Group Plc. (http://www.touchstone.co.uk/) This division of Touchstone is a leading supplier of integrated business software products to mid-sized UK organisations.
The second acquisition comprised the entire issued share capital of Trinity Computer Services Holdings Limited. (http://www.trinitycomputers.co.uk/) Trinity is a specialist developer of wholesale and distribution application software products, utilising Microsoft Dynamics GP as the core finance system, for mid-sized UK organisations. Since this acquisition Calyx has also acquired Gyrosoft and rebranded the software division as m-hance.
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Reader's Digest // Acquired 9 April 2010
Reader’s Digest UK is a direct marketing business selling books, music CDs, DVDs and other products to its customer base of around 600,000 individuals. It also publishes a monthly magazine which is sent to nearly half a million subscribers and regularly operates prize draws for large sums of money.
The business employs approximately 100 people and is widely recognised as one of the UK’s leading marketers of magazines, books, music, video, financial services and healthcare products.
The deal secured the future of the business which went into administration in February 2010 as a result of significant UK pension liabilities. Reader’s Digest Association, Inc. has agreed to allow the UK operations to publish under the Reader’s Digest brand through a licence agreement.
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Gardner // Acquired 3 February 2010
Gardner is the UK's largest independently owned supplier of metallic aerospace details and sub-assemblies, and is one of the largest in Europe. Gardner is headquartered in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, UK and has nine manufacturing sites in the UK and two in Poland. Gardner's customers include Airbus, Rolls-Royce, GKN, BAE Systems and other major international companies in the aviation sector. Gardner also provides aerospace component repair services; fast turnaround 'late definition' services; and manufactures transmission components for truck gearboxes.
Gardner has made two bolt-on acquisitions;
On 7 May 2010 it acquired certain assets and obligations of RD Precision Limited (In Administration), a manufacturer and supplier of precision tools and parts for the some of Gardner's key customers. The acquired business now trades as Gardner Aerospace - Broughton Limited.
On 20th January 2011 Gardner Group acquired the trade and certain assets of Blade Tooling Ltd and Blade Technology Ltd (in administration). Blade is a Worcestershire based organisation that specialises in the manufacture and supply of complex aerofoil tooling, ceramic cores and wax mouldings to the aerospace and industrial gas turbine markets. Blade has considerable technical capability, adds significant value to its customers, and has ambitious plans to grow and develop its business.
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